Biologist

Company Description
Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 20,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We now want to make fossil free living possible within one generation and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.
Job Description
Vattenfall is looking for the right person to fill the position as Biologist with orientation towards freshwater ecosystems and fish. You will be a part of Ecohydraulics team at Vattenfall Research & Development within Vattenfall Strategic Development with location in Älvkarleby.
We offer you to work in an outstanding environment, including a unique ethohydraulic facility, and lots of opportunities for driving change and development towards a sustainable society. As Biologist you will be a part of Vattenfall’s transformation towards enabling a fossil free living within one generation, and a net positive impact on biodiversity. You will belong to a highly qualified team that performs development and research projects aiming to reach our climate and biodiversity ambitions. In the Ecohydraulics team you will work with planning, leading, and conducting projects and investigations, ranging from finding site specific solutions to long going research project/collaborations. You will work in a cross disciplinary environment where we have a high focus on the connection between biology and hydraulics.
Your main Tasks and responsibilities
Lead and participate in research and development projects
Pursue and establish research and project collaborations
Support with biological expertise in environmental projects.

Qualifications
Your profile and personal skills
To be successful in this position you need:
Have a Master in biology, or equal experience, preferably with orientation towards fish ecology, and/or river ecosystems.
Experience in planning and leading projects
Fluency in written and spoken English.

Established network within hydro power: e.g. business, universities, or authorities, as well as a good command of Swedish will be considered as merits.
Others recognize you as a positive person with good communication and problem-solving skills. You are furthermore described as a person that see what needs be done, and then make it happen. You truly believe, even as an expert in your own field, that better results are achieved multidisciplinary and in cooperation with others. You see every opportunity to connect and work with different stakeholders as a part of your own development.
Additional Information
Location: Älvkarleby.
Some travelling to relevant sites will occur.
At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability, or sexual orientation. Please read more about it here: https://careers.vattenfall.com/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion/
We welcome your application, including CV and cover letter, no later than 6th of November 2022.
For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Mattias Nässelqvist +46 72 562 36 80 or team leader David Aldvén +46 70 376 28 59. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact recruiter Peter Blixter +46 72 237 32 02.
Trade union representatives in Sweden: Shahriar Badiei (Akademikerna), Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates can be subject to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.