EPC Director for offshore wind projects

Would you like to manage one of the most ambitious offshore wind farm projects in the world?

Join us and become EPC Director in our EPC Directors department which is responsible for managing the execution of wind farm projects in DONG Energy Wind Power, from early maturation stages through wind farm construction until transfer to operations. Your task as EPC Director will be to lead one of our offshore wind farm projects together with the Programme Director.

The department is part of Wind Power which has 1800 employees and is one of four business units in DONG Energy. Wind Power is the world’s largest developer and operator of offshore wind power, and we use our unique knowledge in all phases of our wind farm projects. During the last 20 years, we have developed and constructed the world’s largest portfolio of offshore wind farms.

You may choose freely to be based either at one of our Danish offices in Skærbæk near Fredericia or in Gentofte in the Greater Copenhagen area or alternatively at our London office in the United Kingdom or our Hamburg office in Germany. However, you should expect some travelling in relation to your work.

Your key duties will be to

• manage the project scope, schedule, cost and resources within your project
• secure the quality of deliverables from teams within your project
• ensure an excellent HSE performance both internally and at our suppliers
• manage project risk
• manage project stakeholders.

As EPC Director, you will furthermore have the overall responsibility for the entire scope of the offshore wind farm turnkey project and project management supporting activities.

Your qualifications and core competences include that you

• have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering as well as solid technical understanding and relevant experience within the offshore industry
• come from a similar position as EPC Director and have gained hands-on experience with all phases of the construction of large CAPEX projects
• have in-depth knowledge of international project management standards, such as PMI, IPMA or PRINCE2, as well as experience with stage-gate divided project execution
• have significant leadership and team management experience from large, complex infrastructure projects, preferably from a strong matrix organisation, and you have business acumen and understand the key drivers and levers that influences business performance
• speak and write English fluently as we operate in an international environment and cooperate closely with our colleagues abroad.

Furthermore, you are a strong leader of leaders and capable of supporting and developing your team as well as a strong communicator, excellent at explaining complex matters in a simple way. You are capable of managing change and are constantly looking to challenge the norms to do things better. Moreover, you have the ability to see the bigger picture at all times, yet you understand the importance of minding the details. You can handle numerous tasks simultaneously without losing perspective, and you thrive in a job in a hectic, multi-cultural project organisation.

We offer
A unique and challenging job where you have every opportunity to develop your skills, when you lead and execute some of the world’s largest offshore wind projects.

In DONG Energy Wind Power, we have a high level of expertise and many complex and challenging work tasks. We work goal-oriented and efficiently with some of the world's largest offshore wind projects, and we are committed to reducing the cost of electricity.

Contact us
For Denmark, please do not hesitate to contact Morten Melin, Vice President of EPC & Construction Management, on telephone +45 99 55 92 95, if you want to know more about the position.

For the United Kingdom, please do not hesitate to contact the Recruitment Specialist by email on ukrecruitment@dongenergy.co.uk.

For Germany, please do not hesitate to contact Milena Jägermann, Senior HR Consultant in P&D Germany, by telephone on +49 (0)40 181310-847.

We look forward to receiving your application, CV and diplomas as electronic files by 4 March 2016.

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