(Senior) Expert, Licensing

About the role

The Regulatory Affairs team is responsible for obtaining all licences and permits and managing the regulatory interface for new nuclear. We are a core team that creates and implements the licensing and permitting strategy to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, manages the development of applications and regulatory submittals and makes sure all interaction with regulators and authorities is running smoothly. We actively follow and influence the latest national and international developments in legislation, regulations and regulatory practices.

We are now looking for an (Senior) Expert, Licensing. In this role you will focus on ensuring that nuclear licensing is progressing well and that the reactor technologies under consideration can be licensed in Sweden. You will have an exciting opportunity to take part in the development phase of a new nuclear project and to contribute to its success by ensuring that licences and approvals are obtained in a timely manner.

Your position in the organization is in the Regulatory Affairs team of New Nuclear business line, located in Solna, Sweden. However, regular travelling to other Fortum office locations and international destinations is to be expected.

Your main focus areas are:

• Contribute to developing, defining and implementing a licensing strategy that ensures compliance with the Swedish nuclear legislation and the associated decrees and regulatory requirements, especially with regards to nuclear safety
• Coordinate and oversee the liaison and interaction with Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) and other relevant authorities and ministries and support effective licensing process
• Develop application documents in close cooperation with cross-functional experts ensuring the compliance, completeness and accuracy of the applications and submittals
• Follow and influence the renewal of the nuclear energy legislation and regulations and the development of national and international practices in order to enable smooth implementation of the nuclear newbuild project
• Liaise and cooperate with vendors and suppliers to evaluate and ensure licensability of the potential plant technologies
• More detailed focus areas and assignments can be determined based on the applicant’s experience. In this role you will also coordinate and lead other experts in assignments.

About you

We expect you to have experience of the nuclear industry and knowhow and understanding of the Swedish regulatory requirements and their application to nuclear power plants. Experience in nuclear safety of nuclear power plants is an advantage. In order to be successful in this role, you need to have the capability for big picture thinking and a development-oriented mindset, but also be able to check and ensure correctness of details. It is important that you have good skills in managing your own work and that you are able to coordinate and steer other people in larger assignments.

Furthermore, you have a relevant education background and working with various different internal and external stakeholders should come naturally for you. You have good oral and written communication and language skills in both Swedish and English.

We offer you

With us, you can take an active role in driving the change for a cleaner world. To reach our goals, we embrace a culture of openness. With mutual trust, believing in people, and taking care of everyone's wellbeing, can we reach even better results. Flexibility is the new normal and we apply hybrid way of working wherever possible.

In this role you take part in ensuring success of Fortum’s new nuclear projects and you will have exciting opportunities to develop your expertise and create a meaningful career.

At Fortum, we believe in a better future and want to be involved in shaping it. Our workplace is a safe place, both physically and mentally. You will grow with professional colleagues, being trusted and free to challenge yourself. We offer comprehensive benefits, flexible working hours, and hybrid work model to support your productivity, development and wellbeing. We are committed to build diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.

More information about our culture and benefits can be found here.

For permanent employment with Fortum Sverige AB, you may be assigned a wartime posting within the organization. For further information regarding wartime posting, please refer to the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency.

Interested?

Please send your application via our online recruitment tool by 1 November 2026 at the latest. The application shall include a cover letter and CV in English. We start contacting suitable candidates right away. In case of any questions, please contact Licensing Manager, Per Claesson, per.claesson@fortum.com. You can also call +46705569439, but preferably suitable call time is agreed in advance via email.

According to the hiring manager, Malla Jääskeläinen, Director of Regulatory Affairs, the role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to one of the most critical aspects of a new nuclear project:

"Licensing is at the heart of every new nuclear project and requires close collaboration across all disciplines. In this role, you will contribute to activities that are essential to the successful delivery of the project, while gaining a comprehensive understanding of nuclear safety, regulatory requirements, and the overall project implementation."

To be selected for the position, the applicant must go through background clearance and a health examination including drug testing.

At Fortum, we are committed to building diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.

Contact details to union representatives can be found on the bottom of this page.

We are Fortum

Fortum is a Nordic energy company. We generate and deliver reliable energy to our customers and the Nordic energy system while at the same time helping industries decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations comprise efficient and best-in-class low-carbon power generation, customer services, and heating and cooling. Fortum’s power generation is already 99% from renewable or nuclear sources with one of the lowest specific CO2-emissions in Europe. We are guided by our ambitious SBTi-validated emission reduction targets on our way towards net-zero by 2040. For our ~4,500 employees, we commit to be a safe and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. fortum.com.

As a strong nuclear operator with solid background of over 40 years of nuclear operations and co-owner of several nuclear power plants in the Nordics, Fortum is now developing opportunities in nuclear newbuild. Fortum has established a new nuclear project company, NuCore Energi AB, to own, develop, construct, and operate a new nuclear power plant and its associated infrastructure in Sweden. Exploring the possibility to enable new nuclear buildout in the Nordics is in line with Fortum’s strategy to advance electrification in the Nordics by providing reliable energy and driving decarbonisation in industries.