Job description
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 21 000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years.
Job Description
Do you want to shape the future?
Business Area (BA) Markets maximises the value of Vattenfall’s portfolio by optimising and dispatching, hedging and sourcing for Vattenfall’s assets and sales positions. We offer power purchase agreements to operators of wind or solar parks, optimise 3rd party batteries and enter into origination deals within the B2B segment. We serve as Vattenfall’s single market access to energy commodity markets trading in electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates. We are responsible for generating profits by taking positions within defined risk mandates and limits. We are active across Europe with around 500 professionals working from Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, and Denmark.
BU Assets main activities are production planning, optimisation and dispatching of all power assets and hedging of Vattenfall’s overall exposure. We commercially maximise the value of Vattenfall and 3rd party assets delivering substantial impact on the bottom line of the Group.
Planning and Optimisation Nordic is a performance oriented team responsible for maximising Vattenfall’s Nordic hydro-, nuclear-, heat production and consumption portfolio in SPOT and ancillary services markets. Thus we have a key role for the realisation of Vattenfall’s strategy to lead the transition into a sustainable energy system by enabling further integration of renewable energy and new investments in fossil free power.
The role as Asset Planner
This is a hybrid role where you will mix operational work in our Nordic Dispatch Centre with more regular office work. You will be part of a cross functional team of experts focusing on improvements of methods, tools and processes where we are aiming for a high degree of automation and algorithmic decision support to meet the new market demands. If you are not already familiar with the Nordic power market you will get the unique opportunity to learn it from the inside.
We are looking for a candidate that preferably has experience from production planning in general and hydro power in particularly to enable a swift introduction to our business via our Planner-desks before fully taking on also office duties in the seasonal to day ahead process with a special focus on ancillary services. The Planner desks are manned seven days a week 8-16, being responsible for bidding our Nordic Assets to the SPOT and Ancillary Services markets.
Qualifications
Relevant University degree and several years of relevant experience from energy markets
Programming and data analysis skills
Strong command in Swedish and English, both verbally and written
Knowledge of models and optimization tools, programming skills in Python and experience of operational production planning as well as knowledge in hydrology are meritorious.
Personal Attributes
The role demands that you have the ability to work in teams as well as individually. We expect you to have an own personal drive and interest in creating high quality in all situations and the ability to see possibilities rather than difficulties in a complex environment.
We are looking for a person with an Open, Active and Positive attitude, the ability to build trust with different stakeholders, and who is performance oriented and experienced in working in an international as well as in a regional and local environment.
Additional Information
What we offer
We offer an interesting and challenging job within one of Europe’s leading energy companies and in a vital business area. You will be part of an innovative, dynamic and high performing team active in a rapidly changing market which provides quick feedback and reward.
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.
Location: Solna
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact recruiter Johan Macdonald +46730852763
Trade union representatives Trade union representatives: Anders Bohlin, (Unionen) and Sven Gunnar Gremlin (Akademikerna). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.
We welcome your application, including CV and cover letter via the link below, no later than November 30 2025. As we may conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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.
We are looking forward to your application!
