Nucleaire à France

Wärtsilä Energy leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our partners to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system modelling expertise. These cover decarbonisation services, future‑fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.

Did you know Wärtsilä has delivered 79 GW of power plant capacity and more than 130 energy storage installations in 180 countries around the world?

In this fast changing world of energy, we are constantly on the lookout for future‑oriented talent to join our team and to work towards enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services – together. Want to join the ride?

We are recruiting an Obsolescence Project Engineer for permanent contract at our Surgères site (150 employees), which specialises in the reconditioning of high‑speed engines serving as emergency diesel generator to Nuclear Power Plants worldwide.

As a member of the Obsolescence Project department, you are a key player in the Project Team. The Project Engineer is responsible for driving several significant projects, from initialization to closure, consisting in solving obsolescence cases for our Nuclear Customers worldwide.

Your main activities will be to:

• Manage end‑to‑end projects consisting in the resolution of major obsolescence cases on engine parts;
• Manage the feasibility analysis (technically and financially) and support the Sales Department to elaborate offers to Customer;
• Prepare business cases and present to financial stakeholders;
• Analyse and implement the purchase orders for obsolescence resolution placed by our Nuclear Customers;
• Drive kick‑off meetings;
• Setup the projects planning in accordance with Customer requirements and in cooperation with the project stakeholders (Project Purchaser, Project Engineer, Expert Quality Supplier Project, Technical Service);
• Closely monitor projects to ensure appropriate progress towards the targets (in time, in cost, in quality);
• Act as the focal point for internal stakeholders to prevent lags in planning (Technical Service, Qualification Department, Project Management, Supply, Contract Management team, Sales);
• Monitor the execution of the validation and qualification plans;
• Coordinate the project resources in order to ensure that the deliverables are remitted in due time;
• Regularly communicate the project progress to stakeholders;
• Setup recovery plans as soon as the situation requires;
• Report the projects progress, blocking points and deviations to the obsolescence projects manager;
• Work in close cooperation with the Project Buyer and Supplier Inspection Quality Expert to ensure that the requirements are properly cascaded, understood and implemented by our suppliers;
• Drive the projects closure and properly manage the handover to ensure a smooth transition from the Project Obsolescence Team to the teams that will be dealing with the product life cycle.

• 5 years' higher education in Engineering;
• minimum 5 years experience in project management in an industrial environment;
• excellent interpersonal skills;
• strong willingness to push the projects forward;
• objective oriented;
• able to foster team spirit;
• excellent analytical and summarising skills;
• knowledge in manufacturing processes;
• your autonomy, rigour and organisation skills are mandatory to succeed in this position;
• proven ability to lead a project team;
• excellent communication skills and ability to develop relationships;
• good level of English (written and spoken);
• at ease with MS Project, Pack Office, and ideally SAP;
• able to put forward suggestions for improving existing operating methods;
• you show values and rigor to work in Nuclear environment and related processes;
• available to travel (20%).

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job‑relevant merits and abilities.
Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.

Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com .