Company Description
Ringhals nuclear power plant delivers fossil-free electricity every day, year-round. We have more than 40 years of experience in electricity production. Ringhals is located on the west coast in Varberg municipality, six miles south of Gothenburg.
Our employee culture is characterized by competence, expertise, and positive people who want to share their knowledge. At Ringhals, we constantly work to develop our operations and working methods to meet the requirements that customers and society place on us, which is why we see individual development as a major part of the company's future. With us, you are offered personal development in a workplace with many opportunities.
Read more about our operations at https://group.vattenfall.com/se/var-verksamhet/ringhals
About the Role
Do you want to lead an operation with great significance for Ringhals long-term safety, availability, and fuel economy? As Unit Manager for Core and Fuel Technology, you will have a central role in developing both people and operations within a technical specialist area that contributes to fossil-free electricity production.
About Us
The Core and Fuel Technology Unit is one of seven units within the Maintenance department at Ringhals with main tasks such as nuclear fuel procurement, core design dimensioning, and monitoring of core and fuel economy. The unit also includes monitoring external experience and handling technical issues regarding the facilities and providing technical support to the organization.
About the Role
In your role as Unit Manager, you lead the operation toward shared goals with a focus on the bigger picture. You have personnel responsibility for a group manager and the associated team for the unit. You also participate in the Maintenance department's management group where you actively participate in overall and strategic work. Together with the management group, you ensure that your unit develops in the desired direction and that we maintain a good work environment for well-being and performance.
The role of Unit Manager for Core and Fuel Technology is varied and you will have the opportunity to drive your own initiatives while collaborating with other departments and groups within the organization. In this role, you will have many different contacts within Sweden and internationally, for example with suppliers, authorities, external collaboration forums, and organizations.
Job Requirements
About You
We believe that you, as an applicant, have:
Education as a civil engineer or engineering graduate, or alternatively other education or experience that we consider equivalent
Previous experience as a manager with personnel responsibility, preferably from technical operations
Good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish and experience communicating in English
Previous experience from nuclear power
As a Unit Manager, we see that you have good self-awareness, strong organizational skills, and a holistic perspective. You are confident in a leadership role and it comes naturally to you to engage and motivate others to develop both employees and operations. You see collaboration, cooperation, and continuous improvement as a natural path to success, and you create the conditions for open and clear communication both within your own unit and within the organization at large.
Additional Information
Other Information
To reach our strategic goals, we constantly develop our employees to ensure that all staff members are equipped in the best way for their tasks and responsibilities, both now and in the future. Vattenfall and Ringhals are an employer that takes responsibility and listens to our employees' needs. Ringhals offers several internal training programs where you can further develop yourself and create the specialized expertise required in your area. We also offer a number of employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave bonuses, and more. Read more about our benefits here.
Work Location: Ringhals
For questions about the position, contact recruiting manager Niklas Magnusson at 0702289471
For questions about the recruitment process, contact responsible recruiter Lina Friberg at [email protected]
NOTE! The advertisement is open for an extended period over the summer, which means our availability to answer questions may be somewhat limited.
Union Representatives: Patrik Andersson - Akademikerna, Jonas Eriksson – Unionen, Anders Karlsson - Ledarna, Alexander Johnsson - SEKO. All can be reached at 0340-66 70 00.
Submit your application by August 16, 2026. Selection and interviews will take place after the application deadline. You apply for the job by answering some screening questions and attaching your CV; no cover letter is required. We only accept applications through our website. This recruitment includes tests as part of our process.
For this position, we have chosen to recruit ourselves and therefore ask that you refrain from contacting us through recruitment firms or if you are selling advertisements.
At Vattenfall, we value being active, positive, open, and safety-conscious. We seek employees who share our vision and can help strengthen our corporate culture. We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strive to be role models regarding diversity. Vattenfall actively works to ensure that all employees have equal opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender identity, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or functional variation. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.
Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure and our operations are subject to rules regarding security protection, nuclear non-proliferation, and export control. Due to these rules, candidate screening is conducted for many of the positions in our operations before employment. For positions that lead to participation in security-sensitive activities or placement in a security classification, this screening means that security vetting is conducted in accordance with the security protection act. You may be subject to war-time assignment. Any war-time assignment is made with support from the employment agreement and the law on total defense obligation.Company Description
Ringhals nuclear power plant delivers fossil-free electricity every day, year-round. We have more than 40 years of experience in electricity production. Ringhals is located on the west coast in Varberg municipality, six miles south of Gothenburg.
Our employee culture is characterized by competence, expertise, and positive people who want to share their knowledge. At Ringhals, we constantly work to develop our operations and working methods to meet the requirements that customers and society place on us, which is why we see individual development as a major part of the…