Company Description
Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is Vattenfall's electricity distribution business and one of Sweden's largest distribution grid companies. We are responsible for critical infrastructure that distributes electricity to more than 900,000 businesses and households. As an employee with us, you contribute every day to a functioning society and to secure electricity 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 socially 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 completely independent capacity in maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair. In a time when the world is making increasingly higher demands on robustness and resilience, we are taking decisive steps to secure an electricity grid that can handle difficult conditions and delivers when it matters most.
About the Role
As an Electrical 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 to detailed design, procurement documents, and completed documentation. The work is conducted mainly in close collaboration with our own maintenance organization, which means you have regular dialogue with those who will build, test, and operate the facility. In this 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 responsibilities:
Develop and quality assure design documentation (single-line diagrams, circuit diagrams, connection tables, assembly instructions, and layouts/panel layouts)
Prepare technical descriptions and supporting 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 documentation all the way 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
When 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 issues. You have good collaboration skills, enjoy sharing your expertise, and contribute to the team's overall goals. At the same time, you are responsible, drive your 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 design in a project environment
Experience preparing design documentation: single-line diagrams, circuit diagrams, connection tables, assembly instructions, and layouts/panel layouts
Strong CAD skills
Structured and quality-conscious, takes responsibility for technical deliverables and enjoys collaborating with many stakeholders
Excellent Swedish language skills, both spoken and written
B driving license
Meritorious:
Experience with distribution projects/substations and control facilities
Protective relays/IED and IEC 61850 (configuration/testing, e.g., SCD/GOOSE/MMS where applicable)
Experience with testing/commissioning/troubleshooting of control equipment
Experience with procurement documentation and technical support during procurement
Experience preparing as-built documentation and completing documentation after construction
Additional Information
We offer an exciting work day and a good balance in life at an attractive workplace with good 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 Locations
We offer an exciting work day and a good balance in life at an attractive workplace with good 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 Locations
Trollhättan, Åmål, Borås, Gothenburg, 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].
Trade 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 with your application no later than August 9, 2026! We do not accept personal letters in the application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV. We only accept applications through our website.
We use continuous selection. During the vacation period, it may take a bit longer before you receive feedback on your application or answers to your questions – thank you for your patience.
Working for Vattenfall means working with socially critical infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are security classified and you may be subject to war mobilization. If this position is security classified, a security check will be conducted before employment, in accordance with the security protection act. Any war mobilization occurs with support from the employment agreement and the law on total defense duty.
At Vattenfall, we value being active, positive, open, and safety conscious.Company Description
Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is Vattenfall's electricity distribution business and one of Sweden's largest distribution grid companies. We are responsible for critical infrastructure that distributes electricity to more than 900,000 businesses and households. As an employee with us, you contribute every day to a functioning society and to secure electricity 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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