Technical Project Manager - High Voltage Substations

Siemens Energy; Ballerup; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead the technical execution of a 400 kV GIS-based substation project in Denmark, connecting future offshore wind. You will coordinate 7–10 discipline leads, manage schedules, and ensure quality and contractual compliance.

Reporting to the project manager, you will engage with customers and international teams throughout design, installation, and commissioning, shaping the future of power transmission and energy transition.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years leading technical teams in power/transmission projects.
• Experience with GIS, AIS, SCADA, and protection systems.
• Strong engineering standards, specifications, and requirement management.
• Customer-facing experience and stakeholder engagement.
• Fluent English; Danish language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical execution from design through installation and commissioning.
• Coordinate a multidisciplinary team of 7–10 discipline leads and specialists.
• Develop detailed engineering schedules with work breakdown, critical path and milestones.
• Act as the escalation point for technical challenges and manage risks.
• Represent the technical side in customer meetings and workshops; collaborate with other teams.
• Ensure compliance with standards, employer requirements and contractual obligations.

Skills

Electrical Eng

Project leadership

HV substations

Stakeholder mgmt

Engineering standards

English fluency

Danish advantage

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

GIS

SCADA

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join Siemens Energy as a Technical Project Manager and lead the technical execution of a large-scale high-voltage substation project: a 400 kV AC substation with GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear), Control & Protection systems, SCADA, telecommunications and auxiliary systems, which will connect future offshore wind. As the technical authority in the project organization, you report to the overall project manager and coordinate all technical disciplines on the Danish part of this flagship infrastructure project in Denmark, which runs until 2034. From design through installation and commissioning, you represent the technical side in meetings with the customer and a large international project organization, making a significant impact on the future of power transmission and the energy transition.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Leading the technical execution of a complex high-voltage substation project from design through installation and commissioning
• Coordinating a multidisciplinary team of 7-10 discipline leads, scope managers and engineering specialists, and ensuring each discipline delivers its commitments on time and to the required quality
• Driving technical planning and engineering schedules with a clear work breakdown, critical path and intermediate milestones, aligning interfaces and dependencies between work packages and monitoring progress against schedules and budgets
• Acting as the primary escalation point for technical challenges, managing technical risks and mitigation plans, and presenting technical solutions to the customer side by side with the overall project manager
• Participating in customer meetings and technical workshops, and collaborating closely with project management, site management, procurement, construction and commissioning teams
• Ensuring compliance with standards, regulations, employer requirements and contractual technical obligations, leading requirement management and traceability, and supporting design reviews

What You Bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading technical teams and coordinating engineering disciplines within power transmission, substations or large infrastructure projects, for example as a technical project manager or senior technical lead
• Strong understanding of high-voltage substations, especially GIS and Control and Protection systems, as well as AIS, SCADA, communication and auxiliary systems
• Strong knowledge of engineering standards, specifications and requirement management, and experience working directly with customers, contractors and external stakeholders
• A structured, proactive and results-oriented leader who is confident in large customer-facing meetings and technical negotiations, and builds strong relationships across disciplines and organizations
• Fluent English, Danish is considered an advantage

About The Team

This position is part of our Substation engineering department in Denmark, which consists of four engineering teams and a number of specialists reporting directly to the Head of Engineering. In the project, the Technical Project Manager is supported by work package managers and experts within each technical discipline.

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Application

Ongoing selection is applied, the role might be filled before last application date 05-11-2026

Location: Ballerup, Denmark