Vestas Wind are looking for an experienced Head of Technical Sales and Project Management to join our collaborative FE&T team in Melbourne. This is an exciting newly created position adding great value to the ANZ business with reach across all departments, ensuring a formidable technical package and cohesive message to our clients across the region.

Frontend Engineering & Technology (FE&T) Asia Pacific (APAC) represents Vestas Technology in Asia Pacific (APAC), where we operate across the spectrum of Sustainable Energy Solutions with Onshore and Offshore wind at the core.

In FE&T APAC, we are responsible for technical requirements management, technical scoping and contracting, technical value engineering, technical risk management, technical execution throughout the life cycle of a project, from Development to Sales to Customer Project Execution to Service.

The ANZ Technical Sales & Project Management team works on some of the renewable energy industry's most exciting technical value propositions and contracts, providing the link between our projects in Sales and Execution phase, with our customers and stakeholders in the Regional Business Unit and with our global Research & Development teams.

We are now looking for a leader for this team, comprised of Technical Bid Managers operating in the Sales / Transactional Sales project phase and Technical Project Managers operating in the Project Execution phase.

Vestas Technology & Operations (VTO) represents Vestas' entire industrial system from Technology to Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality. In relation to Technology, VTO interfaces with Vestas' regional business units through its Frontend Engineering & Technology (FE&T).

Responsibilities

You will be a member of the FE&T APAC Leadership team and will lead the ANZ onshore focused department and portfolio, developing, motivating and engaging a highly skilled technical team, ensuring full accountability for technical solutions in ANZ projects, and securing technical deliverables during sales (WTG and Service sales) and execution phase.

• People leadership, with high focus on people and talent development, talent attraction, diversity & inclusion. In developing your team, you will be a role model for Vestas' core values: Accountability, Simplicity, Passion, Collaboration
• Managing a portfolio of projects from a technical perspective, including resource planning and allocation across Technical Bid and Technical Project Management
• Technical leadership throughout the life cycle of ANZ projects, providing guidance and steering while empowering a multi-disciplinary team of technical specialists to ensure an optimized, risk-assessed and risk-mitigated business case
• Developing continuous improvement with customer focus, scalability and quality focus front-of-mind, through strategic and structural improvement initiatives across the team
• Piloting technical market requirements capture for ANZ to contribute to wind power plant technology roadmap inputs
• Collaborating with key stakeholders across the business, including but not limited to: direct peers across APAC and global technical teams e.g. Grid, Electrical BoP, SCADA
• Cybersecurity, Siting, Lifecycle Engineering, Plant Performance, amongst others; our global Frontend Engineering & Technology and R&D functions; Regional Business Unit stakeholders including ANZ Sales, ANZ Construction, ANZ Service, Supply Chain, Procurement and Legal
• You can expect a strong external-facing component, getting involved in building and fostering technical customer relationships, including Technical Key Account leadership
• Through your team, you will be the first point of contact towards customers related to technical matters throughout Sales and Execution phases of ANZ projects

Qualifications

• Masters in Business Management, Electrical Engineering or Power Systems with commercial exposure will be highly regarded

Competencies

• Team and people leadership: listen, motivate, support, empower your direct reports in a high-performance team culture
• Results-oriented, with the ability to develop a team with high quality focus
• Solid communication skills and prior experience interacting with a variety of technical and commercial stakeholders, at every level of an organization, internally and externally
• Experience and ability to present at executive level
• Confidence in directing technical negotiations, ideally of heavy machinery, power plant equipment or similar, in Australia or globally
• The ability to be creative, organised and collaborative with proven experience working in diverse, complex and pressured project environments within a matrix organization
• High level of customer focus, with a holistic understanding of how technical solutions impact a business case commercially and contractually
• High curiosity for multi-faceted technical content and challenges, and ability to navigate technical problem-solving effectively, building a holistic understanding of commercial and legal aspects of technical solutions
• Flexibility for travel across the region
• Knowledge of wind / renewable energy technical functions

What We Offer

• A highly innovative, supportive and international environment with substantial opportunities for professional development
• The chance to work on some of the most exciting upcoming renewable energy projects in the region
• A purpose-driven career where your work directly contributes to a more sustainable future
• A culture that celebrates inclusion, wellbeing and diverse perspectives

Our Benefits

• Join the World's Leading Wind Energy Solutions Provider
• Excellent Career Development opportunities both Nationally and Globally
• A workplace that embraces Diversity and Inclusion
• Flexible workplace arrangements
• 18 weeks Paid Parental Leave
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carers Leave
• Employee Assistance Program

Vestas is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from ex defence and service persons and also those who identify as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

Our commitment to a fair hiring
At Vestas, we evaluate all candidates solely based on their professional experience, education, and relevant skills. To support a fair recruitment process, we kindly ask that you remove any photos, dates of birth or graduation, gender pronouns, marital status, or other personal information not relevant to the role before submitting your CV/resume. Your CV/resume should focus on your professional and educational background, along with the necessary contact details (email and phone number). We train our hiring teams in inclusive evaluation and regularly review process outcomes to ensure fairness.

DEIB Statement
At Vestas, we recognize the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion in driving innovation and success. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, particularly those who may hesitate due to their identity or feel they do not meet every criterion. As our CEO states, "Expertise and talent come in many forms, and a diverse workforce enhances our ability to think differently and solve the complex challenges of our industry". Your unique perspective is what will help us powering the solution for a sustainable, green energy future.

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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 185 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 30,000 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.
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