Lead Cost & Value Engineer (all genders)

Skybornrenewables; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

30 days vacation

Flexible working (40% mobile office)

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Program

Capital-forming benefits

Subsidized company pension plan

Company bicycle leasing

Company fitness program

Zusammenfassung

Skybornrenewables is seeking a Lead Cost & Value Engineer (all genders) based in Hamburg or Bremen. The role involves leading cost and value engineering across projects, challenging cost drivers, and aligning cross-functional teams to optimize expenses. Candidates should have an engineering degree, several years in relevant fields, and strong analytical skills. Employees benefit from mobile work options, 30 vacation days, and various employee perks in a friendly environment.

Qualifikationen

• Several years of experience in engineering, fabrication, production, or supply chain.
• Proven ability to challenge cost drivers and assumptions across engineering.
• Willingness to travel to suppliers and other office locations as required.

Aufgaben

• Lead cost & value engineering across the project portfolio.
• Challenge supply chain cost drivers and assumptions.
• Identify high-impact cost and value opportunities.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on cost/value trade-offs.
• Contribute to risk management by identifying cost/value risks early.

Kenntnisse

Strong analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Value engineering

Fluency in English

Ausbildung

Engineering degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Industrial)

Jobbeschreibung

Lead Cost & Value Engineer (all genders)

Location: Hamburg or Bremen

Responsibilities:

• Lead and embed cost & value engineering across Skyborn’s full project portfolio and life‑cycle, ensuring sustained cost competitiveness and practical implementation.
• Challenge supply‑chain cost drivers and assumptions across engineering, materials, fabrication, T&I and services, working directly with suppliers to improve productivity and scope efficiency.
• Build and maintain a robust should‑cost and benchmark fact base, including cleansheets, to support decision‑making, negotiations and contract optimization.
• Identify, quantify and prioritize high‑impact cost and value opportunities across project stages and packages, translating insights into actionable levers and tracked value capture.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment on cost/value trade‑offs by partnering closely with Engineering, Development, Commercial, Package Management, Risk Management and Legal.
• Contribute to project and business risk management by identifying cost and value risks early and implementing optimization measures across functions and packages.
• Lead and facilitate structured value engineering initiatives in a matrix environment, delivering clear decisions, documented actions, and measurable value capture outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Engineering degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Industrial, or equivalent technical discipline).
• Several years’ experience across engineering, fabrication/production, supply chain, T&I and/or commercial interfaces, ideally in offshore wind (foundations, cables, substations, or similar).
• Strong analytical skills to assess cost drivers and challenge engineering and commercial assumptions.
• Proven stakeholder management across engineering, commercial, risk, and legal functions in a matrix organization.
• Ability to lead value engineering from analysis and decision‑making through to execution.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
• Willingness to travel to suppliers and other office locations as required.
• Permanent employment in an international company where you make a difference in the renewable energy sector.
• Flexible ways of working: Mobile office regulation of 40% per week.
• Enjoy your vacation of 30 days, extended with possible unpaid vacation days.
• A modern work environment with open doors and room for your own ideas in a friendly, modern working environment.
• Learning and Development Opportunities to support your personal and professional growth.
• Our company celebrations, team events and get‑togethers are extraordinary.
• We care for your wellbeing: our Employee Assistance Program offers training and counselling to support your wellbeing.
• Other employee benefits depending on location: capital‑forming benefits, subsidized company pension plan, company bicycle leasing (business bike) and company fitness (EGYM Wellpass).