Technical work planner Offshore Wind

Job Description

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20,000 employees working across various countries. For over 100 years, we have been dedicated to electrifying industries, supplying energy to people’s homes, and modernizing our way of life through innovation and collaboration. Vattenfall aims to enable a fossil-free living within one generation. We are leading the transition to a sustainable energy system. To achieve this ambitious goal, we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also possess a strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful company mission.

Job Description

Are you the link that makes a difference in wind energy in terms of safety, efficiency, and sustainability? As a Technical Work Planner, you play a crucial role in achieving safety KPIs and minimizing production loss at our Hollands Kust Zuid wind farm.

But that’s not all – your strategic planning, management of work orders & permits, current access restrictions, and maintenance period reporting directly contribute to our mission for a fossil-free future. Discover your key role in a sustainable future! We are looking for a Technical Work Planner with planning skills within the Offshore Wind department in IJmuiden. A challenging role with many opportunities!

What will you do?

As a Technical Work Planner, you play an important supportive role for management and maintenance teams, focusing on achieving essential KPIs related to safety, efficiency, and optimized execution of maintenance tasks.

You will assist in creating and maintaining a detailed long, medium, and short-term plan that extends to execution. In this role, you will advise site management on both risks and opportunities.

Key responsibilities include creating, maintaining, and closing work orders (via the SAP maintenance system) and allocating resources to ensure safe and efficient execution. You are also responsible for keeping access restrictions up-to-date for the entire wind farm and drafting & managing work permits to safely carry out tasks within the wind farm.

Additionally, you will report maintenance periods to the broader organization via our reporting system.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Develop and manage operational plans for the long, medium, and short term, including offshore activities;
• Draft and review work permits;
• Prepare the complete work package for technicians with all necessary information for the tasks to be performed;
• Maintain the "visual planning board" with daily weather and production tracking. Keep performance boards always up-to-date;
• Effectively manage, plan, and communicate with ships for smooth interaction;
• Strategically bundle work where needed to reduce productivity loss;
• Conduct resource management to support the site, including demand forecasting throughout the year;
• Suggest smart ways to balance manpower and tasks;
• Model and identify planning risks and opportunities for the integrated site plan. Make recommendations to site management, especially on days with challenging weather and intense production;
• Be responsible for input into our production forecasting system;
• Collect, review, and upload reports from contractors/third parties on-site. Engage technical support from the project specialist and technical coordinator when needed.

Location:

IJmuiden harbour

Qualifications

Who are you?

You’ll quickly feel comfortable in this role if you bring:

• A completed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in fields such as logistics, supply chain management, engineering, business administration, maritime studies, or similar disciplines;
• An intrinsic interest and affinity with technology, maritime affairs, wind energy, and/or energy transition, which you wish to explore and develop further.

Additionally, important personal skills and competencies include:

• Strong organizational skills to ensure efficient technical planning;
• Affinity with work permits, work method statements, and risk analyses;
• Skills for understanding logistical data;
• Communication skills for coordination with internal teams and external stakeholders;
• Proactive; you look beyond tomorrow;
• Excellent written and oral proficiency in Dutch and English.

Additional Information

We offer

In addition to a market-based salary, we offer good secondary benefits, which you can partially customize. There are also many opportunities for professional and personal development.

You will also work in a modern, dynamic, and enjoyable work environment. At Vattenfall, there is a strong team culture, with plenty of room for individual initiative.

The location for this role is the IJmuiden harbor, and hybrid working is currently the norm. At Vattenfall, we place great value on a good work-life balance, and we will continue to look together at how we can contribute to this as an employer.

More information

Does this sound interesting? We look forward to your response today. As long as the vacancy is visible online, you have the opportunity to apply. For questions about the position and/or the process, you can contact Jurriaan Rang, Corporate Recruiter, at jurriaan.rang@vattenfall.com.

At Vattenfall, we are convinced that diversity makes a significant contribution to our organization. Therefore, we constantly strive for a harmonious balance among our employees in terms of age, sexual orientation, beliefs, gender identity, (work) disability, and cultural or ethnic background.

The safety of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. Therefore, a pre-employment screening is part of the selection process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening is conducted by a third party, Validata.

We look forward to your application!