Senior Electrical Engineer bei Vattenfall

Vattenfall is a leading European energy company driving the transition to a sustainable energy system. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We employ around 21 000 people mostly in our core markets in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK.

Want to be in your element working for fossil freedom using the power of the wind? As a Senior Electrical Engineer in Business Area Wind, you’ll design the low-voltage systems inside our transition pieces and follow them from manufacturing through to operation - turning robust engineering into reliable offshore megawatts. Join us and help accelerate a fossil-free future.

You will join the Foundations Technology Engineering department within Project Delivery & Engineering (BA Wind). The team is a senior, multidisciplinary unit covering electrical, structural, hydrodynamic, corrosion and bolted-joint expertise. You’ll be one of two electrical engineers in the group, working alongside a technical authority/lead, with close interfaces to design partners, manufacturers, and operations. The team is split across Copenhagen, Hamburg and Kolding, and collaborates tightly from early engineering through manufacturing follow-up and into operations

Be in your element with BA Wind

As part of BA Wind you will play a key role in one of the most exciting pipelines in the industry with 24GW of capacity stretching out more than a decade ahead across our key European markets.

You won’t only be involved in developing projects but pioneering cutting-edge innovation, new business models and ways of working with communities and the environment. Working as part of a leading European utility also means you could be helping a growing number of major businesses and brands achieve their own sustainability goals through partnerships.

Your role 

As a Senior Electrical Engineer – Foundations (Low Voltage), you will own the low-voltage scope inside the foundation. You will produce and review LV designs and specifications, then follow them through manufacturing follow-up at suppliers to verify compliance and buildability. In operations, you will support troubleshooting and retrofit solutions when issues arise, ensuring safe, reliable functionality throughout the asset life. You will work closely with our technical authority and the broader foundations disciplines to deliver robust, standardised solutions that are practical for production and maintainable in service. From November, short business trips (approx. 2 days/week for a couple of months) to production sites are expected for factory oversight; occasional travel thereafter.

Your tasks and responsibilities: 

• Engineer LV systems within the TP: panels, protection, lighting, power/utility outlets, earthing & bonding, cable trays/routing, cable sizing and ingress protection.
• Define and manage interfaces to LiDAR, radar, SCADA and auxiliary systems; ensure clear ICDs and documentation (schematics, cable lists, BoMs).
• Perform design reviews and vendor document evaluations; lead manufacturing follow-up/inspections to confirm “as-built” matches design intent.
• Develop retrofit/obsolescence solutions and support failure analysis and fixes during operations.
• Prepare and maintain standards, templates and lessons learned to drive repeatable, cost-effective designs.
• Coordinate with structural, hydrodynamic, corrosion and bolting specialists to ensure integrated, buildable foundations solutions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant norms and good practice; contribute to HSE-by-design and total-cost-of-ownership thinking.

Your profile / who are you? 
SYou’re a practical, detail-oriented electrical engineer who enjoys seeing designs through to reality at the factory—and who can roll up your sleeves in operations when something breaks. You communicate clearly across disciplines and suppliers, balance precision with pragmatism, and keep safety and maintainability front-of-mind. You’re collaborative, happy to seek and share sparring within and beyond your team, and comfortable travelling for short stints to production sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering (or similar).
• 5+ years LV design/installation experience in industrial, marine or offshore environments (offshore wind foundations/TPs is a plus).
• Solid competence in 400V LV: distribution/protection, earthing & bonding, lighting, cable routing/sizing, IP/ingress concepts.
• Experience with SCADA/LiDAR interfaces and preparing technical documentation (schematics, cable schedules, ICDs, BoMs).
• Familiar with relevant standards and good practice (e.g., IEC 61439/60364 or comparable).
• Confident conducting vendor manufacturing follow-up, inspections and resolving non-conformities.
• Fluent English (spoken/written); German or Danish is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel (from November: ~2 days/week for a couple of months, then occasionally).

We look forward to receiving your application! 

Location  Kolding, Denmark - Hamburg, Germany

Our offer

Looking for a career with growth?

Looking for a role where your superpowers can be leveraged to the maximum and with limitless opportunities for growth?

The scale and ambition of our wind, battery and solar business means you can really find your element with us. We’ll also provide you with all the learning and development you need to expand your horizons.

We strive to be the best place to work in the industry with highly competitive pay and conditions and an open, supportive culture. A commitment to a healthy work-life balance aims to ensure everyone plays to their strengths, whatever their background and experiences.

You will be part of a growing team of 1,700+ colleagues from 50+ nationalities where our positive approach to diversity is reflected in the fact that more than a quarter of staff are women.

More Information 

For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Victor Moor, [email protected].  For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Christian Pathuel, [email protected]  

We welcome your application in English no later than 01.10.2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website. 

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a 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. Click here for further information. 

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party, DISA Global Solutions AB. 

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation. 

We look forward to receiving your application!