Lead Materials Engineer

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Power Solutions & Vestas Quality > Innovation & Concepts > Digital Materials & Coatings

Vestas Power Solutions (VPS) is where new product ideas or technologies are matured, developed, tested and improved. To put it short, Vestas Power Solutions is the cornerstone of Vestas. We are shaping the future of modern energy. You will be part of the Standardization team within Vestas Power Solutions, Innovation, Concepts, Capability & Relevant skills - Engineering Relevant skills - Standardization.

As part of this team, you will have an exciting career opportunity to learn and promote a culture of growth in how we engineer across VPS and the rest of the Vestas organization. Delivering and improving engineering capabilities that enable Vestas to deliver high quality, safe and sustainable products and services to our customers.

The standardization team is a global team primarily located in Denmark, India, and Portugal. Our department is responsible for developing, defining and ensuring both short and long-term business performance targets are being met across platforms, modules, sub-modules and value chains to ensure the highest degree of standardized and modularized products.

We are responsible for delivering business and capability offerings such as Standardization and Parts management, Reference Designation Systems (RDS), Materials and coatings management and External standards & Standards in Vestas that maximize the value Vestas creates for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

This position will have exciting job opportunities and you will join an awesome product scrum team where we will practice Agile and Scrum to develop business and engineering capabilities to deliver value creation and customer excitement. The main tasks include: 

• Drive and execute strategy roadmap and engineering capabilities within your product area
• Initiate and promote material standardization activities and develop base materials and surface treatment catalogues to accelerate the modularization and digitalization journey
• Develop specification documents for materials including heat treatments and surface protections from a global perspective
• Review the customer requirements set around materials and surface protections and guide the organization to make the right decision
• Support the design team in recommending the appropriate & preferred base materials, processes, and surface protections according to the design need
• Develop initiatives and develop engineering capabilities that include processes, people, and systems improvements to improve how we engineer and accelerate our Vestas strategic goals
• Actively identify opportunities for materials standardization together with stakeholders from across the value chain to reduce cost and improve global availability
• Develop expert knowledge within the materials domains and build governance and guidelines to support Vestas within this field

Qualifications

• MTech / M. E / M.Scs. or Ph.D. within Engineering, preferably within Mechanical Engineering and Material Engineering or similar
• 5-7 years of relevant engineering experience, preferably from the wind but potentially from other Engineering industries (E.g. Structural Engineering, Heavy Engineering Industry, Aerospace, Automotive, and Energy Sector)
• 5+ years of experience working with materials and coatings specifications and international standards
• 5+ years of experience working with new product design & development and engineering application of materials and surface treatment
• Experience in how we engineer and improve engineering capability development improvement initiatives within materials engineering
• Experienced with materials testing methods and processes

Competencies

Need to Have:

    - Good knowledge of global Industry material standards, specifications and engineering applications

    - Experienced in heat treatment and various Surface protection methods and processes

    - Experienced in general Mechanical Engineering particularly in structural design engineering

    - Good knowledge of Sustainability and product lifecycle and recycling management

    - Should be committed, ideal team partner and have effective stakeholder engagement

    - Good communication skills and fluency in English (speaking and writing)

    - Basic knowledge of Agile and Scrum ways of working

It would be nice, if you have:

    - Hands-on experience in digitalization and engineering capabilities development

    - Basic skills in Design & PLM Tools and processes (e.g. Windchill, CAD Tools, and SAP)

    - Exposure to plastics and composite materials

What we offer

We offer an exciting job with excellent opportunities for professional and personal development in an inspiring, innovative, great, and international work environment in the renewable energy sector. We highly value initiative, responsibility and the right balance between creativity and quality in all solutions. You will be a part of a professional international office and organization. You will have diverse global career opportunities in a department that is continuously developing.

Additional information

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible, as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. To apply for this opportunity please submit your resume in English.

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About Vestas
Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We are specialised in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore. 
Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than anyone else. We consider ourselves pioneers within the industry, as we continuously aim to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 173 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+ years of experience in wind energy, we have an unmatched track record demonstrating our expertise within the field. 
With 29,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution – today, tomorrow, and far into the future. 
Vestas promotes a diverse workforce which embraces all social identities and is free of any discrimination. We commit to create and sustain an environment that acknowledges and harvests different experiences, skills, and perspectives. We also aim to give everyone equal access to opportunity. 
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