Description
Hydroelectric power is the leading renewable energy source! At Vattenfall, we operate twelve hydroelectric power plants in Germany with an installed capacity of around 3,000 megawatts (MW). We are looking for an Electrical Engineer: Electrical Machines - Generators/Transformers to join our team at one of our locations: Hohenwarte or Goldisthal.
Your challenge:
- Ensure the engineering safety of the economic, compliant, and safe maintenance of generators and transformers, including monitoring
- Personnel responsibility
Key areas of responsibility:
- Diagnosis, maintenance, planning, and procurement of electrical machines, including associated monitoring equipment at all Vattenfall Hydroelectric Power GmbH locations
- Identify and implement measures to ensure technical safety and availability, as well as to secure and increase plant stability and effectiveness
- Plan and implement plant changes/optimisations
- Participate in measure prioritisation and resource planning
- Cost responsibility for the assigned/approved budget
- Responsible for service partner support for engineering services
- Participate in the tendering of framework contracts for service partners
- Participate in shutdown planning
- Contribute to the maintenance and archiving of technical documentation
- Participate in and implement occupational, environmental, emissions, and water protection
- Participate in specialist committees within and outside the company
- Act as a technical contact for external testing organisations, authorities, and offices
- Supervise students as part of their practical training
- Create expert opinions as part of the company's suggestion system
- Responsibility for acceptance, commissioning, and technical release of constructed and repaired plant parts
Qualifications:
- Completed university or college degree in electrical engineering
- Desirable: professional experience in the field of electrical machines
- High level of reliability, sense of responsibility, assertiveness, organisational and teamwork skills, resilience, and ability to make short-term decisions
- Driver's license class B
We offer:
- A responsible role with development and training opportunities in one of Europe's leading energy companies
- A secure, permanent job in the energy generation sector
- A fixed contact person during induction and experienced colleagues in the team
- A friendly, team-oriented work climate with regular employee events
- A range of social benefits and offers as part of our workplace health management, e.g., company pension scheme with employer subsidy, fitness offers, special employee discounts at well-known companies, job bike, etc.
- Personal development: employee development and further training both on a technical and personal level through internal and external training
- Above-average remuneration opportunities with the energy industry tariff, e.g., through profit sharing and annual special payment
- International company environment, also with regard to further training opportunities and technical exchange
- Opportunities for flexible working time design, home office, work-life balance