Unit Manager Water Distribution

Mölndals kommun · Full-time

Mölndal, Sweden

In Mölndal Municipality, we are proud to have Sweden's most important jobs where we together create the best possible everyday life for our residents. With knowledge, courage and creativity, we develop our operations and contribute to making Mölndal an even better place to live and work. Welcome to make a difference in people's everyday lives every day! The City Services Department has an important and exciting mission to deliver, coordinate and develop services for residents and departments in Mölndal Municipality. The department has approximately 550 employees and is organized into four operational areas; meals and facility management, water and recycling, city maintenance, and administration and customer service. The Water and Recycling operational area works towards a sustainable future by ensuring clean water in both taps and watercourses and promoting more sustainable consumption with reduced waste. We do this by developing, maintaining and improving our operations. 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Would you like to influence public benefit and contribute to a safe, sustainable and secure water supply service for the residents of Mölndal? Then this could be the right assignment for you. As Unit Manager for Water Distribution, you have overall responsibility for leading and developing the unit that daily delivers important water supply services to the residents of Mölndal Municipality. Your assignment includes responsibility for budget, work environment and personnel, and you drive strategic and operational work forward in line with the city's goals and vision. In this role, you are responsible for leading the unit's water distribution operations with a team of approximately 15 employees, including operations managers, plumbers, operations technicians and measurement technicians. This involves planning, monitoring and developing the operation, installation and maintenance of water supply lines in-house. You drive and oversee projects within the distribution area ranging from operational and maintenance efforts to ongoing service, while ensuring that work is carried out in accordance with applicable safety regulations and environmental rules. An important part of the assignment is coordination, where you collaborate closely with other units, operations and contractors. You handle environmental matters, ensure that occupational health and safety plans are met and are responsible for planning, scheduling, staffing and monitoring in the operations system. The position may involve work with security-classified information and requires security clearance and background checks. On-call duty may occur. You are part of the management team for Water and Recycling and report to the operations manager for the area. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for a confident, clear and solution-oriented leader with several years of experience managing employees and operations. You have the ability to create structure and engagement and to drive development and change. You have relevant technical higher education in, for example, process engineering or civil engineering, or alternatively other education and work experience deemed equivalent. You have experience from a technically complex operation, for example within water supply, process industry, facilities, energy or other technical infrastructure. Water supply experience is meritorious but not a requirement. You have good technical understanding and the ability to grasp complex technical systems and facilities. You have experience with budgets, financial monitoring and occupational health and safety responsibility. Experience in procurement, contracts, contract operations and contract law is meritorious. Experience from public sector operations is an advantage, but not a requirement. As a person you are decisive, collaboration-oriented and confident in complex situations. You build trust, create good relationships and lead with clarity, presence and commitment. Welcome to submit your application! Employment type: Permanent position. Duration: Permanent, Start: Start by mutual agreement. In this recruitment, Mölndal Municipality is collaborating with Jefferson Wells. If you have questions, you are welcome to contact responsible recruitment consultant Maria Svedberg at [email protected] or recruitment consultant Anna Edemyr at [email protected]. We conduct continuous selection, so please submit your application as soon as possible but no later than October 7.