Tech Lead Engineer – Process Equipment

Are you passionate about leading Blades production process equipment, tools and technologies to the next level? Can you enable efficient solutions to drive the business objectives? And would you like to join an international and dedicated team accountable for delivering the manufacturing production basis? Then join a global market leader and become our technical anchor person for Blades process equipment where we enable competitive advantages for Vestas!

Blades > PE & Strategic Projects > Blades Tooling & Value Engineering

PE Blades is accountable for delivering the manufacturing Production Basis, including development of process and tooling of the blades in Vestas. The Manufacturing Tooling and Value Engineering team is responsible for tool development and ongoing support for blades production towards 8 Blade factories globally. The team has about 40 employees located in Lem, Denmark, Isle of Wight UK and in Chennai India.

The tool team supports both new product developments and all our blades factories around the world in running production. The team is part of Blades Production Engineering, consisting of 100+ employees in total. Our identity and focus areas in Blades Production Engineering are to deliver and drive:

Competitive, robust and reliable tooling and processes for all Vestas Blade factories.

World Class standards for tooling and processes from developing to implementing.

Integration and collaboration with factories to support and continuously improve current standards.

Business understanding – enabling Vestas to use production as a competitive advantage.

Apply the best training methods to enable efficiency for factory output.

Take the lead and accountability to improve FMEA on an on-going basis.

Responsibilities

Your main responsibility will be to be technical lead, “go-to” person and accountable for the technical requirement specifications (TRS) in your area, in particular within equipment for grinding and paint process, carbon processing dispense equipment for glue and resin as well as grinding and paint processes. In addition your responsibilities will cover to:

Set safety as first priority and in line with our Heath, Safety and Environment policy.

Take the lead in specific technology areas, generate creative solutions to design challenges in order to fulfill and contribute to the future product and technology roadmaps

Motivate and inspire your colleagues through your technical leadership, and build competencies in your area

Ensure the most robust, reliable, efficient solutions with highest performance at the lowest cost.

Sign off FAT, SAT, BOM, Drawings, and CE documentation

Take the lead to challenge specification inputs to aim for the right specification level.

Be responsible for adherence to all external standards as e.g. CE & UL standards etc. as well as internal specifications and standards.

Work successfully with stakeholders and project delivery teams by living up to the Vestas Values.

Familiarize yourself with Vestas Way to Market and ensure adherence to methodology and tools

Anchor point and in close contact with all Blade factories to be able to support and deliver as agreed

Qualifications

You have an Engineering degree on bachelor level or higher, probably within Mechanical or Chemical Engineering

You have extensive knowledge from Manufacturing and Design for Manufacturing

You have experience from larger manufacturing companies

You probably have experience from cost out or value engineering projects

Competencies

Capable of driving technical projects across departments and cultures. Ideally certified in or experience with project management.

Capable of solving problems by using relevant methods and tools, e.g. six Sigma or similar

Experienced in making risk assessment by using relevant FMEA tools

Fluent in verbal and written English

Ability to work with complex solutions covering tools, processes and materials

Capable of ensuring sufficient technical requirements

Strong documentation and specification skills

Ambitious and collaborative mindset towards colleagues and stakeholders

Ability to communicate technically complex issues in an easily understandable way to stakeholders at different levels

What we offer

You will join a global organization, where your role is to develop and support 8 blade factories from a tooling and value engineering perspective. As market leader, we are setting the ambition high to deliver excellent and robust equipment.

Additional information

Primary work location is Lem in Denmark, and you can expect approximately 40 travelling days per year.

For further information please contact Jeppe Poulsgaard, Head of Tooling and Value Engineering – Blade Manufacturing at phone numer +45 5221 1176

About Vestas

Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on wind power solutions. We design, manufacture, install, and service wind turbines across the globe, and with more than 82 GW of wind turbines in 76 countries, we have installed more wind power than anyone else.

Through our industry-leading smart data capabilities and unparalleled 71 GW of wind turbines under service, we use data to interpret, forecast, and exploit wind resources and deliver best-in-class wind power solutions.

Together with our customers, Vestas’ more than 21,800 employees are bringing the world sustainable energy solutions to power a bright future.

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