Senior Construction Engineer

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.

Business Area Wind is responsible for Vattenfall’s Onshore and Offshore Wind as well as other non-hydro Renewable activities like solar PV and batteries. Today we develop, construct and operate wind generation in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. In addition, we have a clear strategy to develop our solar PV and battery operations further.

Within Business Unit Offshore , Project Execution is responsible for the contracting and execution of our construction projects. Our vision is to stay ahead of the competition by safely constructing next-generation offshore wind farms and leveraging our expertise during the planning and contracting phases to ensure successful project delivery.

We are looking for an experienced  Senior Construction Engineer  to join our Construction Management team. You will independently lead assigned work scopes and contribute to the safe, technically sound, commercially disciplined and timely delivery of offshore construction activities across planning, procurement, execution, logistics and close-out.

Your Responsibilities
As Senior Construction Engineer, you will lead assigned Construction Management work scopes supporting the offshore construction and commissioning of an offshore wind farm. Reporting to the Construction Manager, you will manage each scope from initial concept and specification development through procurement, contract implementation, execution and close-out, with accountability for recommendations and deliverables within agreed budget, schedule, quality and HSE requirements.

Typical scopes include:

Interim maintenance services and offshore maintenance campaigns

Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV)

Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV)

Guard vessels

Temporary Aids to Navigation (AtoN)

Offshore site setup and construction base harbour facilities

Communication systems and offshore coordination tools

Marine coordination support services

Construction management documentation and operational procedures

Additional construction management scopes as required during project execution

You will:

Take full ownership of assigned scopes, including technical definition, procurement support, contract implementation, budget control, schedule management and contractor follow-up.

Develop technical specifications, scopes of work, evaluation criteria and technical recommendations for procurement processes.

Manage contractors throughout engineering, mobilisation and offshore execution phases and ensure contractual deliverables are achieved.

Review contractor engineering documentation, procedures, risk assessments, work packs and marine operational documentation to verify compliance, technical quality and readiness for execution.

Develop and maintain Construction Management procedures and operational documentation, including marine operations procedures, offshore site descriptions, construction work plans and readiness documentation.

Coordinate interfaces between contractors, package managers, site management, marine coordination, O&M and external stakeholders.

Support offshore campaign execution by providing technical input to site and offshore management teams and helping resolve operational issues, including simultaneous operations.

Ensure compliance with project requirements, HSE standards, marine regulations and permit conditions throughout all project phases.

Capture and implement lessons learned from offshore campaigns and transfer knowledge across the wider Project Execution organisation.

Establish and manage assigned parts of the Construction Management contract portfolio, including vessel, maintenance, offshore support and site-facility contracts. Take responsibility for scope, cost, schedule, contractor performance and change control.

Location
The position can be based in Kolding (Denmark), Hamburg (Germany) or Amsterdam (Netherlands).

You will work in an international project environment and collaborate regularly with colleagues, contractors and project teams across our offshore locations. The role requires regular travel and periods of work at project, harbour and offshore…