Unit Manager Facility Decommissioning Ringhals AB

Vattenfall AB · Vollzeit

Varberg, Schweden

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 expertise, knowledge, and positive people who want to share their knowledge. At Ringhals, we continuously work to develop our operations and working methods to meet the requirements that customers and the world around us place on us. Therefore, 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 people and develop operations that shape the future of nuclear power decommissioning? As Unit Manager Facility Decommissioning, you will have a central role in one of Sweden's most long-term and societally important assignments. Together with your team, you contribute to ensuring that decommissioning work is carried out safely, efficiently, and with high quality, while creating conditions for employees and operations to develop in a changing environment. About Us As a manager, you will lead the unit's work in safety documentation, adaptation of systems for decommissioning, and develop strategies to enable environmentally safe dismantling of all systems within the decommissioning area. About the Job As a manager, you have overall responsibility for operations, employees, and results within the unit. You lead a group of qualified employees and create conditions for open collaboration where people can develop and contribute their expertise. You operate in an organization that changes over time and are expected to create clarity, direction, and engagement even when circumstances develop or change. In the role, you will, among other things: Lead, coach, and develop employees Create clear goals, priorities, and expectations for operations Drive change and development work in close collaboration with other parts of the organization Ensure that operations are conducted with a focus on safety, quality, and long-term sustainability Build strong collaborations both within Ringhals and with external stakeholders Contribute to strategic choices and the development of future decommissioning operations Requirements About You To thrive in this role, we see that you are a leader who creates security and clarity through an open and trustful approach. You are communicative, unpretentious, and present in your leadership. Through dialogue, feedback, and trust in your team's expertise, you create engagement and development. You feel comfortable leading in a changing organization and have the ability to navigate even when not all answers are available from the start. You see change as something natural and help others understand direction, purpose, and next steps. We are looking for someone who has: Relevant university/college education or equivalent education/experience Several years of experience creating results through other people and leading qualified employees, for example as a manager, project manager, or in another leadership role where you coordinated engineers or specialist expertise Good ability to communicate in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing Experience with operations development and change management It is advantageous if you have experience from: Nuclear power operations Decommissioning or dismantling operations Process industry Large projects or project-intensive operations As a person, you are structured and have the ability to create a holistic perspective on complex issues. You enjoy collaborating across organizational boundaries and make well-reasoned decisions based on operational needs. At the same time, you have the courage to be clear, set direction, and create conditions for success together with others. Additional Information Work Location: Ringhals For questions about the position, contact recruiting manager Mari Hård at 0705-924 926 For questions about the recruitment process, contact responsible recruiter Lina Friberg [email protected] Trade union representatives: Patrik Andersson – Akademikerna, Jonas Eriksson – Unionen, Anders Karlsson – Ledarna, Alexander Johnsson – SEKO. All can be reached at 0340-66 70 00. Welcome to submit your application by September 27, 2026. Selection and interviews take place after the application deadline. You apply for the position by answering a few selection questions and attaching your CV; no cover letter is needed. We only accept applications through our website. This recruitment includes tests as part of our process. At Vattenfall, we value being active, positive, open, and safety-conscious. We are looking for 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 good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall actively works to ensure that all employees have the same 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 including security protection, nuclear non-proliferation, and export control. Due to these rules, a background check of the candidate is conducted for many of the positions in our operations before employment. For positions that lead to participation in security-sensitive operations or placement in a security class, this check means that security vetting is conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act. You may be subject to civil defense placement. Any civil defense placement occurs in accordance with the employment agreement and the Act on Total Defense Duty.