International Trainee – Associate Project Manager

Vattenfall; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Vattenfall is seeking an Associate Project Manager to support our team of Project Managers on English and Scottish onshore wind projects in the development phase, from concept through to final investment decision. You will help develop business cases, navigate environmental surveys, and coordinate design and procurement activities in Great Britain.

The role focuses on delivering milestones, managing documentation, and leading select design-related workstreams while fostering collaboration across

Qualifications

• Self-starter who can work independently and be solution oriented.
• Team player with proactive attitude and ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Support Onshore Wind Development Project Managers and teams to deliver milestones for pre-construction development in Great Britain.
• Maintain control of key project management documents and processes (timelines, plans, risk registers, budgets).
• Lead specific design-related workstreams such as stakeholder engagement plans, ecological surveys, or civil engineering design.
• Build long-term relationships with other Vattenfall departments and external consultants.
• Promote a safety-conscious, professional team and engage with landowners and public officials.

Skills

Self-starter

Team player

Independent working

Communications skills

English proficiency

IT skills

Tools

Office 365

Job description

The Associate Project Manager will support our team of Project Managers with a focus on English and Scottish onshore wind projects in the development phase. This covers all aspects of project progression and design from initial concept to environmental survey, detailed design, planning submission, procurement, route to market and financing, and, finally, developing a business case for a final investment decision.

This is an opportunity to be a key part of the design team bringing forward new British wind projects which will power our lives with fossil-free electricity.

Main Responsibilities

• To support Onshore Wind Development Project Managers and project teams by delivering internal and external milestones and approvals for development phase (pre-construction) onshore wind projects in Great Britain.
• Maintain control over key project management documents and processes, such as project timelines, project management plans, risk registers, stakeholder matrices, budgets and more.
• To lead specific onshore wind design-related workstreams as delegated by a project manager, this might include, for example, drafting a stakeholder engagement plan, overseeing ecological survey activities, or managing civil engineering design of an onshore wind project.
• Create and maintain good long-term relationships with other Vattenfall departments and external consultants involved in the projects
• Help promote a safety conscious, professional team
• Communicate with landowners, public officials and other local stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Self-starter, work independently and be creative/solution oriented
• Ask for help and guidance when needed and think beyond the task at hand
• Team player, proactive and work well under pressure
• Fuent in English, both written and spoken
• High levels of energy & commitment to deliver
• Basic project management knowledge
• Ability to adapt easily to different environments (political stakeholders, farmers, government officials, business partners) and manage these different settings
• Good communication skills, report writing, analytical and presentational skills
• Good IT skills and competent ay using Office 365 suite

Additional Information

Our offer

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.

Commitment to Diversity

Vattenfall is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and services to support all our employees.

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.

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21000 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. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.