Junior Project Engineer: Process Digitalisation to Vattenfall

About the role

Imagine knowing that your work directly supports and accelerates the delivery of critical offshore and onshore electrical infrastructure across Europe, ensuring clean energy reaches millions of homes smoothly and efficiently. Reaching climate goals and building a fossil-free future requires diverse viewpoints, continuous curiosity, and genuine teamwork. At Vattenfall, they don’t expect you to arrive with all the answers on day one; they are just as excited to learn from your ideas as they are to help you grow into an exceptional engineer.

On behalf of Vattenfall, Academic Work is looking for a committed early-career engineer to join the Electrical Project Engineering team (WO-PEP) in Kolding. This is a 1-year full-time employment through Academic Work, where you will work on-site and integrated as an essential part of the team at Vattenfall. Dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art electrical transmission engineering to major development, execution, and operational projects, the team drives core initiatives across inter-array cables, export cables, and substations. In this role, you will collaborate closely with experienced engineers, taking ownership of process digitalisation, workflow design, and optimization within transmission delivery.

Alongside your core team responsibilities, you will continuously take part in a cross-functional graduate implementation project together with other graduates – giving you an instant peer network and the opportunity to create tangible, real-world impact across Vattenfall. You will step into a work environment characterized by high trust, flexibility, dedicated mentorship, and a strong focus on your long-term personal and professional well-being.

At Vattenfall, they foster a culture built on trust, well-being, and balance. For them, it is not just about reaching our goals, but very much about how they reach them:

• Supportive community & mentorship: A thorough, safe onboarding alongside dedicated mentors and colleagues to give your career the strongest possible start.
• Inclusive environment: An open environment where you can ask questions, challenge existing ways of working, learn from mistakes, and share ideas from day one.
• Flexibility with respect for your life: A 37-hour working week with weekly work-from-home options and flexible hours, giving you the trust and freedom to balance career and personal life.

Work tasks

In this role, you will be integrated directly into real, large-scale renewable energy projects from day one – helping streamline transmission delivery and ensuring processes reflect the real-world execution of live projects. Your core purpose will be driving process optimization and digital workflows across inter-array cables, export cables, and substations. You will never face challenges alone, but will always have experienced colleagues and mentors by your side.

Your main focus areas include:

• Digitalization & Process Optimization: Driving the digitalisation, streamlining, and continuous optimization of existing workflows within transmission delivery.
• Process Governance & Prioritization: Assessing and coordinating the prioritisation of core processes alongside the Department Head, Project Portfolio Director, and Principal Specialist.
• Process Design & Maintenance: Developing and updating core transmission delivery workflows to reflect evolving project realities, standards, and best practices.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Engaging proactively in transmission package meetings, aligning with cross-border project teams, and establishing solid governance routines.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working closely with interdisciplinary, international project teams across European locations characterized by open knowledge sharing and mutual support.
• Standards & Guidelines: Assisting in the further development, structure, and implementation of technical guidelines and standards within the department.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a recent graduate or has up to approximately 1–2 years of post-graduation experience.
• Holds an engineering degree (Bachelor's or Master's) – e.g., within Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Renewable Energy, or a related technical discipline.
• Brings a structured, analytical mindset, an eye for detail, and a natural flair for workflow design and process optimization.
• Has strong communication skills, a collaborative approach, and the confidence to follow up on commitments and challenge ways of working when needed.
• Thrives in an inclusive, multicultural environment where people listen to each other's ideas, ask questions, and learn together.
• Speaks and writes fluent English (Vattenfall’s corporate language). Danish is an advantage, but not a requirement.

It is an advantage if you:

• Have a demonstrated interest or experience with digital workflow tools, data mapping, automation, or technical systems engineering concepts.
• Have had study-relevant experience, internships, or project work focusing on offshore wind, renewable energy transmission infrastructure, or technical process improvement.

Our recruitment process

The recruitment process is managed by Academic Work, and it is our client's wish that all inquiries regarding the position are directed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is ongoing, and the job posting may close before the recruitment process is completed if we advance to the next phase. The process includes two tests: a personality assessment and a cognitive test. These tests serve as tools to find the right talent for the right role and ensure equal opportunity, diversity, and a fair evaluation process.

Do You Feel a Match?

Even if you don't feel you check every single technical box, we still encourage you to apply! Both we at Academic Work and the team at Vattenfall value your potential, your curiosity, and your drive to learn just as much as your specific experience. Previous extensive process experience is not required - we are looking for the right mindset and motivation to grow.

VATTENFALL A/S

Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Vattenfall’s main purpose is to enable fossil-free living within one generation. The company employs approximately 20,000 people and primarily operates in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK.

Vattenfall works actively to build a more attractive and diverse workplace where all employees have equal rights and opportunities regardless of background, and where everyone's contribution is valued.