Driven Environmental Inspector with Broad Expertise to the Heart of Sörmland

Flen Municipality is located in the heart of Södermanland and is known for its nature-oriented lifestyle and small-town charm, creating a pleasant and calm environment for the municipality's residents and visitors. With proximity to Stockholm, Eskilstuna, and Nyköping, Flen is also a strategic location for commuters. Here we invest in sustainable development, active community life, and opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs to grow. Are you a colleague who is passionate about making a real difference for both people and the environment in our municipality? Take the opportunity to become our next environmental inspector and help shape a healthy and sustainable future for Flen Municipality. The position we offer gives you an opportunity to develop in your professional role in collaboration with colleagues and an already established network of contacts. Every experience and competence is valued and utilized to together create a municipal service and welfare of high quality. Duties/Assignments As an environmental inspector, you will primarily work with supervisory tasks within the scope of the Environmental Code. Your work tasks involve planning, conducting, and following up inspections as well as handling applications and notification cases. The work involves extensive contact with both businesses and private individuals. Since our operations cover many different areas, you will work broadly across multiple areas. We distribute work tasks in groups with several areas within each group. There are opportunities for development and specialization within different subject areas, and we try to distribute tasks based on employees' different interests and competencies. The organization requires flexibility, which means that work tasks may change over time. The work is varied and involves both independent responsibility and close collaboration with colleagues and other stakeholders. As an environmental inspector, you will conduct supervisory visits, handle supervisory cases, and incoming permit applications. Part of the work will also consist of providing advice to relevant stakeholders. Participation in quality work is also included in the position, such as developing and refining supervisory methods and working procedures, preparing information materials, establishing routines, templates, etc. Supervisory areas and work tasks will be included based on operational needs and/or resource allocation. As an environmental inspector, you perform supervision according to the Environmental Code and other relevant legislation in order to create a sustainable society. Your assignment includes setting requirements and making decisions in your role as a public authority representative. Qualifications We are looking for someone who has a degree in environmental and health protection inspection or work experience that the employer deems equivalent. It is meritious to have experience and competence in supervising agriculture, environmentally hazardous activities, health protection, sewage, and contaminated land. You who apply: have the ability to handle and coordinate many tasks simultaneously are thorough, take great personal responsibility, and have good planning ability are clear in your communication and can express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish have good teamwork skills and are service-oriented are an experienced computer user and master the Office suite well have a B-class driver's license Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. Other meritious qualities are: Experience with the case management system Castor. Experience with Lex. Knowledge regarding sewage and health protection. Knowledge of Microsoft Office or similar programs. Knowledge of the Municipal Act, environmental law, and administrative law. Personal Qualities At Flen Municipality, we value what you as a person can contribute to the team. As a person, you are curious, unpretentious, self-driven, and can prioritize work in an efficient and thorough manner even during times of higher workload. You will be part of a small team that is expected to support and help each other when needed. As an inspector, you also need to be comfortable working independently with your own initiative. You also need to be thorough and have a good ability to plan and structure your own work. In your assignment, it will be helpful if you have high integrity, a holistic perspective, and if with curiosity, openness, and courage you help develop the environmental unit's work in Flen Municipality. To fit into our team, you must understand what service-oriented public authority work means. You need to have a keen sense of service and interaction with those we serve, without compromising legal security. If you enjoy being part of an operation focused on service, development, digitalization, and legal security, you will be a good fit with us. We warmly welcome your application! About the Workplace Flen Municipality strives to be an attractive workplace with equal opportunities for all. What we as a workplace offer is: A supportive work environment with varied tasks, both in the field and in the office. Opportunity to be part of developing the department's working methods and routines. Flexible working hours Opportunity to work remotely based on operational needs We apply individual salary setting and offer our employees vacation exchange as well as subsidized wellness and compensation for patient care fees up to the high-cost protection limit. The Building and Environment Unit is part of the Authority Department at the Municipal Administration Office in Flen Municipality. The unit is responsible for supervision and administration primarily within the scope of the Environmental Code and the Planning and Building Act. The unit's target image is to be a professional authority characterized by good service and good conduct, legal security, clarity, efficiency, and development. Scope/Duration and Start Date 1 Permanent position, full-time. Start date by agreement; probation may be applied. Application Deadline: September 13, 2026 Warmly welcome to Flen! Contact Person Anna Westling Building and Environment Manager 0157-430039 [email protected]

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