Property Maintenance Generalist

As a Property Maintenance Generalist your main responsibilities will be to maintain supervise develop and take care of our outdoor environments in Älmhult and at the Bölsö farm. You work to ensure that our outdoor areas are well maintained safe and welcoming for both our employees and our guests. Your responsibilities include mowing lawns trimming vegetation weeding irrigation leaf collection hedge trimming tree pruning brush clearing as well as planting and maintaining green spaces. You will also be responsible for the inspection and upkeep of walkways and parking areas.

During the winter season your duties include snow removal and ice this role you will carry out regular inspections to identify and report faults damage and safety hazards as well as perform minor repairs and maintenance work in outdoor areas. You will also assist with the servicing care and basic maintenance of the machinery and equipment used in daily operations.

The tasks vary according to the season weather conditions and current operational needs making the role both diverse and independent.

IKEA outdoor area in Älmhult is a priority area we want it to be tidy and nice. We will continue to focus a lot on developing our outdoor areas moving forward creating green attractive spaces made for people instead of parking that reflects who we are and our love for this role you will be part of the journey and the development of such outdoor spaces. You contribute by actively develop and maintain strong and long-term relationships with colleagues tenants suppliers and other stakeholders. Meeting their expectations and making the business locations sustainable and attractive.

Sustainability is a big part of your agenda and you make sure to integrate it in your daily work. 

The employment includes duty-on-call service for outdoor areas for snow and ice removal during the winter period. 

Qualifications :

We are looking for you who is service minded and self-driven with a passion for outdoor environment always with sustainability in mind. 

We see that you have:

• Experience from working with and maintaining outdoor environments
• General knowledge and interest in property maintenance
• Beneficial but not a requirement to have previous experience from working with tools and equipment normally used for outdoor maintenance
• Basic computer skills Microsoft Office Applications 
• Good understanding in both Swedish and English 
• Driving license (B)

It is beneficial if you have previous experience from working outdoors with maintenance of commercial or public outdoor areas or specific knowledge in tree pruning or similar. 

As a person you are service-oriented and have a solution-oriented way which is reflected in your way of communicating with colleagues and partners. You have the ability to build good relationships and you are a team player. You are driven by efficiency dare to challenge and the opportunity to change for the better. You can work in a fast-changing and complex environment with simplicity in focus. 

We see that you are unpretentious honest and enjoy working as well independently as in a team. You have a positive attitude are solution-oriented and have a strong drive with a good ability to collaborate. Together with your colleagues you work to develop and support in a service-oriented way and take your own initiatives to get things done. 

For us at IKEA it is always most important that you share our values. This means that you just as we believe in leadership through the good example you have a high drive of your own to constantly develop and influence so that tomorrow we are somewhat better than we are today. 

In IKEA we believe that a mix of people with different genders and backgrounds leads to better ideas wiser decisions and a more fun work environment. We promote equality diversity and inclusion!

Additional Information :

We are looking for a candidate who will be focused on the outdoor environment meaning the work tasks will be performed outdoors main part of the year.

This is a permanent position full time (40 hours per week) and does also include duty-on-call service. You are located in Älmhult and will report to the Property Manager at IKEA Property AB Älmhult. 

We look forward to receiving your application CV and letter of motivation in English or Swedish no later than 23rd of August 2026. Kindly note we will continuously interview candidates and may close the job ad earlier. Due to GDPR and Data Privacy we do not accept any applications via e-mail. 

For questions about the position please contact Anna Bergstrand Property Manager at  

If you have questions about the recruitment process please contact Jennie Nilsson  

We offer you the opportunity to work in a growing company where you can further develop your professional skills in your daily work! 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time