Company description
Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is Vattenfall's electricity network business and one of Sweden's largest electricity network companies. We are responsible for a critical infrastructure that distributes electricity to more than 900,000 companies and households. We are building the electricity grid of the future and enabling the energy transition to a fossil-free society. As an employee with us, you are an important part of our socially important mission and contribute to the energy transition and a secure electricity supply for future generations.
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About the role
Do you want a meaningful job where you can help make a real difference both for society and the energy transition? With us, you'll be an integral part of our vital mission, working on exciting projects, at the cutting edge of technology and with colleagues who value each other.
Vattenfall Eldistribution operates a socially critical infrastructure that distributes more than half of all electricity produced in Sweden. Our mission is to maintain, operate and, if necessary, expand a safe, reliable and efficient electricity network. Our operations and a secure electricity supply are crucial for society to always function and develop.
Our mission is really important - become part of Vattenfall Eldistribution!
Responsibilities and tasks:
You will work as part of our newly formed GIS team responsible for developing the use of GIS at Vattenfall Eldistribution. We are in the middle of an exciting phase where we are working intensively to build a well-functioning GIS platform where the GIS team plays a central role.
The work in our GIS team involves close collaboration with colleagues within the team and with the company's other operations. As a GIS developer with us, you will help our businesses/clients develop new or manage existing GIS systems and solutions. We work with information processing, automation, develop solutions for business-critical geodata, design and perform complex spatial analyses or work with data flows and accessibility of geodata.
In addition, you can work with organizational and business development or IT architecture linked to GIS and geodata. We work with relational databases with spatial extensions such as SQL Server, and we use programming in combination with the software FME and ArcGIS. We often work agile, and work closely with our customers with a high focus on concrete solutions in line with their needs.
Your role as a GIS developer with us
As a GIS developer with us, you will be a key competence in the team where your tasks may consist of:
- Creating customized GIS solutions in the ESRI platform
- Developing new functionality but also further developing existing functionality in an expansive platform
- Automating processes, workflows and data management with FME
Requirements
We are now looking for you with broad knowledge and experience in GIS which means setting up, configuring, administering and working in a modern GIS platform.
We believe that you want to contribute to a sustainable society through digitization and have a passion for GIS development, geodata and databases. You see the value in automation and digitization of work processes, see the potential of geographic information in them and want to work actively to spread it in the organization.
You have skills in the following areas:
- FME Form/Flow
- Programming mainly in Python, but also ArcPy, Arcade and Javascript are interesting
- Spatial databases (SQL Server or Oracle)
- ArcGIS Enterprise
Furthermore, it is also meritorious with experience in testing, developing and implementing web applications in the GIS area and having worked with the collection / update of geodata from various sources such as satellite images, aerial photos and geodata.We would like to see that you have a college or university degree and at least 4 years of relevant work experience. We attach great importance to personal qualities, having the right attitude and being open to learning. You should be easy to work with others and you should also be curious, creative and interested in development work. You are self-driven and deliver high quality work on time. You also need to be able to make yourself understood in speech and shifts in Swedish and English.
Further information
We offer an exciting working day and a good balance in life in an attractive workplace with good opportunities for development. We work in a safe and motivating environment, with a strong and positive culture of caring for all. To help you thrive, we offer continuous learning opportunities, good working conditions and a wide range of staff benefits. Find out more about our benefits here.
We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall Eldistribution values everyone's equal value and works actively to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability.
Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.
Place of employment
Solna or Trollhättan, other Vattenfall Elddistribution locations may be relevant.
Contact persons
For more information about the position itself, contact the recruiting manager: Pär Höglund, par.hoglund@vattenfall.com
For information about the recruitment process, contact the responsible recruiter: Jessica Petersson, jessica.petersson@vattenfall.com.
Union representatives for this position are Christian Ericsson, Ledarna, Anne-Marie Sjöbohm, Akademikerna, Jan-Olof Eriksson, Unionen, Ulf Tengman, SEKO. All contact persons can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard 08-739 50 00.
Please send your application no later than 10 August 2025.We only accept applications via our website. We do not accept personal letters in the application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV. Selection and interviews will take place after the closing date.
Vattenfall Eldistribution is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, thus many of our services are security classified. If this position is security classified, security clearance will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.
We look forward to your application!