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Advanced Engineer (Senior or base)
- Full-time
- Vattenfall
- Wind
- IT
- Kolding
- Professional
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Are you up for powering the future by Leading Digital Technology Engineering towards Digital excellence? Are you fostering strong and collaborative leadership in the OT and IT convergence era?
As our new Advanced Engineer, you will be part of the Digital Engineering arm of Project Delivery & Engineering where we stand at the forefront of working towards a fossil-free future. We are dedicated to executing major global infrastructure projects, navigating a dynamic and challenging environment to guarantee safety, promptness, quality, and budget compliance.
Within our Digital Engineering division, we specialize in delivering and integrating digital solutions aimed at facilitating renewable energy production and ensuring dependable operations. We oversee the whole value chain, from bid acquisition to asset construction and operation. Our focus lies on Operational Technology (OT) and IT, harnessing control and analytic modelling synergies to optimize engineering design through comprehensive data integration.
As one of the key functions in Vattenfall’s wind business, Digital Technology Engineering is responsible for supporting wind projects, operational sites and other business units in managing SCADA systems, automation platforms, and OT infrastructure crucial to wind farm performance and control.
Be in your element with BA Wind
Our wind, solar and batteries business offers a unique opportunity to be in your element working to help harness the forces which will take us to fossil freedom.
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.
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.
Your role – what will you do?
As an Advanced Engineer, you will ensure the reliable, secure, and efficient operation of SCADA systems across Vattenfall's onshore and offshore wind farms. You will play a vital role in designing, commissioning, and maintaining SCADA platforms, enabling real-time monitoring and control of critical wind farm operations.
You will be deeply involved from early project phases through to operational support, collaborating with engineers across disciplines to ensure robust, compliant, and optimized SCADA solutions.
Your responsibilities will include:
Daily operation to ensure a reliable, secure, and efficient operation of wind farms
Manage the interface between SCADA, turbine control systems, substation automation, and central data centers.
Analyze and optimize system performance, availability, and data integrity.
Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of operational SCADA platforms.
Document SCADA system architecture, configurations, and procedures.
Participate in 24/7 on-call duty rotation and provide critical support during system faults or outages.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders, OEMs, contractors, and regulatory bodies throughout the product lifecycle.
Your profile – who are you?
You hold a degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation, Computer Science, or a related field and have a minimum of 2 years of experience working with SCADA or industrial automation systems, ideally within the renewable energy or utility sector.
You bring experience in:
Transport of real-time and historical data from assets to data consumers
Communication protocols (e.g., MQTT, IEC 60870-5-104, IEC 61850, Modbus, OPC-UA).
System integration between SCADA level 1 systems, PLCs, RTUs, and control equipment.
Alarm and event management, historical data collection and reporting.
Cybersecurity standards, regulations and best practices for OT environments.
Automation mindset and knowledge
Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is essential.
Familiarity with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and product-oriented thinking is desirable.
Personal traits:
You are driven by purpose and take responsibility for delivering high-quality solutions.
A natural collaborator who thrives in cross-disciplinary teams.
Calm under pressure and skilled at managing both planned and unplanned work.
Methodical and attentive to detail – you see documentation as part of engineering excellence.
Passionate about renewable energy and enabling digital transformation in critical infrastructure.
Our offer
Are you looking for more than just a job? Our involvement at every stage of projects means you’ll be able to find your element working with the power of wind and solar in a role where your skills and experience will be leveraged to the maximum.
You’ll benefit from limitless opportunities to grow in your element through learning and development and to expand your horizons working across our diverse portfolio.
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.
The scale of our ambition means we need to bring together people from many different backgrounds 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 Thomas Højmark Grønbæk, thomashoejmark.groenbaek@vattenfall.com. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Christian Pathuel, christian.pathuel@vattenfall.com
We welcome your application in English no later than 02.07.2025. 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, Validata.
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!
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