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 societal infrastructure that distributes electricity to more than 900,000 companies and households. As an employee with us, you contribute every day to the functioning of society and to a secure electricity supply for future generations.Together, we are building the electricity grid of the future and enabling the transition to a fossil-free society.
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About the role
Do you want a meaningful job where you can contribute to making a real difference both for society and the energy transition? With us, you are part of a socially important business and get to work with exciting projects, cutting-edge technology and colleagues who value each other.
Vattenfall Eldistribution operates a socially important infrastructure that distributes more than half of all electricity produced in Sweden. We build, maintain and operate a safe, reliable and efficient electricity network. Through our operations, we enable electrification and ensure that society always functions and can develop. Our mission is really important - become part of Vattenfall Eldistribution!
Responsibilities
As an Electricity Network Engineer/Power System Analyst with us, you will be part of the Selective Planning unit with about 30 colleagues with great technical knowledge and experience of Sweden's regional and local networks. The work we do contributes to increasing Vattenfall Electricity Network's security of supply and is therefore an important piece of the puzzle in Sweden's green electrification.
In your role, you will mainly use your electrical power expertise for complex analyzes and calculations of relay protection settings, as well as be a requirement setter when designing relay protection systems that ensure reliable and safe fault disconnection in our electricity network.
You will work with:
- Investigations and fault analyses in case of operational disturbances
- Development of selective plans for local and regional networks
- Fault current calculations
- Participate in project groups for investment projects
- Management of control facilities
- Internal development of working methods
We work mainly from our offices, but have regular contact with operating staff and control facility engineers in the field. In addition, we often collaborate with other units within the company, such as: Grid Analysis, Project Engineering and Power Quality.
Requirements
We are looking for you who have:
- an engineering degree at post-secondary level in electrical power, or equivalent competence acquired in another way that we consider equivalent
- a few years of experience in electricity networks (local or regional networks) or electric power
- interest in calculations and analyzes
- good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish and English
It is meritorious if you have experience of
- working with meshed power grids
- development of selective plans
- working with control facilities
- working with HVDC
- programming in, for example, Python, VBA, C# or similar
- project management
Further information
We offer
We offer an exciting working day and a good life balance in an attractive workplace with good opportunities for development. We work in a safe and motivating work 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 employee benefits.
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We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strive to be good role models. 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.
Location
Luleå
Contact persons
For more information about the position itself, contact the responsible manager: Martin Vestling, 070-235 58 19.
For information about the recruitment process, contact the responsible recruiter: Caroline Grammenos, 072-224 97 01.
Union representatives for this position are Christian Ericsson, Ledarna, Anne-Marie Sjöbohm, Akademikerna, Asim Nokic, 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 June 1, 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.
We look forward to your application!
Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, thus many of our services are security classified. If this position is classified, a security clearance will be carried out prior to employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.