RWE Offshore Wind Netherlands B.V., Utrecht

To start as soon as possible, Full time, Permanent

RWE Renewables is looking to recruit an Senior Development Manager for the Benelux Offshore Wind Development Team. 

About the Role: 

You will take a dynamic and proactive role in strategic matters, consultations and bid preparation to help us win upcoming offshore wind tenders and/or mature offshore wind projects which have been awarded up tot Financial Investment Decision (like Hollandse Kust West Site VII). As a core member of the Benelux Development team you will support our offshore wind projects through the development stages, working closely together with the projects leads, financial manager, commercial analysis managers, PPA managers, projects development managers, bid managers, procurement and package managers. The scope of work also encompasses support to adjacent markets like ecology, system integration, circularity, international corporate social responsibility and hydrogen offshore. The role is based at Central Park office in Utrecht and your focus will be on Dutch and Belgian offshore wind market. The role will require occasional travel and attendance at external meetings.

Your Future Plans: 

• Act as a Senior Development Manager for Dutch and Belgian offshore wind tenders and projects, reporting to the Project Lead (in bidding phase) and/or Project Director (in pre-construction phase)
• Lead and coordinate a stable and effective project team with certain focus areas like ecology, system integration, consenting, circularity and hydrogen offshore
• Develop and deliver the optimal integrated solutions to fulfil tender requirements and submit winning bids on auctions for our future offshore wind projects (bidding)
• Implement innovative solutions in close collaboration with our engineering departments and external innovation partners (pre-construction);
• Find sweet spot between technical, commercial and financial conditions
• Understand and optimize the business case together with your team
• Report progress and present decision material to the Steering committee
• Long term relationship building, liaise on a continual basis with public authorities (for example Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy), partners, and other stakeholders
• Represent RWE Renewables on Offshore related topics at local and regional stakeholder events, in networks and towards respective authorities

Your Profile: 

• A master degree, preferably in renewable energy, engineering, innovation or equivalent qualification. Excellent leadership skills
• You have excellent project management and development management skills and experience
• You are experienced and established professional in the offshore wind sector
• You have a strong self-starter & -performance management skills and delivery focused
• You have acsolid understanding of tender requirements and the ability to critically look at the bid documents from the angle of the tendering body
• Ability to negotiate with potential partners, including development partners
• You have the ability to maintain sight of the ‘big picture’ and overarching objectives
• Experience in management of programme and budgets and reporting activities to senior executive and Board level
• Fluent (written and verbal) in Dutch and English and ability to communicate complex technical issues to internal and external stakeholders including authorities and contractors
• You have good people management skills

Competences:

• Initiative
• Cooperation 
• Result oriented
• Persuasiveness
• Adaptability
• Decision-making

Our Benefits:

• Flexible working in the office and from home (hybrid working) and equipment with company mobile phone and company laptop
• Attractive remuneration plus additional benefits
• Great offshore wind development team which is growing fast
• Working environment to grow your career within RWE Netherlands, Europe or worldwide
• Opportunities for training in or outside your work area
• 30 vacation days with the possibility to buy extra days

Interested in this exciting opportunity? Then apply now with just a few clicks via this link: rwe.com/career - Job ad code: 81694
Have any specific questions? Please feel free to contact: Sebastian Emmelot

We look forward to your application!

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, age or sexual orientation and identity. #inclusionmatters

Of course, you can find us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Xing, too. RWE Renewables Offshore is a global leader in the development, realisation and exploitation of offshore wind farms. Our ambition is to continue to further expand our offshore activities in the Netherlands and Belgium. Already active projects are Hollandse Kust West Site VII, C-Power wind farm on the Thornton sandbank off the Belgian coast. In addition we are developing H2opZee and NortH2. In all our projects, sustainability is top of the agenda.

RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future. RWE is a leading global player in sustainable energy and number 2 worldwide in offshore wind. The Benelux is one of the markets where RWE wants to further expand its sustainable energy portfolio. Offshore innovations are an essential part of RWE's sustainability strategy. RWE is participating in the Dutch offshore wind tenders. At the moment RWE is significantly expanding it’s Benelux team. We are looking for talented colleagues that want to work together with us developing the Belgium and Dutch offshore wind farms of the future and make a real difference in the energy transition.