Siting Solutions Lead Engineer

Do you have an engineering background combined with commercial insight? Do you want to work in a role where you will be exposed to many different internal and external stakeholders? If yes – then read on.

Product Management >Technical Sales Management NCE >Tech Sales & Siting Solutions NORTH & WEST
The Siting Solutions Department as part of the Technical Sales Management unit is responsible for turbine siting and optimisation, representing Vestas at relevant industry conferences/workshops as well as establishing and growing strategic relationships with engineering counterparts within Vestas key customers and influential third party consultants.

The Siting Solutions team is accountable for providing fully optimised wind power plant layouts and turbine configurations which satisfy both internal requirements, such as lifetime, warranty, loading, safety, contribution margin maximisation, as well as external requirements such as levelised cost of energy, financeability and customer preferences.

Responsibilities
Your main responsibilities as a Siting Solutions Engineer will be to act as an outward focused technical customer advisor ensuring supply of fully optimized wind power plant layouts and wind turbine configurations on a bid/request for a project.
After an intensive induction, you will be assigned to Vestas' siting activities mainly in the North region (Scandinavian market) and West region (UK and Ireland).
Develop project specific siting technical solutions to maximize project value while managing risks, and also develop tools and collaborate on projects utilizing siting data to create value
Utilize knowledge of Vestas turbines and regional wind conditions to provide expertise and support to internal and external stakeholders
Identify market requirements and trends to promote product, tool, and process development, and also develop and handle relationships with customers and their consultants
Enable efficient interfaces between Sales, Technical Sales, Customers, Independent Engineers, and Central Technical Functions
Ensure knowledge sharing and collaboration across regional and Global Siting teams through coaching, mentoring, open and effective communication, and feedback
Defend Vestas siting results and support customers efforts to finance Vestas turbines with third party consultants
Besides all the engineering aspects you´ll need to have impeccable customer service awareness



Qualifications
This position requires minimum a bachelor's degree in Engineering, preference within Mechanical or Renewables Engineering
Mater Degree in sustainable energy or similar a plus
Demonstrated knowledge and skill in working with computers, software applications and coding.
Requires solid investigative and methodical skills
Requires high level oral and written communication skills and good customer service skills to work with customers, consultants, and cross-functional teams
Fluent in business English required, additional languages a plus.
Minimum of 3 years of experience working on Wind / Energy Resource Development department, supporting business development team on prospecting activities; greenfield assessments, supporting permitting activities, defining met masts and remote sensors (LIDAR or SODAR) characteristics, defining temporal and spatial representativeness of the measurement campaign to reduce uncertainties, layout design, energy yield, and uncertainty assessments, completing energy and suitability analysis for industrial-scale wind and or hybrid power plants.
Experience with IEC standards for wind turbine design and completion of power performance testing.
Experience with operational performance assessments of wind and solar power plants, using WAsP, WindPro, OpenWind, CFD, or Mesoscale modeling for wind power applications


Preferred:
Knowledge of the various market segments within the North Region (Scandinavian markets) and West region (UK and Ireland), the main business case drivers for each segment, and typical strategies used by the major players in the market.
Established within the network of customers, partners, and consultants in the above mentioned regions
Experience completing financial analysis of proposed wind power and ancillary systems.
Experience supporting commercial negotiations
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent organizational skills, ability to maintain confidentiality



Competencies
Ability to work internationally with large demanding customers to support the business
Solid communication skills and prior experience interacting with different internal and external stakeholders
Ability to work under pressure and multi-task in a fast-paced / deadline-oriented environment
The ability to be innovative and creative with a mindset towards the result
Creative solution identification and a high degree of motivation to satisfy customer needs
Professional presentation skills with ability and confidence to present to business unit management
Travel availability across the region



What we offer
As a Siting Solutions Engineer at Vestas, you will be in the heart of the action of the wind industry. Despite being the largest presence in the industry, Vestas is still very flexible and agile, giving you the freedom to act creatively in an international environment and highly diverse team.

Additional Information
Primary work location will be Malmoe, Sweden. This position requires approximately 20% time for travel.
If the above matches your field of interest and your qualifications, please apply online as soon as possible.