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 20,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming lives through innovation for over a century. We now want to make it possible to live fossil-free and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

Vattenfall Eldistribution AB distributes electricity to households, businesses and society - around the clock all year round. Our electricity network is over 12,000 miles long and we distribute electricity to almost 900,000 customers. We build, operate, maintain and invest in our electricity network to ensure that you as a customer receive a reliable supply.Read more about us at: www.vattenfalleldistribution.se

About the role

An exciting everyday life - for a fossil-free future. With us, you get to influence tomorrow's climate-smart society and create the electricity grid of the future. Vattenfall takes great responsibility for creating a fossil-free Sweden where a stable electricity grid is a prerequisite for success. We need you to get there. Do you want to make a real difference for Sweden to succeed in the energy transition and achieve the climate goals?

Vattenfall Eldistribution is looking for a Head of Department for Operational Planning Regional Network

We are in an expansive phase and are now strengthening our operations in operational planning. Society's increased demand for access to electricity means that our electricity networks are becoming increasingly complex to operate. As investments increase, we need to handle more work while minimizing customer outages and risks in the network.

Operational planning Regionnät is responsible for planning in both the long and short term with a focus on electrical safety and minimizing outage times. The work includes network calculations and the preparation and distribution of operating orders. The department currently consists of about 12 employees located in Trollhättan and is part of the Operations Planning unit, which includes five departments - four for local and regional networks and one for operational monitoring systems.

As head of department, you lead the work together with your colleague in the other regional network department. You are responsible for inspiring and engaging employees, ensuring that set goals are achieved and actively contributing to the development of the company and the unit. You are part of the management team for Operations Planning and work at the intersection of technology, people and society - an environment where you thrive on managing complex challenges and creating value for both customers and the organization.

We are looking for you who have experience in electricity network operations and previous managerial roles with personnel responsibility. You have good communication skills, are confident in handling questions from various partners and are used to presenting reports and decision-making documents in both Swedish and English. You are a leader who sees each employee, values cooperation and is driven by developing both people and working methods.

Example of tasks.

• Lead and drive the operational work and participate in the tactical and strategic work at the unit level
• Communicate outage information to customers and stakeholders (society and internally)
• Optimize outages and plan work in the network without customer outages
• Assist within and outside the unit with knowledge of how operational reliability and availability in the network are maintained
• Drives, supports and resources the daily management of the unit and its sister department
• Resource with operational knowledge in development work within the company

Requirement specification

To succeed in the role, we see that you have documented good experience of putting the qualities and abilities we are looking for into practice. This means that through previous positions you can show concrete results where you have led, inspired and engaged employees, contributed to business development and successfully managed change. We value examples where your communicative and pedagogical strength, your ability to collaborate and your courage to drive and test new ways of working have been crucial to positive outcomes.

Requirements.

• Experience of working in technical electricity network operations
• You have an education in technology, for example as an engineer, or equivalent work experience that gives you the right conditions to succeed in the role.
• Several years of documented leadership experience from previous management positions
• Strong communication skills both in writing and orally
• Comfortable with presenting and reporting in Swedish and English

Advantageous.

• Experience of working in a management team
• Experience of change work and development of working methods

Further information

In addition to being involved in shaping the smart energy society of the future, we offer a workplace with good opportunities for development. We encourage you to move on and explore new areas within the company. With our career and development model, we want to create clarity in the opportunities you have to develop in the direction you want. It's important to make your whole life work, which is why we are committed to ensuring that our employees enjoy a good work-life balance. We believe that diversity and inclusion lead to innovation, improved business performance and increased engagement and we strive to represent the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we operate.

We also have a wide range of other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Find out more here:Compensation & Benefits - Vattenfall SE

Read more about us at: www.vattenfalleldistribution.se

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

Please send your application no later than September 23.

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.

Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, thus many of our services are security classified. If this position is security classified, a security check will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.