Job Description

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Would you like to contribute to innovation, decarbonization and the future of our planet?

Vattenfall is now looking for a Senior Development Manager Transport & Installation Engineering to be part of the Transportation & Installation Engineering team within our Business Area Wind, Offshore, Project Delivery & Engineering.

The Project Delivery & Engineering department is the technical know-how center within Business Area Wind, setting the standards and guidelines as well as being embedded within our projects, both through the development and implementation phase as well as in operations.

What will you do?

As Development Manager Transport & Installation you represent the Project Execution organization and will be mainly supporting our offshore wind projects in their development stage. Your responsibilities in this context is to lead and drive the Transport and Installation concepts across all installation packages, as a Support to our Technical Project Managers.

This involves tasks such as:

• Create the most suitable T&I set-up for development projects, including the associated CAPEX budget and required documentation for development projects. The project phases you will be involved in range from early development (TG0) until handover to the project execution team (TG2)
• Taking lead in building block development and maintenance for future potentials. An automized approach will help to decrease reaction time in a fast changing marked environment.
• Pro-actively discuss new methodologies with our suppliers to facilitate the pipeline of Vattenfall offshore wind projects.
• Being an active driver on interfaces of the Transportation & Installation Engineering department towards our stakeholders. Contribute to collaborative work environment enabling swift exchange among team members, proactively supporting the solution of issues both technical and resource related.
• Support our Installation Engineers in execution, O&M or decommissioning project with expertise on methodologies, lessons learned and concepts to ensure most successful and cost efficient project execution.

Location: Amsterdam, Kolding, Hamburg.

Qualifications

We are looking for a person who is willing to and capable of managing the development of Transport and Installation methodologies, creating and maintaining the budget hereof for our offshore projects. We have a pipeline of interesting offshore windfarms in a variety of challenging locations and need a person that pro-actively contributing to drive forward on a technical and commercial level. Your previous experience will enable you to provide valuable input to development, technical and execution strategies, as well as engagement to our future project pipeline.

• Candidates for this job have a engineering degree and experience in offshore Transport and Installation, preferably multiple disciplines (Foundation, Cables, WTGs, Hydrogen). Minimum 10 years relevant work experience is required. Competences will preferably have been gained in highly regulated industries (e.g. offshore, renewables, oil and gas or chemical industry).
• Experience with offshore wind Transport and Installation methodologies focusing on the transmission scope will give the best fit to the preferred candidate. Knowledge about offshore installation vessels, installation tools and methodologies and relevant offshore codes and standards is of advantage.
• Experience with execution of Transport and Installation projects for TSOs or similar is essential: accomplished at setting targets, development planning, quantifying risks and impact on budget. Experience at an offshore Installation Contractor is highly appreciated.
• Experience in Substation and Cable Installation projects with strong focus on technology is a key asset for this position.
• Strong technical understanding with the ability to resolve detail issues and to convey complex technical matters and risk costing coherently.
• You will be part of a highly skilled team in the Transportation & Installation Engineering Department. Your role will primarily be focused on projects in development, but some involvement in offshore wind projects in execution or operation can also be expected.
• A positive mindset with strong self-motivation and resilience, a flexible and proactive approach to find solutions and comfortable at simultaneously managing several tasks to often challenging deadlines
• Living our core principles; Active, Open, Positive, and Safety

Additional Information

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.

• Dynamic Workplace: A diverse environment characterized by team spirit and flexibility.
• Professional Growth: Opportunities for career advancement in a growing sector.
• Inclusive Culture: A supportive and inclusive workplace that values diversity and encourages collaboration.
• Attractive employment conditions: comprehensive remuneration, flexible working hours and locations, two brand new offices in Hamburg and Berlin, employee health and sport support.

More Information

We welcome your application in English no later than, Nov 08th 2026. We 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 Sabrina Parsons via e-mail: sabrina.parsons@vattenfall.de

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.

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 fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, DISA.

We look forward to receiving your application!