About this role
Are you an experienced leader who enjoys interesting and varied tasks? With us, you will have great opportunities to develop your management and leadership skills.
What can we offer you? Here, you will have the chance to work on exciting tasks that contribute to making Sweden and the world a little safer. We value mutual trust, and you will have both personal responsibility and excellent opportunities for professional development. Our employees are important to us, and you will have the opportunity to maintain a good work-life balance. We provide the opportunity to exercise during work hours, generous working time agreements, parental pay, and up to seven weeks of vacation per year.
The Ground Workshop Unit is a unit that, after the turn of the year, will belong to the Army. The Ground Workshop performs maintenance on the Armed Forces' vehicles, ground equipment, airbase equipment, and delivers technical system support. This includes maintenance in the form of inspections, repairs, manufacturing, disassembly/scrapping, modifications, operational support, technical adaptation, and material investigation.
The Field Leadership Detail is a new detail that will belong to Mv Skövde starting from January 1, 2026, and is a department with approximately 200 employees. The Field Leadership Detail performs the majority of its work for units within the Skövde garrison. They work with preventive and corrective maintenance on various communication equipment in vehicles and personal equipment, which includes internal communication in tracked vehicles and various radio systems.
Would you like to know more about what the Ground Workshop does? Check out this link: https://youtu.be/jDWtiZdUfSk
Main Responsibilities
- Represent, lead, and develop personnel and operations within your area of responsibility
- Ensure implementation, planning, quality assurance, follow-up, and reporting of production within your area of responsibility
- Prepare documentation for follow-up, analysis, and reports regarding production
- Be responsible for work environment, external environment, and safety issues concerning your section
- Ensure the implementation of operational controls in the organization
- Participate in the department's financial follow-up and forecasting work
Requirements Qualifications
- At least a high school education in a field deemed relevant by the employer
- Good experience in leading personnel
- Good experience in administrative work
- Proficient in Swedish, both spoken and written
- Class B driver's license (manual transmission)
Personal Attributes You are open, unpretentious, have a coaching leadership style, and continuously work towards improving the organization. Naturally, you contribute to a positive work environment and take responsibility for the overall management team. You possess strong communication skills, and it is important for you to create and provide conditions for good teamwork. We are experiencing significant growth, so change management will be a major part of your everyday work.
Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.
For the authority's mission to be successful, it is expected that all employees act according to the established values. The Armed Forces' values uphold the equal worth of all individuals, justice, and equality, and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).
Desirable Qualifications
- Experience with the Armed Forces' command and communication systems
- Familiarity with the Armed Forces' equipment and infrastructure
Other Employment Type: Permanent position starting with a 6-month probationary period Employment Level: Full-time, daytime Work Location: Skövde Start Date: By agreement
The position also requires travel and service, both domestically and internationally. This is a civilian position.
Inquiries about the position: Leif Rehnberg: 072-384 48 54
Information about the recruitment process: HR Johanna Nyberg 073-334 24 00
Union Representatives: SACO: Håkan Eliasson OFR-S: Tony Svensson SEKO: Irene Ström OFR-O: Anders Norén
All can be contacted via phone 035-266 20 00
Application Deadline: We welcome your application by December 15, 2025. Your application should include a CV and a cover letter explaining why you are suitable for this position.
Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Armed Forces' website.
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The Armed Forces Technical School (FMTS), headquartered in Halmstad, is a logistics unit where technology is at the center. The unit's operations rest on four pillars – development, education, workshop, and war unit production. For the Armed Forces' units to operate effectively, they need functioning equipment, and FMTS plays a crucial role in this.
FMTS has a functional responsibility for the technical service within the Armed Forces, which includes following technological developments to anticipate future needs and also suggesting changes and improvements.
There are exciting development opportunities for those who are technically interested, both at a basic and highly advanced level. FMTS trains officers, specialist officers, and civilian employees in technical service across all branches of defense. Additionally, soldiers are trained in logistics.
FMTS operates throughout Sweden, from Re