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

The Data center & Cloud operations team in Vattenfall is responsible for all infrastructure on-premise and cloud based operations. IT in Vattenfall has a "cloud first" strategy. Due to laws and regulations, among other things, this is not 100% possible. As a result, we also have a fair amount of applications that needs to retain in our own on - premise data centers.

Your Job as Floor and Hardware Manager

As Floor and Hardware Manager in the Data Center Supporting Services department you are in charge off the Floor- and Hardware Management team. Everything related to DC facility (cooling, power supply, fire distinguish systems), floor management, hardware fault response and physical security is managed within your team. You will be responsible for a team of 10 colleagues located in our on-premise Datacenters in Vattenfall IT (Amsterdam, Hamburg and Stockholm) and the delivery and installation of the Hardware equipment.

Your key activities will be:

• Leading change and developing the team
• Perform employee meetings; salaries setting, performance reviews and performance contracts (group/individual targets)
• Ensure security by maintaining policies and following the security guidelines
• Allocate resources to internal initiatives and projects
• Delegate tasks and follow-up on the results
• Monitoring the workload of the team members
• Build and maintain relationships with your stakeholders
• Act as SPOC for Security, Facility and Distribution departments
• Ensure compliancy with VF processes and law- and regulations

Qualifications

You enjoy leading people and have gained some experience doing so in a Data Centre environment. Furthermore you bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• General knowledge about Data Center Facility and security processes (ISO27001)
• General knowledge about IT hardware (Compute, Storage Network)
• Good (people) management, communication skills, problem solving and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work affectively in a diverse, international team
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Knowledge of the local language (Swedish) is a plus.

As the job is related to National Security Information systems, a positive Security vetting according to Swedish rules defined by Svenska Kraftnät will be needed.

Additional Information

Our contribution towards fossil free living within one generation

• Accelerate digitalization and innovation
• Create customer value in a close business and IT partnership to reach the “Power Climate Smarter Living” vision
• Promote the mindset and behavior to establish a learning culture and positive digital mindset
• Run stable, secure, efficient and compliant IT services

What we offer

We offer an exciting and challenging job where you work close to business as well as to technology. You will have the chance to broaden your area of expertise even more and gain a solid understanding of the energy utility business as well. Vattenfall wants to be your employer of choice and offers excellent primary and fringe benefits. Besides being a challenging and inspiring place to work, we value a great work atmosphere, hybrid working and an excellent work-life balance. We want to be the best in what we do. We offer good remuneration, attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Location: Stockholm (Solna), Travel between Data Center locations is part of the job

For further information regarding the recruitment process you are welcome to contact recruiter Folmer Koper +31 638710915.

Please apply with your English CV and cover letter through our website.

At Vattenfall, we are convinced that striving for diversity helps building a more profitable efficient and attractive company. Therefore, we seek a harmonious balance of employees in terms of gender, age, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Trade union representatives in Sweden (IT) are Sofi Wadström (Akademikerna), Inger Strandberg (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Lennart Bengtsson (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.