Group Manager, Communications Technology at Gothenburg Trams

About the Job Do you have a technical background and experience in management? Are you also interested in an operational management position? We are now seeking someone who wants to lead and develop our Communications Technology function! We are the department within Göteborg Tramways that works on executing a range of technical services within public transportation. We perform tasks such as operation, maintenance, and installation of vehicle-adjacent equipment for both internal and external customers. This can include service and installations on various vehicle types such as buses, boats, and trams. Areas covered include video surveillance, ticketing, radio communication, route selection, passenger counting, and other surrounding systems. Among the important assignments from a safety perspective are also RAKEL coordination, primarily within Göteborg Tramways, and serving as a knowledge support for other municipal companies. Additionally, we ensure RAKEL equipment in our tram tunnels. The group manager role is an operational management position where you will spend parts of your time in the field supporting your service technicians. You will lead and distribute daily work, as well as plan, coordinate, and implement assignments in dialogue with our customers. You will also be part of the unit's management group and work towards cross-unit collaboration, planning, approach, and development. You will actively participate in the unit's budget work and be responsible for invoicing and time reporting. The position includes full personnel, budget, and operational responsibility for your group, and you will report to the Section Manager for Track and Communication Technology. You will join a great team where we support each other and help out when needed to succeed with our collective mission. We value competence development and training, and you will receive a thorough introduction from the section manager to succeed in your new role. The group currently consists of seven employees, and we are based at Rantorget in Gårda. Qualifications - High school diploma - Experience as a manager with formal personnel responsibility - Good technical competence acquired through education or experience - Excellent Swedish language skills, both verbal and written - Good English language skills, both verbal and written - Good digital competence and knowledge of Office 365 - Swedish driver's license, at least category B Additional merits include: - Leadership training - Basic electrical knowledge such as low-current electrical work and schematic reading - Post-secondary education in technology or IT - Experience/understanding of network construction and IT-related systems - Experience with budget work or other financial responsibility - Experience with maintenance systems EAM and Maximo Göteborg Tramways is on an exciting development journey, so you should be change-oriented and a clear communicator with a good ability to engage and motivate your colleagues. Our department has recently established a new organization as a step towards increased focus on strategic goals and result follow-up. Therefore, we believe you are motivated by clearly defined goals and have the ability to transform these into concrete actions. You follow up and report results and goal achievement. The position involves many social contact surfaces, and you see our core values of collaboration and commitment as a matter of course in your daily work. Your analytical and solution-oriented ability will help you identify the core and multiple possible solutions to challenges that arise. For a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we use web-based selection tests in the recruitment process. Therefore, please be extra attentive to your email as this is how we will contact you. We are a drug-free workplace and always apply drug testing upon new employment. A passed test is a requirement for employment. Our proposed salary range for the position is 48,000 - 51,000 SEK. Final salary depends on how well the set requirements for the position are met. Does this still sound interesting? Warmly welcome to submit your application. A six-month probationary employment is applied. Additional Information We only accept applications through our recruitment system. Candidates who proceed in the recruitment process will be contacted after completed recruitment for a digital candidate survey about their experience of the process. To ad sales and staffing/recruitment agencies: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies and sellers of additional job advertisements. Göteborg Tramways has procurement agreements. http://www.goteborgssparvagar.se/ About Us Göteborg Tramways has been moving Gothenburg since 1879. With 125 million tram trips per year, we are today the largest public transportation operator in the Gothenburg region. We work every day, year-round, to provide our passengers with a safe and secure journey to work, school, and leisure. Would you like to join us on our quality development journey towards world-class tram travel?