Team Lead Electrical Engineering

**Team Lead Electrical Engineering & Grid Germany (M/F/d)**:

- **Location(s)**:

- Hamburg, HH, DE, 20354
- Essen, NW, DE, 45141

**RWE Renewables Europe & Australia GmbH, Essen, Hamburg**
**To start as soon as possible, full time / part time - at least 30 hours/week, permanent**

**Functional area**:Engineering

As Team Lead Electrical Engineering & Grid Germany, you will be accountable for leading the Electrical Engineering Team and for all electrical aspects of onshore wind, solar projects and hybrid-projects including transfer-/substation and grid connection with strong focus on optimization of the infrastructure design (eBoP design).

**Your tasks**
- Building and disciplinary leading a team of electrical engineers and grid managers, delivering technical solutions from preliminary to execution design for our development and construction portfolio in Germany, considering optimized processes across the full project life cycle
- Developing workflows and processes to ensure standardized quality of work for transfer
- /substations, collection systems, transmission circuits, etc. for all projects
- Managing the grid connection process and be the counterpart for grid operators.
- Supporting all electrical engineering aspects in the regulatory and permitting process of all projects in close cooperation with our Origination
- and Development teams
- Developing grid strategies to enable the identification of suitable projects in origination and facilitating the smooth development and realization of the German project pipeline from the grid perspective
- Selecting and managing external engineering consultants when needed to support projects and manage their activities to ensure consistent criteria, cost effective designs and timely delivery
- Supporting and developing procurement strategies in close cooperation with Procurement and other Engineering teams by preparing engineering guidelines, specifications and project specific tender documents
- Ensuring adequate reporting for effective resource management
- Ensuring the highest level of environmental, health and safety is incorporated in all design aspects of projects Managing, mentoring, and motivating the team to create and promote a lean and cost-efficient culture that strives for best-in-class performance in safety, availability and costs**Your profile**
- Successfully completed university degree in electrical engineering
- Several years of profound, proven professional experience in utility-scale renewable energy projects in the German market and good understanding of the German grid system
- Knowledge of power system analysis software like PowerFactory
- Strong commercial acumen/understanding of complex technological and commercial correlations and ability-to analyze, understand and solve complex technical issues
- Experience as engineering coordinator or team lead is beneficial
- Strong leadership and communication skills in an international and complex environment with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong HSE commitment
- Flexibility and willingness to travel on a regular basis Fluency in German and English is mandatory**Your leadership skills**
- Team Leadership: Ability to lead, inspire, manage and delegate effectively
- People Development: Ability to develop themselves and their people to their full potential
- Performance Orientation: Self-motivated to drive the business, increase performance and deliver results
- Strategic thinking: Push the boundaries to grow the business
- Continuous Improvement: Constantly optimizing the business
- Integration Management: Ability to lead teams through change processes
- Working Together: Ability to collaborate globally in cross functional teams
- Communication skills: Ability to effectively communicate internally & externally
- Open mindset: Self-reflective personality, able to learn and act on feedback Hands-on mentality: Actively involving him-/herself, pragmatic and fact focused attitude

As one of the world’s leading companies in the renewable energy space in Europe and Australia, RWE Renewables Europe & Australia is proud to be paving the way for a greener future. We’ve got over 1,400 employees, all developing and promoting renewable energies across 12 countries. They specialise in the construction of onshore wind turbines, solar plants, and battery storage systems. And they all share the desire to redefine how millions access energy.

We’re well set to hit our 50 GW by 2030 target, and go climate neutral by 2040. That’s thanks to our community of experts currently building Europe and Australia’s largest onshore wind farms - as well as a pipeline of exciting projects across solar and PV. And the focus isn’t just on harnessing clean energy - but also the new technologies that can push our GW ever higher.

Now, we’re looking for more people with the skills and ambition to drive the energy transition. Join RWE Renewables Europe & Australia.
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