Senior Cable Installation Engineer

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. Our mission is clear: fossil freedom. To reach this ambitious goal, we are looking for talented individuals who combine personal drive with strong team spirit and a passion for contributing to a meaningful corporate mission.

Job Description

We are looking for a  Senior Cable Installation Engineer – Offhore Wind Projects  to work within our Business Area Wind, Offshore, Project Delivery & Engineering. The Engineering department is the technical backbone 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. 

Working within the Project Execution department of Project Delivery & Engineering, grouped in the Transportation & Installation Engineering team our installation engineers use their strong technical and project management competences to develop and deliver class-leading cable installation methodologies to project to meet the requirements of our strong offshore wind portfolio across northern Europe. 

Your Job as Senior Cable Installation Engineer  

• Provide cable installation engineering expertise to Offshore Wind development projects in order to deliver key engineering assignments
• Provide HSE leadership in the design and specification of offshore cable installation methodologies
• Be accountable for individual projects in delivery phases to support the Installation Manager in overall Cable Installation package delivery across the BU Offshore portfolio
• Responsible for project-specific engineering tasks within the development phase to understand and mitigate project-specific engineering risks
• Supporting Operational Service in providing engineering skills to major operational wind farm replacement/maintenance campaigns.
• Contribute to the structural growth of the Transportation & Installation Engineering team by taking ownership in development work packages
• Play a key role in developing project engineering competences
• Develop your own competences both in project management as well as offshore installation methodologies

Qualifications

Your Profile as Cable Installation Engineer 

• Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline
• A minimum of 10 years’ project engineering experience ideally in offshore installation context
• Good knowledge of offshore installation equipment and systems
• Strong commercial and project management mindset
• Ability to identify and lead installation engineering topics - balancing technical, commercial and consenting imperatives
• Good knowledge of the wind energy market
• Good stakeholder management and strong interpersonal skills, enjoying an environment characterized by disciplinary and cultural diversity.
• Fluent in English
• Strong intercultural awareness and willingness to work across borders
• Enthusiastic about the potential of digitalization and self-propelled to implement the opportunities in the wind industry

Location

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

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: A 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, 30.09.2025. 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 Cristina Sigel via mail: [email protected]

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.

We look forward to receiving your application!