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stillingsbetegnelse: Manager - Plant Control Engineering

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Are you a leader, role-model, and passionate about people management? Can you create excellent results through your team? Does it motivate you to drive implementation of strategic initiatives and timely project execution, so that we continuously improve our product development capabilities? Then check this career opportunity to lead a dedicated, specialized team of power system and software engineers who are developing products, technologies and tools for grid integration of Vestas Renewable Hybrid Power Plants!

Power Solutions > Engineering > Electrical Engineering > Power Plant Engineering 
In Power Plant Engineering, we focus on product development as our main activity. We lead early scoping and execution of technology activities. This is done with our deep power system-, control- and SW knowledge, and based on the understanding of the market. 

In Power Plant Engineering we work with the entire renewable hybrid power plant. We value initiative, taking leadership and being self-driven.

Plant Control Engineering is a part of Power Plant Engineering. In Plant Control Engineering we are responsible for the development of the Vestas Hybrid Power Plant Controller which enables grid-code compliance for all Vestas Power Plants connected in power systems worldwide. The development activities in the department involve power system engineering, controls development, embedded and real-time software development, release management and product support to specialist and technicians in regional Vestas business units.

We need a dedicated people manager for Plant Control Engineering to continuously develop team competences and performance. But also to align expectations with various stakeholders while ensuring that we deliver on business-critical projects. You will be managing a highly technical area operating between commercially and strategically driven objectives.

If you are interested to learn more about this opportunity, capable of leading and can see yourself as a role model for the Vestas values: Accountability, Collaboration, Simplicity then you may be the candidate we are looking for.

Responsibilities
You will be responsible for all operations in the Plant Control Engineering area, and report to the Director of Power Plant Engineering. More specifically, your responsibilities will cover:

• People management (one-one dialogues, development plans, target settings, etc.)
• Understand and fulfill the needs of key commercial stakeholders 
• Prioritise between long term R&D project activities, medium term development activities and short term operational support
• Ensure the right usage of engineering-contractors in the area
• Leading new way of working together with our colleagues in the Porto Design Center
• Support technical roadmap and definitions for plant level electrical infrastructure in Vestas
• Department budgeting and resource allocations
• Facilitate planning sessions and follow up on progress
• Implement optimizations in processes and tools to reduce time and increase quality

Qualifications

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in engineering probably within the controls, software or electrical area
• Approximately 8-10 years' professional experience
• Minimum 5 years' line- (or project) management experience
• Good cultural understanding and international working experience
• You have the desire and the ability to understand and maintain overview of a wide range of advanced technical domains 
• Good communication skills in English 

Experience with the following qualifications would be an advantage:

• Control or SW engineering 
• Business cases and project governance
• Process project, product and software development 

Competencies

• Customer-oriented with the ability to understand the complete business value chain, seen from a customer perspective
• Build trust in your employees and stakeholders by your behavior
• A high level of drive and able to challenge the existing while maintaining flow
• Driven by results and can get things done
• Independent and structured, and you influence your employees in a positive way by being a true role model
• You find it challenging and interesting to work with other people in a large organization and can build a network across cultures and time zones
• Open-minded and attracted by an international environment
• Ability to balance your work between short term / urgent and longer term / not urgent
• Ability to work under pressure with multiple targets and stakeholders

What we offer
We offer you a job with responsibility for core a core product, which is absolutely business critical and strongly linked to Vestas' strategy.

You will have many supportive parties across a large and truly global organisation. You will have excellent opportunities for cross disciplinary and personal development. The work environment is result-oriented, at a high professional level and with a strong technical commitment

Additional information
The primary work location is in Aarhus, Denmark and you should expect approximately 25 travel days per year.

For additional information on the position, please contact Director, Rasmus Kold Andersen at +45 5221 1025

About Vestas

Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We design, manufacture, install, and service wind turbines across the globe, and with 97 GW of wind turbines in 79 countries, we have installed more wind power than anyone else.  Through our industry-leading smart data capabilities and unparalleled 83 GW of wind turbines under service, we use data to interpret, forecast, and exploit wind resources and deliver best-in-class wind power solutions. Together with our customers, Vestas’ more than 24,400 employees are bringing the world sustainable energy solutions to power a bright future. We invite you to learn more about Vestas by visiting our website at www.vestas.com and following us on our social media channels.

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