Vattenfall
Now you can shape the path towards fossil free living. We’re searching for 20 talented individuals to join us on our journey towards fossil free living. Individuals that challenge the way we think, lead us down new paths and contribute to solving the biggest challenge of humankind – climate change. Is this you?
Become one of our 20 International Trainees at Vattenfall. Each of the trainee positions is unique, linked to a department within a specific business area and a working location. This means that each position has its own specific responsibilities, challenges and matching profile.
Next to your personal development in this unique position you will be enjoying one year of all we have to offer. Your trainee year will be filled with meet-ups with your international trainee team with likeminded individuals. You will be meeting up virtually to work on assignments and live during four seminar weeks where you will be visiting our power plants and growing your superpowers with a variety of trainings.
Your role as a Trainee – Wind Resource Analyst
Wind Resource is amongst others responsible for delivering wind data for various objectives, having a thorough understanding of the wind flow and designing the layout of the wind farm. In short, we are responsible for maximizing the output of the future wind farms of Vattenfall, while keeping the permit and the financials in mind, and calculations and designs can make the difference between a good and a bad business case or the difference between a wind farm which ends on paper, or which ends up being realized.
Your daily activities:
- Perform Wind Resource Assessments to assess the wind and site conditions, according to the Vattenfall way of working
- Analyse constraints for every specific site, to define the optimal lay-out of WTGs and WTG selection
- Perform Production Assessments including curtailments
- Perform uncertainty analyses to assess risks
- Combine technical requirements, practical limitations and financial opportunities into an optimized site layout
- Collaborate closely with our stakeholders spread throughout the organization, and enhance that collaboration where necessary
- Analyse various business processes within Wind Resource and with our stakeholders and enhance them
Whether you want a climate smarter career as an energy specialist, visionary manager or inspirational project lead in the energy sector, we offer you these possibilities within the Trainee Programme.
As a Trainee – Wind Resource Analyst you recognize yourself in the following:
- You have a a Master’s degree in Wind Energy, Sustainability, Engineering, Physics, Meteorology or equivalent, with a focus on Wind production calculations
- Passion for renewable energy in general, and wind energy in particular
- A curious and creative mindset with strong analytical skills, while being comfortable in work with large datasets.
- Driven towards optimizing our sustainable portfolio
- Managing a healthy balance between perfection and keeping sight of reality
You are our ideal trainee if you are a recent graduate with an academic degree or you graduate before September 2022. You are fluent in English. Skills in other world languages can be a merit. You are willing to relocate for possible assignments throughout the organization. And of course, you identify yourself with our principles: active, open, positive and safe.