Head of Digital Engineering in Offshore Wind

Vattenfall; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading energy company is looking for a Head of Digital Engineering in Hamburg. You will lead the development of digital products for offshore wind farms, ensuring the highest cybersecurity standards. Responsibilities include managing a diverse team, driving digitalization efforts, and collaborating with various engineering departments. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in the offshore wind industry, strong leadership skills, and a commitment to safety and security. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Leistungen

Competitive salary

Progressive inclusive culture

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Support from committed colleagues

Qualifikationen

• Master's degree combined with MBA (commercial mindset) and senior leadership training.
• Minimum 10 to 15 years experience in the offshore wind industry and leading digital initiatives.
• Deep understanding of lifecycle phases of developing offshore assets including main data flow.
• Proven track record in developing digital solutions and software aligned with hardware.
• Strong security mindset and commitment to develop more secure wind farms.
• Demonstrable leadership and change management experience; stakeholder management skills.
• High degree of self-motivation and flexible approach to work.
• Fluency in English required; Danish/German skills an advantage.

Aufgaben

• Lead and develop the Digital Engineering department including line managers.
• Drive digitalisation in offshore wind farms by implementing hardware and software solutions.
• Ensure operational readiness through robust capabilities and compliance.
• Foster collaboration with Engineering departments and Vattenfall Digitalization.
• Promote cross-functional improvements and increase safety awareness.
• Secure (financial) performance of the department.

Jobbeschreibung

What will you do

As Head of Digital Engineering you will lead the development of digital products and solutions for Operational Technology (OT) across the full lifecycle of offshore wind farms from design and construction to operation and decommissioning.

You will drive synergies in control and analytical modelling by enabling collaboration between infrastructure and data teams and continuously enhance engineering design through end-to-end data integration.

You will ensure the highest standards of cybersecurity across our offshore wind portfolio and contribute to digital excellence across Business Area Wind. Your team will act as a key innovation partner within Project Delivery & Engineering and support stakeholders across Business Area Wind.

You will lead a team of line managers across the core domains of Digital Engineering. You will foster a culture of continuous learning by embedding lessons learned into daily operations and driving improvements in our ways of working. This ensures strong alignment within the Digital Engineering team and across interfaces with development projects and operational assets.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing the Digital Engineering department including line managers responsible for :
• Data Acquisition Monitoring & Control
• Connectivity & OT Digital Infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• Data Foundation & Integration
• Be responsible for people & knowledge management with employees in 4 different countries (UK DK DE and NL).
• Driving digitalisation of and integration in key work flows in offshore wind farms by implementing hardware and software solutions.
• Ensure operational readiness through robust capabilities compliance and system reliability.
• Foster collaboration with Engineering departments Vattenfall Digitalization and Vattenfall IT.
• Driving standardisation of activities developing and implementing best practice systems and processes.
• Proactively promote cross-functional improvements
• Increasing safety and security awareness and increasing HSE performance on projects and in the line.
• Contributing to the implementation and continued improvement of our strategy.
• Securing (financial) performance of the department.

Qualifications

• Master degree combined with MBA (commercial mindset) and supported by senior leadership training.
• Minimum 10 to 15 years experience in the (offshore) wind industry and leading managers that drive successful digital initiatives.
• Deep understanding of all lifecycle phases of developing offshore assets including the main data flow.
• Proven track record in developing digital solutions and software in close alignment with the right hardware.
• Proven track record in successfully developing businesses and organisations incl. communication at board level.
• Strong security mindset with a strong commitment to contribute to the development and delivery of inherently more secure wind farms.
• Demonstratable leadership communication change management experience and stakeholder management skills; ability to handle interfaces and collaborate across functions.
• High degree of self-motivation with a flexible approach to work.
• Fluency in English is required Danish / German language skills an advantage.

Additional Information

Our offer

We can offer you the opportunity to make a real world difference whilst shaping your own working environment and career. We provide a competitive salary and benefits package a progressive inclusive culture and the chance to work with some of the best in the industry. You will play a vital role within interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues; our Ask and Share concept is embedded in the way we work. We also offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Location

Kolding Amsterdam or Hamburg

Process and timeline

Please submit your application in English - with CV and cover letter - via the link at the bottom of this page. The last day to apply is 30th of November 2025

For more information about the recruitment process please contact Senior Recruiter Jette Ingeberg via email

At Vattenfall we believe that diversity contributes to a more attractive and successful company and we strive to be a role model for 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 fulfil within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party DISA Global Solutions AB.

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!

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full-time