Project Manager in England

The Main Component Exchange department is responsible for ensuring a safe and high-quality customer experience when completing main component exchange projects for our customers, supporting service sites in executing special campaigns and internal project support within the department. The department is part of the Global Offshore Service organization. Here you become part of a focused team of many colleagues who consistently deliver Offshore Services to our trusted customers. This includes everything from strategy work, operational improvement, Health & Safety, technical case handling to delivering the services on the wind turbines offshore.

Responsibilities

• End to end project leadership within an assigned scope or cluster, ensuring delivery within time, budget, quality, and HSE requirements, while establishing and managing the project organization and securing appropriate resourcing with the Head of Department and Lead Project Manager.
• Direct responsibility for core project management disciplines, including financial management, scheduling, stakeholder engagement, risk and governance frameworks, reporting, procurement, and communication.
• Collaborate with Site Management, Operations, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering, Quality and HSE functions. Ensuring offshore readiness and operational excellence, aligning global standards with local execution to enable safe, efficient, and effective offshore campaigns across the cluster.
• Manage project governance, reporting and decision-making processes, ensuring transparency and effective communication with stakeholders.
• Acting as an ambassador for Vestas and Offshore Service, encouraging collaboration, compliance, and consistent performance with senior stakeholders, suppliers, and cross functional teams. Lead lessons learned- and strategic activities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Building organizational capability, mentoring colleagues, promoting knowledge sharing, and enhancing technical, contractual, and commercial maturity across the project and cluster.
• Building and maintaining customer relationships by pro-active engagement, visible project leadership and regular customer and site visits.

Qualifications

• A relevant engineering or business degree in Business Administration, or a comparable discipline (such as Electrical or Mechanical Engineering).
• Min. 5 years of solid project management experience, including leadership of large scale, cross functional and multi site projects with strategic impact-showcasing clear accountability for outcomes and complex stakeholder landscapes.
• Proficiency with established project management methodologies and tools, such as PRINCE2, IPMA, or equivalent frameworks.
• Working knowledge of quality assurance and HSE standards, including familiarity with frameworks such as WTSR, CDM, and other relevant safety and compliance principles.
• Exposure to governance structures, direct customer exposure, risk management processes, and contractual frameworks, demonstrating the ability to make informed decisions and take accountable ownership of risks and mitigations.
• Solid system and analytical skills, with proficiency in SAP PPM, Power BI, MS Project, and the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to communicate in English clearly, professionally, and effectively with colleagues across the whole organization both orally and in writing.

Competencies

• Highly developed stakeholder management, engaging communication and leadership skills, able to create alignment, earn trust, and develop productive relationships among a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Solid project leadership skills with the ability to manage execution under changing conditions. Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining focus on safety, customer satisfaction and performance.
• Ability to work in an international environment with cross-functional teams and customers. Demonstrated capability to operate effectively without direct authority, coordinating cross-functional collaboration and ensuring progress by securing stakeholder buy-in, ownership, and accountability.
• Solid analytical, risk management, communication and prioritization skills, allowing for early identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks while staying focused on key value drivers.
• Ability to design and implement operational maturity initiatives that improve processes, boost performance, and enhance long-term organizational competitiveness.
• Robust understanding of offshore vessel operations, including customer interface management and contractual obligations to ensure compliant, reliable, and commercially sound execution.

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 200 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 39,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution - today, tomorrow, and far into the future.