Company description

Vattenfall Vattenkraft is responsible for Vattenfall's 90 hydropower plants and about 300 dams in the Nordic region. We are about 500 employees in Sweden and Finland with headquarters in Luleå. Hydropower's renewable electricity production is a prerequisite for creating a climate-smart and fossil-free society where we play an important role as an enabler for the sustainable energy system of the future.Our production corresponds to about 25% of Sweden's total electricity needs. To deliver high availability in our production, we need to constantly challenge ourselves, develop our working methods and take advantage of digital opportunities.

About the role

Do you want to have fun at work and at the same time work for a fossil-free society?

Now you have the opportunity to do so with us at Vattenfall Vattenkraft. Together we work for a fossil-free society. To achieve our goal, we need committed employees who want to contribute to a better climate on our planet. You will be an important part of that work!

About the job

As Head of Asset Management, you have overall responsibility for ensuring that our hydropower facilities in Sweden and Finland are managed in a structured, efficient and long-term sustainable way. This means that you are responsible for ensuring that there are action plans for the facilities for the current year and in the long term, over 30 years. You are also responsible for taking care of this year's plan and that optimization is done if changes are needed.

You drive and coordinate the work of the asset management process to identify and prioritize actions to ensure the availability, lifetime and safety level of our assets. You will work closely with other managers in the different departments of the company and lead an experienced and competent team of highly committed employees. Your team is geographically dispersed, which means a digital and present leadership. You will report to the Head of Technology and be part of her management team.

Example of responsibilities

• Ensure that BU Hydro Nordic complies with laws, regulations and internal guidelines within plant management
• Lead and develop an experienced team responsible for actions both within capex and opex
• Develop and implement working methods and processes for long-term plant management
• Prioritize and plan actions, based on risk and profitability, within given financial frameworks from this year's plan to plans over 30 years into the future
• Ensure optimization and adjustment of the action plan when change is needed, such as breakdowns or cost deviations
• Ensure risk and profitability analysis for measures
• Responsible for staff, budget, work environment and follow up on goals and ensure compliance with Vattenfall's policies and systems

Requirements specification

Your background

To take on the role in the best way, we are looking for you with a confident and grounded leadership who thrives in a dynamic everyday life where strategic as well as operational decisions require clarity, integrity and decisiveness. You have a strong ability to make decisions based on available data and experience - even under time pressure - and can stand by those decisions, while being prestigious enough to reconsider them when new information arises.

You switch effortlessly between long-term investments and urgent operational issues, ensuring that each effort builds towards a holistic solution. You have the ability to quickly analyze, weigh risks and make decisions to ensure progress.

As a leader, you create clear structures and drive change with care, clarity and pace. You are used to leading experienced and competent teams remotely and have the ability to build trust and presence even in digital forums. You capture employees' perspectives and help create consensus and direction in a technically complex context.

You are motivated by contributing to socially important infrastructure and are driven by building sustainable processes that work for the entire organization - today and for the future.

We are looking for you who have:

• Civil engineering degree or other relevant education - or equivalent competence acquired through work experience.
• Good experience in technical management, production or investment, preferably from the energy sector or equivalent complex technical activities
• Documented experience of leadership
• Good understanding of financial management and investment calculations
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English, in speech and writing
• B driving license

Meriterande:

• Experience of working in a regulated environment
• Experience of change management in a technical environment

Additional information

Location

The location is primarily Solna, Luleå or Umeå, but for the right candidate, other Vattenfall locations may also be relevant.

Contacts

For questions about the position, please contact the recruiting manager Yvonne Björnström, 0738515391.

For questions about the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Summer Lovlinger, 0701945664.

Union representatives are Anneli Jönsson Ledarna, Samuel Jernlif Unionen, Magnus Nilsson Akademikerna and Anders Karlström SEKO. All can be reached via Vattenfall's switchboard, 08-739 50 00.

Step forward for fossil freedom!

Please send your application via our ad on Vattenfall's career pages no later than June 8, 2025. We do not accept personal letters in the application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV.

We are convinced that diversity helps build a more profitable and appealing company and strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall 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 https://careers.vattenfall.com/se/sv/jobba-med-oss/mangfald-inkludering

Vattenfall Vattenkraft is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, which means that many of our positions are security classified. If the position you are applying for is security classified, in accordance with the Security Protection Act, a register check and security interview will be carried out before employment.