Lighting engineer, Streets and parks Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Electrical engineer
Work model On location
Application due date 11 January 2026
Are you the one? Become our new colleague in Street Operations!
Umeå municipality is growing and our ambitions are high.
Now we are looking for you who want to help shape tomorrow's Umeå together with us! Streets and Parks is a part of the Technology and Property Management within Umeå municipality, we plan, build, develop and manage the municipality's public outdoor environments. This includes streets and squares, parks and green areas. We work to ensure that the city is well-maintained, beautiful, safe and accessible - all for a well-functioning and pleasant everyday life for all the municipality's residents.
Our goal is to contribute to a safe, secure and long-term sustainable society with good living environments. We strive for an organization characterized by diversity because we know that differences enrich.
More about Streets and Parks and the role of Lighting Engineer in Street Operations
Gator och Parker has 108 employees and the planning function is located in the city hall area in central Umeå. The department for Street Operations consists of just over 40 people and we are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the municipality's streets, squares and cycle paths on public land.
As an engineer specializing in lighting within Street Operations, you will be involved in influencing the development of Umeå by maintaining the city's infrastructure. In the role, you will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the street lighting network together with our procured contractors. You will investigate, plan, order and follow up on maintenance and reinvestment measures. You will ensure the technical functioning of the lighting by drawing up operation and maintenance plans, updating documentation and asset registers, and being responsible for the various street lighting control systems. You also handle fault reports and respond to the views of local residents and prepare decision-making documents for political decisions. Other operation and maintenance work also occurs.
The service is broad and means that you have a coordinating role with many contacts both internally and externally. Work on standby may occur.
About you
Right now we are looking for you who are attracted by the challenge of being an important part of the municipality's work to maintain the infrastructure during the different seasons of the year. An exciting, challenging and varied job!
We want you to have a university degree in electricity or an upper secondary school engineer with the aforementioned focus or with equivalent knowledge acquired in another way.
You have a few years of experience working with similar tasks. We assume that you are familiar with current legislation and that it is an advantage if you have knowledge corresponding to General Authorization (ABL) up to 1000 volts. We would like you to have experience of lighting calculations.
As a person, you are sensitive to development and change, social and service-oriented in the meeting with others and comfortable with making quick decisions. You enjoy working both independently and in collaboration with others, and have a good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing.
The position requires a B-driving license.
What we offer you
We offer you a varied and important job with good opportunities for development, together with nice colleagues and coworkers. At our workplace, we value a good working environment, professional treatment and good service to our citizens.
If you think it is important to create added value and benefit for Umeå municipality's citizens and want to be part of improving and developing a sustainable and robust Umeå with good living environments, this may be a job for you!
Our benefits
Our benefits should create the conditions for a sustainable working life and facilitate your everyday life. As an employee of Umeå Municipality, you are therefore offered, among other things:
Benefit cycle
Opportunities for skills development through e.g. courses, (web) seminars, projects and study trips
Flexible working hours
Opportunity to work remotely
Wellness allowance and other discounts on various activities
In some cases, you may be entitled to more vacation days than those provided for in the Swedish Annual Holidays Act: 25 vacation days (up to age 39), 31 vacation days (ages 40-49) or 32 vacation days per year (from age 50).
Possibility of extra leave through hourly bank time. As a full-time employee, you are granted 26 hourly bank hours to take as leave per year.
Read more about our benefits here!
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About Umeå municipality
Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 brave employees. Our organization is divided into nine departments and together we work to make Umeå grow with care. Our values are based on citizen focus, transparency, trust and continuous improvement. Together with us, you get to work in socially important assignments where you contribute to Umeå continuing to be safe, secure and fun.
Umeå is northern Sweden's largest city with a rich range of experiences and opportunities. We are a city of associations and culture that offers a richer Umeå life even outside work. Here you can find out what it is like to live in Umeå: https://www.umea.se/flytta
We will become more and therefore we are looking for you? Do you also want more? We offer fair conditions, https://www.umea.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare/varaformaner.4.1b4d24fb1752122eb843bf.html and good development opportunities for lifelong learning. And jobs that are important to all those who live and work here. We look forward to hearing from you.