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RDS Specialist
- Full-time
- Vattenfall
- Wind
- IT
- Amsterdam
- Professional
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Are you passionate about structure, data quality, and making complex systems work seamlessly? In this role, you’ll be the go-to expert on our Reference Designation System (RDS). Bring your eye for detail, love of data, and technical knowledge and help us work towards a fossil-free future.
You will join the Digital Insight team in Digital Engineering, Offshore Wind. The team safeguards master data quality across Vattenfall’s wind portfolio by developing and maintaining naming standards, asset hierarchies, and reference designation systems (RDS). Our work provides the common “technical language” that planners, engineers, and maintenance colleagues rely on to manage assets efficiently and to meet demanding regulatory requirements.
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.
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
As an RDS Specialist, you will be the go-to expert for Vattenfall’s Reference Designation System, ensuring every code, hierarchy, and designation in our asset base is accurate, consistent, and useful. Working remotely with colleagues in engineering, maintenance, and IT, you will develop and maintain the RDS-PP T32 structure, validate existing hierarchies, and assign data objects—equipment, spare parts, documents, and signals—to their correct levels. Your work underpins reliable reporting, efficient maintenance planning, and ultimately the safe, profitable operation of our wind assets across Europe.
Your tasks and responsibilities:
- Develop & Maintain RDS-PP T32
- Create new codes, refine existing ones, and keep structures up-to-date with plant modifications.
- Validate & Harmonise Structures
- Review current RDS hierarchies for technical, formal, and content accuracy; correct gaps and unify differing approaches.
- Assign Master Data
- Map spare parts, equipment, documents, maintenance objects, and signals to the correct RDS levels and ensure SAP master data (e.g., WBS elements) align.
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Liaise with engineering, maintenance, and project teams to ensure the RDS meets operational needs and regulatory requirements.
- Guidelines & Training
- Produce user manuals and training materials; provide day-to-day support and troubleshooting for RDS users.
- Continuous Improvement
- Suggest process enhancements, support data-quality checks, and contribute to maintenance-implementation initiatives.
Your profile
You are detail-oriented, methodical, and thrive on turning complex technical information into clear, structured data that everyone can trust. You enjoy working independently yet collaborate easily with engineers and analysts across multiple countries. A natural problem-solver, you use creativity and standards knowledge to keep our asset data clean, consistent, and ready for decision-making—while maintaining a positive, open attitude in a hybrid work environment.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Electrical / Control & Monitoring, or a related discipline
- Minimum 1 year working with RDS or similar designation systems in power generation or heavy industry
- Familiar with IEC 81346, ISO 14224, and best practices for asset-naming standards
- Solid understanding of electrical, mechanical, or SCADA systems; experience with maintenance implementation and warehouse data a plus
- Strong Excel skills; comfort maintaining large data sets via spreadsheets
- Clear spoken and written English and confidence collaborating in multicultural teams
- Security-minded, well-organised, and able to manage tasks with minimal supervision
We look forward to receiving your application!
Location Amsterdam, Netherlands or Kolding, Denmark
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 Kari Widding Sehested, kariwidding.sehested@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 03.08.2025. We interview on an ongoing basis and may close the position early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 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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