Talent Universe Specialist Lead Engineer, Structure Solutions

Would you like to make the world more sustainable? Are you a motivated engineer who is passionate about the technical part of large-scale offshore wind projects? Does it motivate you to collaborate closely with our customers to design site specific towers and foundations? Then join Vestas and work with some of the most interesting and complex projects across the world!

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NCE Offshore Technical Sales Management is anchored in Vestas Technology & Operations where new product ideas and technologies are developed, matured, tested and improved.

Vestas Technology & Operations (VTO) represents Vestas entire industrial system from Technology to Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality. Our department is the offshore‑focused arm of our VTO NCE regional organization providing the link between our regional business unit and our customers’ needs towards the central technology and R&D team responsible for global product development.

The Lead Support Structure Engineer role requires technical skills within the area of offshore engineering and project management. You will work within the Offshore Technical Sales Management team in direct interface with the commercial Sales teams, Construction project management teams, our customers as well as central engineering functions to deliver the best possible technical solution for our offshore customers.

In this role you will be responsible for the site‑specific integrated load analysis (tower and foundation design) process for the offshore projects. You will work with the customer and the customer’s foundation designer to provide timely and optimized solutions that fulfill customer needs and requirements and enable efficient interfaces with Sales and Construction teams, the customer, the foundation designer and Central Technical Functions.

The role also includes:

• Respond to customer enquiries, prepare clarifications and deviations to tenders in relation to the loads and support structure area
• Evaluate and document tower and foundation optimisation levers to improve project value while managing risks
• Manage the orchestration of site‑specific Integrated Load Analysis (ILA) process working in collaboration with external and internal stakeholders
• Ensure customer alignment with regards to the tower / foundation design process as well as optimisation for the given project conditions
• Be the interface to the project design certifier and manage the project design certification activities. Identify market requirements and trends to promote product tool and process development
• Advance support structure functional excellence via strong focus on regional and global support structure improvement initiatives
• Strengthen and promote in‑house capabilities for performing analysis for foundation design to strategically use the conclusions in technical and commercial context through alignment with relevant stakeholders

• Electrical or Mechanical or Civil or other relevant field of engineering
• Experience with in offshore loads or support structure design domain
• Previous experience in wind energy
• Fluency in business English both spoken and written would be required; additional Scandinavian or European languages would be an advantage

• Ability to work internationally with large‑scale industrial projects and demanding customers
• Professional presentation skills with ability and confidence to present technical topics
• Good communication skills. We prefer prior experience interacting with a variety of technical and commercial stakeholders
• Commitment to delivering impressive results through collaborative teamwork and support
• Knowledge of (offshore) turbine load evaluation and relevant standards within this area (IEC 61400‑1, IEC etc.) is beneficial
• Knowledge of (offshore) tower and foundation designs and relevant standards within this area (Eurocode 3, IEC 61400‑6, DNVGL‑ST‑0126, etc.) is beneficial
• In addition to technical quantitative and analytical skills you will need to have customer focus and build a network and manage relationships with customers…