Senior Specialist - Hamburg, Deutschland - Vattenfall

Vattenfall

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Hamburg, Deutschland

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 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 now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation.

To be able to reach this ambitious goal 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.

Job Description:

We are looking for a
Senior Specialist HVDC & FACTS Systems to work within our Business Area Wind, Offshore, Engineering.

The Engineering department is the technical know-how centre within Business Area Wind, setting the standards and guidelines as well as being embedded within our projects to drive technical excellence through the whole project lifecycle.

What will you do?

Working within the Technical Engineering team of the Electrical Infrastructure department, the Senior Engineer for HVDC Systems shall be the focal point for all HVDC and dynamic reactive compensation systems, providing technical leadership across the entire development and operational portfolio.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

Technical leadership of all HVDC and dynamic reactive compensation equipment, with portfoliowide Technical Authority across full asset lifetime;
Work with dedicated engineering specialists to provide scalable technical leadership, establishing a framework of processes, guidelines and other resources to maximise operational efficiency of Engineering;
Lead technical investigations on asset performance/optimisation and equipment failures across operational fleet. Act as proactive and visible Engineering link to all operational assets;
Work with internal R&D & Joint Industry Project and Academic institutions to promote innovation, balance new technologies against portfolio risk and control IP/Patent environment for scope area;
Ensure safety, environment and sustainability considerations are inherent in the design and delivery of all products and systems within scope area
Act as approving authority for technical documentation related to the design, construction, commissioning, and maintenance procedures across HVDC and dynamic reactive compensation scope;
Support Engineering Management in identifying competency and capacity gaps within department and seek resourcing solutions (internal and external) to maintain and build range of technical capability;
Act as Vattenfall technical ambassador for industry events/consultations relating to scope area;
Support Package and Product Engineering to inject technical leadership into all stages of the project lifecycle. Control levels of technical variation within Product/Project portfolio and building learnings into standardisation strategy and processes;
Act as a mentor for colleagues in scope area. Demonstrate technical leadership and extend influence beyond normal job responsibilities.

Location
Choice of Vattenfall locations at Hamburg, London, Amsterdam or Kolding.

Qualifications:

Who are you?
You have extensive experience within transmission/ distribution systems up to extra high voltage level. Bringing experience drawn from across complete asset lifecycle is a benefit.

Next to this you bring:

Comprehensive knowledge VSC technology as applied on onshore/offshore HVDC systems as well as dynamic reactive compensation;
Experience in the design, system integration, construction and operation of transmission/distribution substations;
Ability to identify and lead key technical topics, balancing both technical and commercial imperatives;
Act as reviewer of key technical documentation. Ability to take decisions in field of responsibility;
Participate in and, on occasion, lead technical investigations into equipment failures.

Additional Information

Our offer

Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field.

You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

More Information

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity.

Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.