Senior Project Engineer - Substations, Export Cables

Job Description

Business Area Wind is responsible for Vattenfall’s Onshore and Offshore Wind, as well as other non-hydro renewable initiatives like PV/Solar and batteries. We currently develop, construct and operate wind generation assets across Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. 

As part of BA Wind you will play a key role in one of the most exciting pipelines in the industry with 24GW of capacity stretching out more than a decade ahead across our key European markets. You won’t only be involved in developing projects but pioneering cutting-edge innovation, new business models and ways of working with communities and the environment. Working as part of a leading European utility also means you could be helping a growing number of major businesses and brands achieve their own sustainability goals through partnerships. 

We are looking for several Senior Project Engineers to strengthen our offshore transmission engineering capabilities within Business Area Wind, Offshore, Engineering.  

We are seeking engineers with experience in one or more of the following areas:  

• Offshore substations  
• Onshore substations  
• Offshore export cables  
• Onshore export cables  

We welcome engineers from all relevant disciplines across these scopes, with particular interest in HV and LV systems for onshore and offshore substations, and civil engineering for onshore substations and onshore export cable routes. Your assigned scope will reflect your background and experience. 

You will take ownership of assigned engineering work packages, from FEED and tendering through delivery and handover.  

In these roles, you will apply your experience to shape and challenge supplier solutions from the owner’s perspective, coordinate technical expertise and resolve delivery issues.  

Within the project, you will report to the respective Package Manager and work autonomously within your assigned scope, drawing on technical specialists and collaborating with Interface Managers, Procurement and other project functions. 

Your responsibilities: 

• Deliver assigned engineering work packages in accordance with contractual requirements and project and contract milestones. Plan and coordinate activities, and monitor and report on safety, quality, progress and cost within your scope.  

• Apply a systems engineering mindset so decisions within your scope support the performance, integration, optimisation and delivery of the overall transmission system—not individual contracts in isolation.  

• Keep the design basis, requirements, interface decisions and contractual scope aligned, coordinating the impact of changes on affected packages.  

• Work with Interface Managers and project teams to define and resolve technical and contractual interfaces, including scope boundaries, engineering inputs and delivery dependencies.  

• Assess supplier proposals and technical decisions with safety as the highest, non-negotiable priority. Consider functionality, availability, quality, constructability and maintainability alongside CAPEX, OPEX, schedule and delivery risk.  

• Coordinate technical specialist input and challenge unnecessary complexity and over-specification in supplier solutions.  

• Identify and manage scope-related risks and opportunities, maintain an up-to-date risk and opportunity register, and coordinate mitigation. Keep technical positions, assumptions, deviations and residual risks visible throughout the project lifecycle.  

• Support supplier qualification and technical evaluation. Incorporate Employer’s Requirements and specialist input into tender documentation, making scope boundaries and interface requirements clear. Assess bids, deviations and assumptions to support negotiations and award.  

• Follow supplier engineering while respecting supplier design responsibility. Coordinate technical reviews, verify supplier documentation against contractual requirements, and resolve technical queries, deviations and changes with relevant stakeholders. Align technical decisions with the respective Technical Authority.  

• Coordinate manufacturing or construction quality surveillance, inspections and acceptance testing, including FAT where applicable. Verify supplier documentation and technical completion, and support construction and commissioning teams in resolving technical issues and ensuring interface readiness. Verify as-built documentation and support taking-over, handover and close-out for safe, reliable and efficient operation and maintenance. 

• Share lessons learned and contribute to improving requirements, engineering practices and project delivery. 

We welcome applications from candidates at either Intermediate or Senior level. For Intermediate-level candidates, we are particularly interested in individuals who demonstrate strong technical capabilities, a high level of motivation, and a willingness to learn and develop further 

Location: The role will be based in one of Vattenfall’s office locations in Kolding (Denmark), Amsterdam (Netherlands) or Hamburg (Germany). Some travel to other Vattenfall offices, project locations, supplier facilities and construction sites should be expected. 

Qualifications

Your profile:

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in electrical engineering, power engineering, structural engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering or another relevant engineering discipline.  
• At least five years of relevant engineering experience, including responsibility for electrical, structural, civil or mechanical engineering work packages in the development or delivery of one or more of the following: onshore or offshore HV substations, subsea export cable systems or onshore HV cable systems. Owner-side experience is preferred.  
• Experience in major project development or delivery, including technical oversight, interface coordination or acceptance of supplier work. Experience in multi-contract delivery, where the owner retains responsibility for integration across suppliers and packages, is preferred.  
• Experience reviewing and challenging supplier and contractor engineering, including interfaces with other disciplines, fabrication, construction and installation. 
• A systems engineering mindset, demonstrated by resolving interfaces between disciplines, suppliers and packages in the interests of the overall transmission system.  
• Strong safety and engineering judgement, including the ability to distinguish essential requirements from unnecessary complexity.  
• Commercial awareness of how technical choices affect CAPEX, OPEX, schedule, contractual risk and project delivery.  
• Self-motivated and able to work autonomously, with good communication and influencing skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines and packages.  
• Professional working proficiency in English.  
• Willingness to travel to project, supplier and construction locations as required.  

Additional Information

Our offer
We offer an international and collaborative working environment, attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development. You will work with experienced colleagues across disciplines and be encouraged to ask questions, share knowledge and contribute to continuous improvement.

More Information

Incoming applications are reviewed and evaluated on an ongoing basis. Therefore, this vacancy may be filled before the application deadline. The application deadline is November 29, 2026.

We welcome your application in English and kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Sandra Domschke ([email protected]) or Adam Hammond ([email protected]).

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. A pre-employment screening will therefore form part of the recruitment process and will reflect the requirements of the role. The screening will be conducted by a third party, DISA Global Solutions AB.

We look forward to receiving your application!