Senior Project Engineers - Substations and Export Cables

Vattenfall is seeking Senior Project Engineers to strengthen their offshore transmission engineering capabilities within Business Area Wind, Offshore, Engineering.

As a Senior Project Engineer, you will take ownership of assigned engineering work packages, from FEED and tendering through delivery and handover. You will apply your experience to shape and challenge supplier solutions from the owner's perspective, coordinate technical expertise, and resolve delivery issues.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver assigned engineering work packages in accordance with contractual requirements and project and contract milestones.
• Plan and coordinate activities, and monitor and report on safety, quality, progress, and cost within your scope.
• Apply a systems engineering mindset so decisions within your scope support the performance, integration, optimisation, and delivery of the overall transmission system.
• Keep the design basis, requirements, interface decisions, and contractual scope aligned, coordinating the impact of changes on affected packages.
• Work with Interface Managers and project teams to define and resolve technical and contractual interfaces.
• Assess supplier proposals and technical decisions with safety as the highest priority.
• Coordinate technical specialist input and challenge unnecessary complexity and over-specification in supplier solutions.
• Identify and manage scope-related risks and opportunities, and maintain an up-to-date risk and opportunity register.

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 one or more of the following: onshore or offshore HV substations, subsea export cable systems, or onshore HV cable systems.
• Experience in major project development or delivery, including technical oversight, interface coordination, or acceptance of supplier work.
• Experience reviewing and challenging contractor, OEM, and cable supplier engineering.
• A systems engineering mindset, demonstrated by resolving interfaces between disciplines, suppliers, and packages.
• Strong safety and engineering judgement.
• Commercial awareness of how technical choices affect CAPEX, OPEX, schedule, contractual risk, and project delivery.
• Self-motivated and able to work autonomously, with good communication and influencing skills.
• Professional working proficiency in English.