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 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 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 mission-critical operation with exciting projects, cutting-edge technology, and colleagues who value each other.
We are now seeking several experienced Electrical Engineers who want to help build the maintenance operations of the future!
We are facing one of Vattenfall Electricity Distribution's largest initiatives ever – a historic mobilization to build stronger, more resilient, and fully independent capabilities in maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair. At a time when the world demands ever greater robustness and reliability, we are taking decisive steps to secure an electricity grid that can handle difficult conditions and deliver when it matters most.
About the Role
As an Electrical Power Engineer focusing 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 complete documentation. The work is conducted primarily 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 working environment and safety are considered at all stages 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 documentation, 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 documentation all the way to handover, including updates and as-built documentation after construction/commissioning
Coordinate and set requirements for contractors/suppliers in those parts of projects where external resources are used
When needed, work with relay protection/IED and communication in substation environments, such as IEC 61850 and support related to substation networks
Qualification Specification
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 success. At the same time, you are responsible, drive your work assignments to completion, and are comfortable asking for support when needed.
We would like you to have:
Post-secondary education in electrical power/electrotechnical engineering (university/civil engineer degree) or equivalent experience-based competence
Experience in electrical power design in a project environment
Experience preparing design documentation: single-line diagrams, circuit diagrams, connection tables, assembly documentation, and layouts/panel layouts
Good CAD skills
Structured and quality-conscious, takes responsibility for technical deliverables and enjoys collaborating with multiple stakeholders
Very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
B-class driver's license
Meritorious:
Experience with distribution projects/substation and control facilities
Relay protection/IED and IEC 61850 (configuration/testing, e.g., SCD/GOOSE/MMS where relevant)
Experience with testing/commissioning/troubleshooting of control systems
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 Location
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 Location
Västerås, Avesta, Uppsala, Älvkarleby, Östhammar, Umeå, Örnsköldsvik, Storuman, Luleå, Jokkmokk, or Gällivare.
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 to submit your application by August 9, 2026! We do not accept personal letters in your application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV. We only accept applications through 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 infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are classified as security-sensitive, and you may be subject to civil defense placement. If this position is security-classified, a security vetting will be conducted before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act. Any civil defense placement will be made with support from the employment contract and the Total Defense Duty Act.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 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 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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