Country Asset Manager Netherlands (Onshore Wind)

Company Description

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 and now have a mission of working for fossil freedom. We employ around 20,000 people mostly in our core markets in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK.

Job Description

Are you a results orientated team player with an analytical mindset with experience and interest in Onshore Wind Asset Management? Working for fossil freedom with us offers unique opportunities for growth. Do you want to find your element harnessing the power of the wind and the sun?

We are looking for an experienced and engaged Asset Manager for our Onshore fleet in the Netherlands to work on continuous growth and optimisation of the value of our Onshore fleet in the Netherlands.

If this is interesting for you, please apply and join an engaged and successful team and help us to achieve our goal of being fossil free within one generation!

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.

Qualifications

Your tasks and responsibilities

As Asset Manager Netherlands you will be part of the Asset Management team of Operations in BU Onshore. The Asset Management team takes the owner´s perspective of the Onshore portfolio and the individual assets and ensures that BA Wind Onshore optimises the life time profitability of our owned Onshore windfarms, through developing asset strategies, balancing cost, production and risk, monitoring performance and developing optimisation programs. In addition BU Onshore is developing and offering asset management services for investors.

As the Country Asset Manager for the Netherlands you will be the central point of decision making for continuous improvements related to our Dutch portfolio in close cooperation with your counterparts in the Operations organisation.

Balancing input from various internal and external sources to come to the best value adding decisions is one core element of your work.

You will be reporting to the Head of Asset Management and you will have the following key responsibilities:

• Closely monitor the risks, performance and cost of Onshore’s owned fleet in the Netherlands.
• Maintain an overview of all commercial, regulatory, Health & Safety and technical issues regarding the Swedish asset portfolio.
• Create and maintain a network organization with Vattenfall colleagues and relevant external sources which are working closely with the sites. This includes for example Technical Engineering, Local O&M site teams, OEMs, O&M support.
• Take ‘Best-for-Vattenfall’ decisions related to these sites within the companies mandate framework. These are often decisions where risk-reward analyses are required. For example: investments in upgrades or modifications, resolution of asset integrity issues.
• Support in establishing and managing Asset Management service solutions to investors or Joint Venture partners for divested assets.
• Support in other initiatives across the fleet/organization to manage risks and opportunities.

Your profile

For this position we are looking for a candidate with relevant experience in developing strategies and solutions in highly complex environments with a commercial focus.

You have the following qualifications and competences:

• You have a Bachelor degree in business, engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience within functions as Asset Management or Operations, preferably within Wind Power generation.
• Able to understand technical issues, but also well-developed commercial sense is required.
• Drive for improvement rather than maintaining the status quo.
• Ability to build business cases with risk-reward analyses for conscious decision making and prepare decision material for presentation to management.
• Command of Dutch and English is strong, both verbally and written.
• You enjoy working on international, multidisciplinary projects and teams and you are willing to travel.
• An ability to show leadership in Heal