Company Description

Company Description

Business Unit (BU) Vattenfall Power Solutions is a business unit of approximately 650 people within Business Area (BA) Vattenfall Generation that trains personnel in Swedish nuclear power, delivers nuclear fuel to Vattenfall's nuclear power plants, develops and implements projects and assignments and provides internal technical specialist services for all of Vattenfall's operations, Group staffs and stakeholders. This includes activities such as development and provision of training, project management and project support, analysis management and investigation, product development, nuclear safety and dam safety assignments. The focus of the Vattenfall Power Solutions business unit is to develop our capabilities in project management and selected key technical disciplines. We work actively with continuous improvement initiatives and development of our models, where our work and competence creates great value for Vattenfall and its investments.

About the role

We need more dedicated people. Together we can take on one of the most important challenges of our time, the work for fossil freedom. Do you want to contribute to a sustainable society and at the same time work with technically exciting projects in nuclear power and energy transition? Then the role of Environmental Specialist at Vattenfall Power Solutions could be for you.

The Waste and Environment unit, within Vattenfall Power Solutions, is now looking for a committed and solution-oriented environmental specialist who wants to join and strengthen our environmental team.

With us, you will have the opportunity to work with exciting and complex projects, mainly in nuclear power, which means that you need to feel committed to contributing to the development in this area. You will be an important part of our growing environmental team and help strengthen our environmental expertise within the organization. Many of our projects are ground-breaking, raising new issues around lifetime extension, environmental permitting and sustainability. We also work on assignments in electricity distribution, wind power, hydroelectric power and heat, as well as the development of environmental product declarations (EPDs).

We know that our employees are the key to our success. We value your development and will always encourage you to use your skills and provide you with opportunities to grow through new challenges, training and skills transfer.

As a new employee, you will have the opportunity to be mentored by senior environmental specialists and to develop your skills in priority areas such as permitting processes and CO₂ calculations. With us, you will have the confidence to act with freedom and responsibility, which together with good working conditions and mutual trust provides a high level of flexibility.

Your tasks and responsibilities

As an Environmental Specialist with us, you will belong to a department with specialists in different technical areas. We work in teams and across areas of expertise to find innovative and effective solutions for our clients. You will interact with colleagues in the environmental functional area who are spread out on both the west and east coasts, giving you the opportunity for a wide network and knowledge exchange.

Your main duties include:

• Environmental project support: Participate in project meetings and provide environmental support to nuclear, hydro and other energy projects
• Permitting processes: Work on licensing processes, environmental plans and contribute to consultation documents
• Environmental monitoring and follow-up: Carry out environmental rounds, follow up on environmental monitoring programs and ensure that environmental requirements are met in the different phases of the projects
• Procurement support: Contribute to procurement by developing environmental and sustainability requirements
• Documentation and reporting: Document and report environmental performance and ensure quality assured environmental deliverables
• Collaboration and knowledge sharing:Collaborate with other environmental specialists, project managers and external stakeholders and contribute to increasing environmental competence within the organization

Requirements

Education (requirements):

• University or Master's degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, sustainable development or similar

Experience (requirements):

• Experience working in a project environment, preferably in the energy, infrastructure or industrial sector
• Knowledge of permitting processes, environmental plans and sustainability requirements in procurement
• Understanding of how environmental work affects project progress, costs and business benefits
• Good knowledge of Microsoft 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
• B-driving license
• Good knowledge of Swedish and English, both in speech and writing

Additional experience:

• Experience from process industries, the petrochemical sector or with a focus on environmental issues
• Work with or within authorities such as county councils or other organizations with environmental responsibilities
• Experience with ISO 14001, environmental control programs or CO₂ emission calculations
• Courses in environmental legislation, environmental management, permit processes or sustainability management

You as a person

We are looking for you who are cooperative and thrive on working in project form with many different stakeholders. You are structured and have a good ability to plan your work to ensure that environmental requirements are met in a timely manner. As a person, you are adaptable and thrive in a dynamic project environment where conditions can change quickly.

You are good at building good relationships, are used to dealing with many contact surfaces and are skilled at expressing yourself in speech and writing. You write reports that are clear, structured and well-formulated.

You will be part of a team that values openness and collaboration and works for a positive working climate with a good community.

Further information

In addition to the fact that you get to help shape the smart energy society of the future we offer you a developing and varied work with many contact surfaces. For us at Vattenfall, it is important that work and private life have a good balance, which is why we offer flexibility in work and the opportunity to work from home when needed and when the business allows. We also have a lot of other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Read more about our benefits here.

The location is Gothenburg. Travel, primarily on the west coast but also to Vattenfall's head office in Solna, is a natural part of the service and we work actively with technical aids to reduce these.