Company description
Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has around 21,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming lives through innovation for over a century.
About the role
Would you like to join us on the journey towards a fossil-free future? At Vattenfall, we are committed to building a future where everyone can choose fossil-free ways to transport, produce and live.
We are developing a common way of working to secure the functionality of control systems and networks at our production sites. We work in a combination with local maintenance staff and central staff to secure the systems. Together with the central OT group, you will participate in systematic cybersecurity work and act as a requirement-setting and follow-up on projects. In your role, you also act as an important interface in the collaboration between the plants and central IT and OT resources.
Your main tasks will include consist of:
- Monitor and manage security risks
- Update software and firmware
- Ensure backup and disaster recovery procedures are working
- Manage licenses
- Plan long-term upgrades and replacements of systems/control systems
Requirements
As a person you will enjoy working both independently and in teams, have an analytical ability to identify and solve technical problems and suggest improvements. You will have an important role in securing our operations by managing and maintaining our OT systems.
To succeed in the role, we therefore look for you to have/be:
- Technical college degree or automation engineering degree
- Experience working in both OT and IT environments
- Knowledge of cybersecurity
- Experience managing backup and recovery processes
- Like license management
- Like software updates
- Good knowledge of networks
- Good knowledge of security measures
- Good knowledge of technologies used in the OT environment
- Fluent in both Swedish and English
It is meritorious if you have experience with various control systems such as Siemens PCS7, T3000 and ABB 800xA.
Additional information
In addition to being involved in shaping 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 if needed. 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.
Location
Uppsala, Solna, Jordbro or Nyköping.
For more information about the position, you are welcome to contact recruiting manager Liselott Nilsson, liselott1.nilsson@vattenfall.com. For more information about the recruitment process, please contact Julia Norberg, julia.norberg@vattenfall.com
Union representatives via Vattenfall's switchboard, 08 739 50 00. Stefan Andersson, Akademikerna, Kjell Karlsson, Ledarna, Jan Svensson, SEKO and Patrik Nenzén, Unionen.
Please send your application no later than 2025-06-15. Selection and interviews are ongoing. 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.
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.
Because the safety of Vattenfall and its employees is paramount, we will carry out a pre-employment screening prior to each hire. These checks are based on your role that you will fill within Vattenfall.
Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, thus many of our services are classified. If this position is classified, a security clearance will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.
We look forward to your application!