Project Manager for Streets and Parks - do you want to build bridges? Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Project manager, construction and civil engineering
Work model On location
Application due date 12 January 2026
Are you the one? Umeå municipality is growing and our ambitions are high.
Now we are looking for you who want to help shape and improve today's and tomorrow's Umeå!
Streets and Parks is responsible for planning, building, managing and developing the municipality's streets, pedestrian and cycle paths, parks, squares and public places with associated facilities. We are also responsible for transport services and parking permits.
We are now looking for a project manager for Streets and Parks who will mainly work on building several new bridges in Umeå of various types.
Do you want to be one of us?
Gator och Parker consists of five departments, including Planning and Projects, and we have 10 project managers, an environmental and mass management coordinator. Our mission is to:
Coordinate and coordinate, design and procure, build and monitor municipal facility/infrastructure projects.
Create the conditions for managing and owning all the municipality's facilities, resource-efficiently, robustly and safely
Contribute with technical competence in the municipality's planning processes
Be the face of Umeå municipality in contact with citizens, business etc. in the municipality's construction projects
We offer you
We can offer you a varied and important job with good cooperation and good opportunities for development! At our workplace, we value a good working environment as well as professional treatment and good service to our citizens. If you think it is important to create added value and benefit for Umeå municipality's current and future citizens, if you want to be part of improving and developing a sustainable and robust Umeå with good living environments, this may be a job for you!
As an employee with us in Umeå municipality, you can also take part in a number of benefits. Read more about our benefits here.
Your work tasks
This is the role for someone who is energized by project managing complex projects and collaborating with others to find solutions. Your main area of responsibility will be structural buildings. Umeå is growing and with that we will build new pedestrian and bicycle bridges in Umeå. We have taken over several structural buildings from the Swedish Transport Administration, which will involve reinvestments and also a future new Tegsbro over the river. You will project manage several bridge projects at different stages, from early investigations to implementation and construction.
A tenacious personality and good project management skills are required to be successful. You will need to be comfortable with planning, structuring, keeping to schedules and budgets, and leading the project team towards a common goal.
You lead projects, and together with your project teams, you create momentum to achieve set goals. A day in the life of a project manager is flexible and varied, with project meetings, tenders, site visits and construction meetings on the agenda. Together with the rest of the team, you participate and contribute to the development of processes and the exchange of experience between each other.
Your responsibility is to lead the project process from the design and implementation phase to final inspection and handover to the operating organization.
About you
We are looking for you who have a college or university degree in civil engineering or who have otherwise acquired equivalent knowledge. You have previous experience from the industry either as a client, consultant or contractor and have worked at least a couple of years as a project manager. We also want you to have good knowledge of the construction industry's standard agreements, AMA, LOU, construction law, etc.
We value that you have a great interest in sustainable community building and technology. You provide a professional service and work to deliver assigned projects to the right quality and at the right price. As a person, you are structured, positive, flexible and enjoy working with others. Your ability to independently drive projects forward is important to us.
Your IT skills are good and you can express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish and preferably English.
The position requires that you have a B driving license.
Welcome with your application! You can either attach your CV and personal letter or fill in your details directly in the application form.
Other information
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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, openness, 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.