R&D Engineer - Electricity Market & Fossil Free Industry

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
Do you want to drive the electrification of industries and shape value chains enabling the transition to fossil freedom?
Vattenfall Services Power Consulting contributes to development projects of strategic importance to Vattenfall, primarily within Research & Development.
R&D works in close collaboration with leading industries to support their transition towards fossil freedom. One example is HYBRIT, where Vattenfall, LKAB and SSAB have built the world’s first fossil free steel pilot plant. The transition requires large amounts of clean energy, where securing and analysing the energy supply chain is vital.
About the Job
You will be hired at Vattenfall Services Power Consulting and join the Fossil Free Industry section at R&D. You will be part of the Energy Supply Chain team whose mission is to investigate energy supply options, energy transmission infrastructure, energy storage technologies and electricity market impact to create cost effective value chains. Your team leads several projects where different electrification technologies are used.
You will have a key role in calculations and analysis of value chains, from technical details and dispatch optimisations to overall financial KPIs included in business case and investment decisions. Industry electrification impacts the electricity market and vice versa, and you will investigate these relationships thoroughly.
Your responsibilities:
Actively and together with other experts within and outside Vattenfall find technical and financial solutions for industrial electrification projects
Setup and run dispatch optimisations for a variety of technical solutions using Python
Economic valuation of projects and KPIs
Visualisations and sensitivity analysis using PowerBI + Python
Analysis of the relation between electrification projects and electricity markets and the impacts on market prices, revenues, energy balances, production behavior, etc.




Qualifications
Who are you?
We are looking for an analytical, open and creative mindset. Someone with drive and passion for the fossil free energy transition. You have a good eye for details as well as understanding for the big picture and value chain. You are a team player with excellent communication skills. You thrive in an environment with driven colleagues, where you take initiatives and contribute to establish Vattenfall as a top-tier solution provider for a fossil free industry.
Our ideal candidate has the following qualifications:
Master’s degree or PhD in a quantitative field, e.g. applied mathematics, applied physics, engineering or similar
Some years of experience in the Energy sector - power market modelling or similar
Strong analytical skills and ability to solve abstract problems
Solid programming experience, preferably Python
Experienced in visualization and communication of analysis and results



Additional Information
Location
Flexible. Preferably Solna, Uppsala, Västerås, or Luleå

Our offer
We offer a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions (smart working, flexible working hours and a good-work-life balance) and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Contacts
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact our recruiter Berivan Bozan, berivan.bozan@vattenfall.com
For more information about the position, please contact recruiting manager Helene Arnqvist 0761428442.
Trade union representatives for this position are: Dennis Krantz Unionen, Robert Lönnqvist SEKO, Torbjörn Blom Akademikerna and Magnus Tjergefors Ledarna. To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.
We welcome your application no later than 31th of October.


At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a 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. Click here for further information.


The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.


Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.


We look forward to receiving your application!