Machine operators/construction workers, Streets and parks Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Road and construction workers
Work model On location
Application due date 22 August 2025
Are you the one? Our administration employs more than 1,000 people in five different departments: Real Estate, Streets and Parks, Digital Transformation & IT, Food Services and Cleaning and Operations Services. We plan, build and maintain properties, roads and outdoor environments. We provide transport services and manage internal assignments to keep the municipality's operations running smoothly. For example, we ensure that the IT environment works and is secure, that our premises are kept clean and that the municipality's schools and homes can serve healthy meals. What unites us is the desire to make everyday life easier for Umeå's 130,000-plus residents.
Streets and Parks plans, builds, develops and manages 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.
The Operations Department manages the central parts of Umeå's outdoor environments all year round.
We can offer you a varied and important job with good cooperation and opportunities for development!
We are now looking for a substitute sharp machine operator / construction worker!
Your tasks
In the service, you will drive various types of vehicles such as loaders, tool carriers, lawn mowers with elements of construction work. Some tasks involve heavy lifting, so physical health is an important prerequisite for coping with certain tasks.
You will be part of our operations group based in Västerslätt but will also work at other depots that during the summer season are located in Umeå center, Haga, Hedlunda and Teg. You will share vehicles with at least one colleague, be machine and vehicle responsible for the vehicles and equipment that you use in your daily work and be responsible for daily care and maintenance of the vehicle.
About you
We are looking for you who have an upper secondary education in land and construction, you also have a driving license B and a license for wheel loaders. It is advantageous if you have previous experience of land and construction work, lawn mowing and work on roads 1.1-1.3.
We are looking for someone who works well in a team, is professional, flexible and responsible. You have good ability to structure and plan work. We think that good safety, a good working environment and order are important in our workplace. You think it is important to work with the work environment and you want to be part of a work that creates added value and good results. We attach great importance to personal suitability.
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Other positions
The service is a temporary position, full time, with planned start as soon as possible by agreement until 2026-08-31. Working hours are scheduled and may include night, evening and weekend work. On-call duty may occur.
About Umeå municipality
Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has about 440 managers and the business is divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us?
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