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Project Coordinator

Vestas

Vestas

Administration
Northern Region, Ghana
Posted 6+ months ago

Would you like to work in a department in development where we renovate used turbine blades, among other things, and give it a new life? If you value great colleagues and a stabile department (with high seniority), where there is a focus on safety and well-being, you should look into this option.

Service> Global Repair > Planning


Repair Operations is located in Lem where we have over 3200 m2 of production facilities. We are over 70 employees in 4 departments. This job is for permanent employment as a project coordinator is for our office department where we are 5 employees. In addition, we have a travel department with 30 employees, local production with 10 employees, and repair shop with 25 technicians in Brighton, Colorado. The blades are delivered defect to us, we renovate and then transferred to either our service warehouse or back to our customers.
You will refer to the manager of the department.

Responsibilities
Your main work areas as project coordinator will be:

  • Follow up on our activities global
  • Giving input to the business case, planning of new sites and project
  • Following up weekly on ongoing project with the team on site, regarding cost, timeline blade reports and delivery of blades
  • Updating this in the daily management and in the strategy deployment
  • After project ends: create a lesson learned to see what to optimize. All of this in close cooperation with the team leader for the travel technicians, project manager, technicians on site and office


Qualifications

  • You are working in a structured way with project management in all sizes of projects. From start to finish if the project is 1 month or 2 years
  • Understanding of working with technicians and subcontractors across the world
  • Have a great motivation to chase cost and optimization and can work with Excel and SAP to do so


Competencies

  • Project orientated
  • Have a great overview and data discipline
  • Sociable and positive behavior by nature
  • Quality-conscious and with a high focus on safety
  • Has a mindset for optimization and work with LEAN
  • Can speak and write English
  • Microsoft


You will be part of the office staff counting 5 highly skilled employees working Monday to Friday in our office in Lem. We offer an exciting job, which is characterized by having focus on well-being, work-life balance combined with professionalism and great colleagues.

Additional information
Location: DK, Lem
Travel: 10 days a year
For additional information, please contact Martin Mollerup Lysgaard, Manager Repair operation, Blades +45 4165 2781
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, however, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to the advertised closing date. Please be advised to apply on or before 1st January 2024.


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 145 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.
To learn more about our company and life at Vestas, we invite you to visit our website at www.vestas.com and follow us on our social media channels. We also encourage you to join our Talent Universe to receive notifications on new and relevant postings.