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Senior Project Engineers - Substations and Export Cables

Vattenfall Hamburg, HH Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

Vattenfall is seeking Senior Project Engineers to strengthen its offshore transmission engineering capabilities within Business Area Wind, Offshore, Engineering. The role involves taking ownership of assigned engineering work packages, from FEED and tendering through delivery and handover.

Responsibilities:

  • Deliver assigned engineering work packages in accordance with contractual requirements and project and contract milestones.
  • Apply a systems engineering mindset to ensure decisions support the performance, integration, optimisation, and delivery of the overall transmission system.
  • Coordinate technical expertise and resolve delivery issues.
  • Assess supplier proposals and technical decisions with safety as the highest priority.
  • Identify and manage scope-related risks and opportunities.

Requirements:

  • B.Sc. or M.Sc. in electrical engineering, power engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
  • At least five years of relevant engineering experience, including responsibility for engineering work packages in the development or delivery of onshore or offshore HV substations, subsea export cable systems, or onshore HV cable systems.
  • Experience reviewing and challenging contractor, OEM, and cable supplier engineering.
  • Strong safety and engineering judgement.
  • Commercial awareness of how technical choices affect CAPEX, OPEX, schedule, contractual risk, and project delivery.

Location: The role will be based in one of Vattenfall's office locations in Kolding (Denmark), Amsterdam (Netherlands), or Hamburg (Germany). Some travel to other Vattenfall offices, project locations, supplier facilities, and construction sites should be expected.

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Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • owner-side experience
  • major project development or delivery
  • technical oversight
  • interface coordination
  • acceptance of supplier work

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