Senior Cost Model Analyst (all genders)

Skybornrenewables; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days of vacation

Company bicycle leasing

Further education and training opportunities

Subsidized company pension plan

Job summary

Skyborn Renewables is seeking a Senior Cost Model Analyst to support cost engineering in its offshore wind projects. The role focuses on developing cost models, benchmarks, and analytical tools to enhance project economics.

The ideal candidate has an engineering degree and several years of experience in cost modeling within the energy sector. This position offers opportunities for professional growth in a modern working environment.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in cost modeling and should-costing.
• Experience in financial modeling and benchmark data.
• Strong engineering and manufacturing process understanding.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain cost modeling capabilities.
• Develop and manage a central cost fact base.
• Provide analytical support to value engineering and procurement.
• Support contract optimizations and negotiations.

Skills

Cost modeling capability

Analytical capability

Fluency in English

Knowledge of benchmarking data

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil or Industrial Engineering)

Tools

Power BI

Python

Job description

Offshore wind energy - the pillar of our future energy supply!

Skyborn Renewables is a pioneer and leading offshore wind developer and operator with more than 20 years’ experience and a track record of approx. 7 GW developed around the globe to date. The competencies of our 400 employees cover the entire offshore wind value chain, including greenfield development, engineering and design, procurement, financing, construction management and asset management.

Do you want to make a difference? To advance the energy transition in an international and growing business field? Skyborn Renewables offers you the opportunity to do so.

With us, you can expect a dynamic environment with committed employees as well as the opportunity to break new ground and expand your skills.

Become a part of our friendly team at our location in Bremen or Hamburg.

Senior Cost Model Analyst (all genders)

Your future tasks:

The Cost Model Analyst supports the value & cost engineering function by building and maintaining a robust, fact‑based cost transparency foundation for Skyborn offshore wind projects that improves project economics. The role focuses on developing clean‑sheet/should‑cost models, benchmark databases, and analytical tools to enable informed decision‑making, cost optimization, and negotiation preparation across the portfolio and lifecycle.

• Build and maintain cost modeling capabilities such as clean‑sheet and should‑cost models across priority packages
• Develop and manage a central cost fact base including benchmarks, marked indices, and historical project data
• Provide analytical support to value engineering, procurement, and commercial decision‑making
• Standardize modelling approach, templates, documentation and model governance within the function
• Support value‑engineering workshops and contract optimizations/negotiations
• Develop detailed clean‑sheet cost models for key components and priority spend categories and packages
• Build and maintain benchmark database and benchmark packs, ensure consistency of assumptions and sources, include trend analysis
• Develop scenario tools to model cost drivers and sensitivities to support decision points and negotiation preparation
• Prepare structured cost analysis outputs and reports for stakeholders
• Maintain documentation standards: decision logs, tracking, and a library of tools /standards
• Organize and support value engineering workshops with disciplines engineers and packages, commercial teams
• Support contract optimizations and negotiations with analytical results showing technical cost levers, pricing implications and negotiation options

Your profile:

• Engineering degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil or Industrial Engineering) or equivalent technical discipline.
• Several years of experience in cost modelling, should‑costing, financial modelling, benchmark data and comparative analytics within the oil & gas, energy, manufacturing industry or equivalent industry.
• Strong cost modeling capability including knowledge of benchmarking data, data providers and tools like power BI, python or similar.
• Strong analytical capability to interrogate cost drivers and assumptions across engineering and commercial dimensions.
• Engineering & manufacturing process understanding relevant for cost drivers.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Willingness to travel to suppliers and other office locations as requested.
• Permanent employment in an international company that is continuously expanding.
• Mobile office regulation of 40% per week.
• 30 days of vacation, extended with possible unpaid vacation days, afternoon off on your own birthday.
• Open doors and room for your own ideas in a friendly, modern working environment.
• Further education and training opportunities.
• Company bicycle leasing (business bike) and company fitness (EGYM Wellpass).
• Central office location with direct access to public transport.
• Extraordinary company celebrations, team events and sporting events.
• Other employee benefits: capital‑forming benefits, subsidized company pension plan, bonus for employees who recruit employees.

We look forward to receiving your application!