{"data":{"id":177858,"slug":"avdelningschef-distribution","type":"job","title":"Distribution Division Manager","description":"Karlstad Region Water begins operations on January 1, 2027. We are a municipal water and sewage company owned by Forshaga, Hammar\u00f6, Karlstad, and Kil. Our mission is to deliver drinking water, treat wastewater, and manage stormwater in our four owner municipalities. We work for sustainable community development and a future with clean lakes and waterways.\nWe are Karlstad Region Water \u2013 a new company that brings together the strength of four organizations to manage one of society's most important tasks: delivering crystal-clear drinking water, treating wastewater, and managing rainwater.\nWe do this every day of the year for over 120,000 people in our four owner municipalities: Forshaga, Hammar\u00f6, Karlstad, and Kil. We make society function and make our customers' daily lives a bit easier, but our mission is bigger than that. We lay the foundation for a sustainable future for both people and the environment.\nJoin us on an exciting journey where we not only build something new together, but also create sustainable water and sewage solutions for future generations. Here you have the opportunity to grow, make an impact, and contribute your ideas while doing work that is truly important to society.\nDescription\nWe are seeking an experienced leader who wants to take overall responsibility for distribution and help develop a joint, robust, and sustainable water and sewage operation. You will have the opportunity to combine an important societal mission with strategic development work, while staying close to the operational activities and the people who keep everything running.\nAs Distribution Division Manager, you are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the water and sewage pipeline network and for ensuring safe and reliable distribution of drinking water as well as the removal of wastewater and stormwater. The division is also responsible for water meter operations.\nThe Division Manager is part of the company's management team and has overall responsibility for the division through two subordinate unit managers, who have personnel responsibility for a total of 37 employees.\nThe role suits you if you can switch between the operational and strategic levels. You need to understand the daily reality of operations and maintenance, be able to engage with employees and build trust, but also have the ability to see what needs to be developed and what direction the operation should take.\nAs a newly formed company, we are facing the task of creating common working methods and a strong shared culture. For you, this means an opportunity to work with your managers and employees to develop the organization, working methods, and collaboration between the operations that are now brought together in a single company.\nResponsibilities\nYou lead and develop the operation and maintenance of the water and sewage pipeline network. You are responsible for emergency preparedness and management of operational disruptions and crisis situations, and you ensure that the operation has the right competencies and resources to meet both acute and long-term needs.\nAn important part of your mission is to develop maintenance systems, working methods, and organization with a focus on efficient resource use, economic sustainability, and robust operations. You therefore need to be able to see both the details of the operation and the bigger picture.\nYou create the conditions for your unit managers to succeed in their assignments and lead them toward common goals.\nQualifications\nWe are looking for someone with several years of leadership experience in water and sewage, roads, facilities, or other technical infrastructure. You have practical anchoring and understanding of operations and service reliability.\nYou have higher education or a university degree in, for example, roads and water, civil engineering, or construction engineering, or equivalent experience that we consider equivalent.\nWe would like to see that you have:\nexperience managing through managers or supervisory functions good understanding of water and sewage pipeline networks experience in change management and business development ability to combine operational understanding with strategic thinking experience with contracting in water and sewage, roads, or other technical infrastructure\nAs a person, you are a present and trust-building leader who enjoys being close to operations. You have the ability to create engagement and clarity even when the organization and working methods are undergoing change. You dare to challenge established practices, drive development, and give your managers the conditions to grow in their roles.\nOther Information\nInformation about salary levels can be found here (select \"Se l\u00f6nestatistik\"). This recruitment concerns AID code 105010.\nWe warmly welcome your application!\nWhen you apply for a job with us, you will be asked to provide your CV and answer a number of questions where we ask you to describe your competencies in the requested area. This means you should not attach a cover letter as part of your application.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Avdelningschef Distribution","description_original":"Karlstadsregionens vatten startar verksamheten 1 januari 2027. Vi \u00e4r ett kommunalt VA-bolag som \u00e4gs av Forshaga, Hammar\u00f6, Karlstad och Kil. V\u00e5rt uppdrag \u00e4r att leverera dricksvatten, rena avloppsvatten och ta hand om dagvatten i v\u00e5ra fyra \u00e4garkommuner. Vi arbetar f\u00f6r h\u00e5llbar samh\u00e4llsutveckling och en framtid med rena sj\u00f6ar och vattendrag.\nVi \u00e4r Karlstadsregionens vatten \u2013 ett nytt bolag som samlar fyra organisationers kraft i en f\u00f6r att sk\u00f6ta ett av samh\u00e4llets viktigaste uppdrag: Att leverera glasklart dricksvatten, rena avloppsvatten och ta hand om regnvatten.\nDet g\u00f6r vi varje dag \u00e5ret om \u00e5t drygt 120 000 m\u00e4nniskor i v\u00e5ra fyra \u00e4garkommuner Forshaga, Hammar\u00f6, Karlstad och Kil. Vi f\u00e5r samh\u00e4llet att fungera och g\u00f6r v\u00e5ra kunders vardag lite enklare, men uppdraget st\u00f6rre \u00e4n s\u00e5. Vi l\u00e4gger grunden till en h\u00e5llbar framtid f\u00f6r b\u00e5de m\u00e4nniskor och milj\u00f6.\nF\u00f6lj med oss p\u00e5 en sp\u00e4nnande resa d\u00e4r vi inte bara bygger n\u00e5got nytt tillsammans, utan ocks\u00e5 h\u00e5llbara vatten- och avloppsl\u00f6sningar f\u00f6r kommande generationer. H\u00e4r f\u00e5r du plats att v\u00e4xa, p\u00e5verka och bidra med dina id\u00e9er samtidigt som du g\u00f6r ett jobb som \u00e4r samh\u00e4llsviktigt p\u00e5 riktigt.\nBeskrivning\nVi s\u00f6ker en erfaren ledare som vill ta ett helhetsansvar f\u00f6r distribution och vara med och utveckla en gemensam, robust och h\u00e5llbar VA-verksamhet. H\u00e4r f\u00e5r du m\u00f6jlighet att kombinera ett viktigt samh\u00e4llsuppdrag med strategiskt utvecklingsarbete, samtidigt som du \u00e4r n\u00e4ra den operativa verksamheten och m\u00e4nniskorna som f\u00e5r vardagen att fungera.\nSom Avdelningschef Distribution ansvarar du f\u00f6r drift och underh\u00e5ll av VA-ledningsn\u00e4tet och f\u00f6r att s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla en trygg och tillf\u00f6rlitlig distribution av dricksvatten samt avledning av spill- och dagvatten. Avdelningen ansvarar \u00e4ven f\u00f6r vattenm\u00e4tarverksamheten.\nAvdelningschefen ing\u00e5r i bolagets ledningsgrupp och har det \u00f6vergripande ansvaret f\u00f6r avdelningen genom tv\u00e5 underst\u00e4llda enhetschefer, vilka har personalansvar f\u00f6r sammanlagt 37 medarbetare\nRollen passar dig som kan v\u00e4xla mellan det operativa och det strategiska. Du beh\u00f6ver f\u00f6rst\u00e5 vardagen i drift- och underh\u00e5llsverksamheten, kunna m\u00f6ta medarbetare och skapa f\u00f6rtroende, men ocks\u00e5 ha h\u00f6jd att se vad som beh\u00f6ver utvecklas och vilken riktning verksamheten ska ta.\nSom nybildat bolag st\u00e5r vi inf\u00f6r arbetet med att skapa gemensamma arbetss\u00e4tt och en stark gemensam kultur. F\u00f6r dig inneb\u00e4r det en m\u00f6jlighet att tillsammans med dina chefer och medarbetare utveckla organisation, arbetss\u00e4tt och samverkan mellan de verksamheter som nu samlas i ett gemensamt bolag.\nArbetsuppgifter\nDu leder och utvecklar verksamheten inom drift och underh\u00e5ll av VA-ledningsn\u00e4tet. Du ansvarar f\u00f6r beredskap och hantering av driftst\u00f6rningar och krissituationer och s\u00e4kerst\u00e4ller att verksamheten har r\u00e4tt kompetens och resurser f\u00f6r att m\u00f6ta b\u00e5de akuta och l\u00e5ngsiktiga behov.\nEn viktig del av uppdraget \u00e4r att utveckla underh\u00e5llssystematik, arbetss\u00e4tt och organisation med fokus p\u00e5 effektiv resursanv\u00e4ndning, ekonomisk h\u00e5llbarhet och robust drift. Du beh\u00f6ver d\u00e4rf\u00f6r kunna se b\u00e5de detaljerna i verksamheten och de st\u00f6rre sammanhangen.\nDu skapar f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar f\u00f6r dina enhetschefer att lyckas i sina uppdrag och leder genom dem mot gemensamma m\u00e5l.\nKvalifikationer\nVi s\u00f6ker dig som har fler\u00e5rig erfarenhet av ledarskap inom VA, gata, anl\u00e4ggning eller annan teknisk infrastruktur. Du har praktisk f\u00f6rankring och f\u00f6rst\u00e5else f\u00f6r drift och leveranss\u00e4kerhet.\nDu har h\u00f6gskole- eller universitetsutbildning inom exempelvis v\u00e4g och vatten, samh\u00e4llsbyggnad eller byggnadsteknik, alternativt annan erfarenhet som vi bed\u00f6mer likv\u00e4rdig.\nVi ser g\u00e4rna att du har:\nerfarenhet av att leda genom chefer eller arbetsledande funktioner god f\u00f6rst\u00e5else f\u00f6r VA-ledningsn\u00e4t erfarenhet av f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringsledning och verksamhetsutveckling f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att kombinera operativ f\u00f6rst\u00e5else med strategiskt t\u00e4nkande erfarenhet av entreprenadverksamhet inom VA, gata eller annan teknisk infrastruktur\nSom person \u00e4r du en n\u00e4rvarande och f\u00f6rtroendeskapande ledare som trivs n\u00e4ra verksamheten. Du har f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att skapa engagemang och tydlighet \u00e4ven n\u00e4r organisation och arbetss\u00e4tt \u00e4r under f\u00f6r\u00e4ndring. Du v\u00e5gar utmana invanda arbetss\u00e4tt, driver utveckling och ger dina chefer f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar att v\u00e4xa i sina roller.\n\u00d6vrigt\nInformation om l\u00f6neniv\u00e5er hittar du h\u00e4r (v\u00e4lj \"Se l\u00f6nestatistik\"). Den h\u00e4r rekryteringen r\u00f6r AID-kod 105010.\nVarmt v\u00e4lkommen med din ans\u00f6kan!\nN\u00e4r du s\u00f6ker jobb hos oss kommer du att f\u00e5 ange ditt CV samt svara p\u00e5 ett antal fr\u00e5gor d\u00e4r vi ber dig beskriva din kompetens inom efterfr\u00e5gat omr\u00e5de. Det inneb\u00e4r att du inte ska bifoga ett personligt brev som en del av din ans\u00f6kan.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Kontaktcenter V\u00e4stra Torggatan 26","full_address":null,"city":"Karlstad","country":"SE","latitude":59.3835313,"longitude":13.5229996},"metadata":{"region":"V\u00e4rmlands l\u00e4n","duration":"Tills vidare","employer":"Karlstads kommun","postcode":"65184","positions":1,"profession":"Distributionschef, energi","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"Karolina Stenroth","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Chefer och verksamhetsledare","employer_workplace":"Karlstadsregionens vatten AB","experience_required":true,"employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":4,"ai_views_count":9,"ai_vendor_counts":{"meta":4,"other":2,"openai":1,"anthropic":2},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":"054-5404306","owner_email":"karolina.stenroth@karlstad.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-08-28T13:10:30+00:00","expires_at":"2026-09-20T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-08-29T03:51:15+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-04T02:56:54+00:00"}}