Company Description
Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is Vattenfall's electricity grid operations and one of Sweden's largest electricity distribution companies. We are responsible for critical societal infrastructure that distributes electricity to more than 900,000 businesses and households. As an employee with us, you contribute every day to making society function and to ensuring a secure power supply for future generations. Together we are building the electricity grid of the future and enabling the transition to a sustainable society. Read more about what it's like to work here
About the Role
Do you want a meaningful job where you can make a real difference for both society and the energy transition? With us, you are part of a society-critical operation with exciting projects, cutting-edge technology, and colleagues who value each other.
We are now seeking several experienced Electrical Design Engineers who want to help build the maintenance operations of the future!
We are facing one of Vattenfall Eldistribution's largest initiatives ever – a historic mobilization to build stronger, more resilient, and entirely in-house capabilities in maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair. At a time when the world is demanding ever greater robustness and resilience, we are taking decisive steps to ensure an electricity grid that can withstand difficult conditions and delivers when needed most.
About the Role
As an Electrical Power Design Engineer with a focus on substations and control equipment, you are a key person in our reinvestment projects within the electricity grid 0.4–400 kV. You drive the design from requirements and technical choices through detailed design, procurement specifications, and final documentation. The work is carried out mainly together with our own maintenance organization, which means you have close dialogue with those who will build, test, and operate the facility. In the role, you also ensure that work environment and safety are considered in all phases from design choices and work planning to implementation and handover.
Your main tasks and areas of responsibility:
Prepare and quality assure design documentation (single-line diagrams, circuit diagrams, connection tables, assembly instructions, and layouts/panel layouts)
Develop technical descriptions and documentation and provide technical support during implementation
Ensure that the design meets requirements, standards, and internal guidelines and contribute to technical choices and solution discussions
Drive the documentation all the way through to handover, including updates and as-built documentation after construction/commissioning
Coordinate and set requirements for contractors/suppliers in the parts of projects where external resources are used
Where needed, work with protective relays/IED and communication in substation environments, for example IEC 61850 and support related to substation networks
Requirements
We are looking for someone who is analytical and enjoys working with complex technical challenges. You have good collaboration skills, enjoy sharing your expertise, and contribute to the overall team effort. At the same time, you are responsible, drive your work tasks to completion, and are comfortable asking for support when needed.
We would like you to have:
Post-secondary education in electrical power/electrical engineering (bachelor's/master's degree) or equivalent experience-based competence
Experience with electrical power design in project environments
Experience preparing design documentation: single-line diagrams, circuit diagrams, connection tables, assembly instructions, and layouts/panel layouts
Good CAD skills
Structured and quality-conscious, take responsibility for technical deliverables and enjoy collaborating with many stakeholders
Very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
Class B driver's license
Meritorious:
Experience with distribution projects/substation and control installations
Protective relays/IED and IEC 61850 (configuration/testing, e.g., SCD/GOOSE/MMS where relevant)
Experience with testing/commissioning/troubleshooting of control installations
Experience with procurement specifications and technical support during procurement
Experience preparing as-built documentation and completing documentation after construction
Additional Information
We offer an exciting daily work life and good life balance at an attractive workplace with excellent opportunities for development. We work in a safe and motivating work environment with a strong and positive culture characterized by care for everyone. To help you thrive, we offer opportunities for continuous learning, good working conditions, and a wide range of employee benefits - Read more about our benefits here.
Work Location
Trollhättan, Åmål, Borås, Göteborg, Skövde, Motala, Linköping, Kimstad, Sköldinge, Nyköping, Södertälje, or Sollentuna.
Contact Persons
For more information about the position, contact recruiting manager Anders Palenbring, [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Johanna Sperling, [email protected].
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.
Welcome to submit your application by August 9, 2026! We do not accept personal letters in applications. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV. We only accept applications via our website.
We conduct continuous selection. During the vacation period, it may take a bit longer before you receive feedback on your application or answers to your questions – we appreciate your patience.
Working within Vattenfall means working with critical societal infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are security-classified and you may be assigned to civil defense duty. If this position is security-classified, a security clearance will be conducted before employment in accordance with the Security Protection Act. Any civil defense assignment occurs under the employment contract and the Civil Defense Duty Act.
At Vattenfall, we value being active, positive, open, and safety-conscious.Company Description
Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is Vattenfall's electricity grid operations and one of Sweden's largest electricity distribution companies. We are responsible for critical societal infrastructure that distributes electricity to more than 900,000 businesses and households. As an employee with us, you contribute every day to making society function and to ensuring a secure power supply for future generations. Together we are building the electricity grid of the future and enabling the transition to a sustainable society. Read more about what it's like to work here
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