Technical Expert - Main Component Exchanges

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 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 renewable activities such as solar PV and batteries. We develop, construct and operate wind generation and we have a clear strategy to develop our solar PV and battery operations further.

Imagine a future where you enable offshore exchange of main components like blades and gearboxes for Vattenfalls fleet of turbines by being a Tooling Expert for Vattenfall’s MCE department.

We are looking for a Technical Expert for Main Component Exchanges in Business Area Wind, a part of the Vattenfall Organization.

Vattenfall is one of Europe´s largest electricity generators and producers of heat. We operate in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Our strategy is to reduce emissions from power generation with a road map aiming at achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

Together with the rest of the Tooling and Equipment group, the Technical Expert for Main Component Exchanges takes the lead in developing exchange concepts for MCEs, including tooling for lifting, transportation and storage.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop MCE concepts, and business cases for such, for existing and future platforms
• Coordinate the development and implementation of the special tools strategy
• Develop tooling and equipment for Main Component Exchanges on existing and future WTG platforms
• Develop strategies for jackup operations
• Develop process for qualification of contractors/suppliers

To Be Successful in This Role, You Should

• Have a deep understanding of heavy lifting operations and rigging, especially in the offshore environment, including knowledge of lifting standards and best practice
• Have experience with development of special tooling for offshore use
• Have experience on various offshore wind turbine technologies and especially the SGRE DD platform; experience with lifting tooling for this platform is seen as a merit
• Have Experience in offshore wind, particularly in main component exchanges
• Have strong communication skills in English, both spoken and written.
• Experience working with 3D models and Microsoft Office.
• Hold a Bachelor or Master´s degree in engineering or similar. Additionally, you have several years of experience within the field of offshore work.

As a person you are structured, independent, and result oriented. You have superior interpersonal skills and are a natural leader. We are looking for a person who has the ability to simplify complexity yet is flexible enough to find the best ways forward. You are a team player who actively engages people by asking, sharing, helping or asking for help. You are also pro-active, transparent, performance and results oriented. Sound communication skills and ability to travel is a must.

What we offer you

We offer you a challenging and independent job in an informal working environment. You will work in interdisciplinary teams and can always count on support from committed colleagues as “Ask and Share” concept is essential for the way we work. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Location

The location for this position is Kolding, Denmark

More information

We welcome your application in English no later than 15th of May 2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

If you have any questions regarding the position please contact Kristian Petersen on 45 2787 5954

If you have any questions to the recruiting process please contact Senior Recruiter Jette Ingeberg on 45 2257 0751.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a 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. Click here for further information.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfil within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party, Validata.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.

We look forward to receiving your application!