Chief or Senior Consultant Offshore Substations

**Job Description**:
If you crave a challenging role but also flexibility and work life balance, this role may be ideal for you. The position will be based in one of our offices, but our hybrid work model allows you to split your time between working in the office and working from home.

**Inviting bright minds**

Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an inclusive, collaborative and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions aim to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, clients and people around the world.

**World leader in wind energy**

Ramboll is a world leader in offshore wind with a unique value proposition. We have been involved in more than 70% of all operating offshore wind farms globally. With our international, multidisciplinary and wind energy specific competencies, we are a true full-range service provider for offshore wind energy projects in all its phases. Ramboll supports clients globally to identify, evaluate and quantify both risks and opportunities, allowing them to make well educated, strategic decisions based on practical offshore wind project development, financing and execution experience, combined with world-class engineering know-how.

We are among the very few consultancies in the world, providing engineering services for bottom-fixed as well as floating wind foundations. Since 2007 we have been involved in floating offshore wind and today have a dedicated team of experts supporting clients globally.

Within Ramboll, over 500 highly qualified experts are working on onshore and offshore wind projects globally, operating primarily from our 15 key offices across the Nordics, Germany, UK, Poland, Spain, Japan and the US.

**Your tasks**

As part of a multidisciplinary project team, you will take on diverse tasks and responsibilities in international projects of varied complexity and scale, such as:

- Lead and support the definition and business case preparation for the OSS scope within origination and early development projects supporting our clients on identifying the most suitable technical concept as per the corresponding site conditions, grid connection, local market conditions (e.g., localization requirements) and risk appetite
- Provide strategic advice in areas related to transmission system including the design, configuration, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning of offshore substations in a varied range of assignments, covering but not limited to supporting our clients in shaping winning strategies for auction processes or in major investment projects for supply chain market entry
- Deliver technical due diligence assignments supporting large and complex finance transitions taking responsibility over the foundations scope
- Take the role of Package Manager for the OSS scope, within our Owner’s Engineer service delivery, with responsibility over package interfaces, programme, risk and change management process, managing and supporting a multidisciplinary project team covering electrical (HV, MV and LV), mechanical (lifting, HVAC, firefighting, etc.), communications (SCADA, etc.), safety and structural sub-packages
- Lead the technical preparation, coordination, and management of the OSS scope tendering processes in collaboration with external stakeholders and our clients, including review of offers and their subsequent technical evaluation
- Support standardization processes and initiatives across the PD&A team aiming at developing standard and modular technical requirements for the contracting of the offshore substation scope in international projects

**Your qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline; a master’s degree or other advanced degree is preferred
- A minimum of 10 years (Chief) / 4-10 years (Senior) of relevant professional experience in consulting or project management
- Substantial experience in offshore wind project development, execution and / or operation within a project developer organization or in an Owner’s Engineer role within the relevant field
- Profound industry knowledge and an understanding of design and engineering, project economics, interfaces, risks and commercial aspects of offshore wind farm development
- Experience in negotiating complex construction contracts would be beneficial
- Knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation associated to offshore construction projects
- Proven track record, industry reputation and network
- High level of proficiency in written and spoken English; additional languages are beneficial
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team environment
- Able to effectively prioritize multiple tasks and make independent decisions that promote / advance company goals and objectives
- Good writing and communication skil