Company Description
Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is Vattenfall's electricity distribution business and one of Sweden's largest 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 making society function 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. Learn more about what it's like to work here
About the Role
Would you like a meaningful job where you can make a real difference for both society and the energy transition? With us, you are part of a societally important operation with exciting projects, cutting-edge technology, and colleagues who value each other.
We are now seeking several experienced Station Technicians who want to be part of building the maintenance operations of the future!
We are undertaking one of Vattenfall Eldistribution's largest initiatives ever – a historic concentrated effort to build stronger, more resilient, and entirely independent capabilities within maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair. In a time when the world is placing ever higher demands on robustness and durability, we are taking decisive steps to ensure an electricity grid that handles difficult conditions and delivers when it matters most.
Responsibilities and Tasks
As a Station Technician, you have a central role in ensuring that our electrical power installations from 0.4 to 400 kV are safe, available, and equipped for future energy needs. In this role, you will have varied and practical fieldwork, where you combine advanced technical problem-solving with careful digital documentation. Together with colleagues in operations, maintenance, and projects, you contribute to an electricity grid with high operational reliability and quality, where your technical expertise makes a real difference in everyday work, both for our installations and for society.
Your main responsibilities include:
Perform service, operation, maintenance, construction, and troubleshooting in substations and electrical power installations
Conduct rounds, inspections, and checks according to established maintenance programs and report deviations
Work according to ESA, EBR, and applicable safety procedures, and participate in risk assessments and work planning
Perform maintenance, repairs, and switching on switchgear equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, disconnectors, tap changers, battery systems, as well as thermography work and earth resistance testing, etc.
Small modifications and fault corrections may be part of the role
Document completed work and manage work orders in our digital systems
Contribute to developing working methods and procedures for increased safety and quality
The role places great emphasis on safety, quality, progress, and commitment. Safety is the guiding star in everything we do; in a high-risk environment, we take care of each other and create security together.
Work is performed on behalf of the maintenance manager. Travel within the area and on-call duty may be a natural part of the assignment.
Requirements
We are looking for someone with good technical understanding, strong safety awareness, and an interest in working with complex electrical power installations. You are well-organized, meticulous, and take responsibility for both quality and safety in your work.
We would like you to have:
Upper secondary education in electrical power/electrical systems or equivalent vocational education
Experience as a station technician, electrical power technician, distribution electrician, industrial electrician, or similar
Fluent Swedish in speech and writing
B-class driver's license.
It is an advantage if you have a good ability to read drawings, electrical schematics, and technical documentation, as well as a basic understanding of control, protection, and monitoring systems.
Additional Information
We offer an exciting working day and a good work-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
Uppsala, Älvkarleby, Östhammar, or Sollentuna and surrounding areas. Home-based positioning may become relevant.
Contact Persons
For more information about the position, contact recruiting manager Eric Pålsbring, [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.
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 through our website.
We use continuous selection. During the vacation period, however, it may take a little longer before you receive feedback on your application or answers to your questions – thank you for your patience.
Working at Vattenfall means working with critical infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are security classified and you may be subject to war placement. If this position is security classified, a security clearance will be conducted before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act. Any war placement is made with support from the employment agreement and the law on total defense obligation.
At Vattenfall, we value being active, positive, open, and safety-conscious. We are looking for employees who share our vision and can contribute to strengthening our corporate culture. We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strive to be role models in terms of 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.Company Description
Vattenfall Eldistribution AB is Vattenfall's electricity distribution business and one of Sweden's largest 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 making society function 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. Learn more about what it's like to work here
About the Role
Would you like a…