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

We at Vattenfall Eldistribution are growing and also in the operations monitoring business we are getting more. The demands to always have access to electricity in society are increasing and it is becoming more and more complex to run our electricity networks and ensure that electricity always arrives. As we invest more, we need to become more and find more efficient ways to do this.

The Local Grid Operations Monitoring department is responsible for maximizing the capacity and availability of the electricity network for our customers. We do this by leading operational management, monitoring and controlling the network and managing issues and faults related to our facilities. Our focus is on maintaining electrical safety and security for staff, facilities and the public. We are also responsible for ensuring a good physical work environment and sustainable shift work in the operations center.

Today we are about 20 employees in the department, all located at our office in Trollhättan. The department belongs to the unit for operational monitoring, which consists of five departments. Four of these work with monitoring and controlling the electricity network, two for local networks and two for regional networks. The fifth department focuses on customer relations in connection with outages and handles fault reports.

As Head of Department, you will lead inspire and engage our employees within your mission responsibility and ensure that set goals are achieved. In your mission, you and your colleagues will create the conditions for our success by working towards common company and unit goals. You will work in the Supervision Management Team. The position suits you who sees all employees and likes to tackle challenges at the intersection of technology, customer and society.

Examples of tasks

• Lead and drive routine work and participate in the tactical and strategic work at unit level
• Communicate outage information to customers and stakeholders (society and internal) in close cooperation with the fault notification
• Analyze recurring disturbances and transient faults
• Optimize operations and implement proposed measures on the local network
• Initiate measures in the event of disturbances or deviations in our facilities
• Assist within and outside the unit with knowledge of how operational reliability and availability of the network are maintained
• Drives, supports and resources the daily management of the operations center (DC Coordinator)
• Resource with operational knowledge in development work within the company

Requirements specification

We are looking for you who have experience of working with operational monitoring in the energy industry, it is meritorious to have a relevant academic degree. You need to have leadership experience from previous management positions. We see it as an advantage if you have previously worked in a management team. You are driven by developing both people and working methods and have the ability to inspire and make your employees grow and feel involved in the change work together with colleagues within the company.

The business is conducted around the clock, which requires you to be able to quickly understand different situations in order to be able to prioritize correctly, identify appropriate solutions and make informed decisions. You will have many contacts with both internal and external parties, which is why the ability and willingness to collaborate, influence and contribute to the development of the business is important. Furthermore, you have good communication skills, both written and oral, and feel comfortable taking questions from our partners. To communicate your decisions and business challenges, you have the ability to create presentations and reports in both Swedish and English.

Additional information

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 environment, with a strong and positive culture characterized by care for everyone. 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.

As a manager at Vattenfall Eldistribution, you are motivated by driving transformation by:

• Engaging your employees to participate in development work
• Responsible for raising new business development needs
• Taking a clear sponsorship including responsibility for benefit realization for our business development projects
• Responsible for the reception and compliance of new ways of working

Place of work

Trollhättan. Travel to Vattenfall Electricity Distribution's other locations is included in the role.

Contact persons

For more information about the position, please contact the recruiting manager Sabina Öman Binett sabina.oemanbinett@vattenfall.com

For information about the recruitment process, please contact the responsible recruiter: Anna Uppström, anna.uppstroem@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 August 31.

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. Tests may be part of the recruitment process. Selection and interviews will take place after the closing date.