Head of Section Nordics / Oslo

Head of Section “Nordics” in Department Project Engineering & Project Development within Service Area Renewables in Region Northern Europe

Location Details: Oslo - Norway, Aarhus - Denmark, Solna - Sweden
Posting Position Type: Permanent Employee

Local Unit & Position DescriptionThe position is based in the Project Engineering & Project Development department which is part of the Service Area Renewables.

The Service Area Renewables drives our strategic ambitions to be a Project-, Performance- and Risk Minimization- focused team providing Advisory Services to the full life cycle (including feasibility and energy production assessments, technical due diligence, owners engineering, measurements and operational services) of projects across wind, solar and battery storage to support the energy transition.

The Project Engineering & Project Development department in Northern Europe consists of three Sections spread across different countries. We focus on technical advisory services for onshore and offshore wind projects and on technical and analytical services for the development and optimization of renewable energy projects.

We are looking for a Head of Section who will lead our team in the Nordics and grow this team to successfully meet current and future market demands. The Head of Section reports directly to the Head of Department.

If you are the person we are looking for, you will become part of a section having an experienced team of 12 highly competent and dedicated employees. The starting date should be as soon as possible.

Primary responsibilities:

• Ensures an efficient & consistent delivery of services in line with customer expectations.
• Optimizes business performance through delivery management, cost-efficient business operations, improvement of the utilization rate and an aligned workforce plan.
• Empowers employees and encourages employability and individual growth.
• Creates a flexible workforce and automates workflows to deal with variable workload.
• Builds and strengthens a strong internal culture based on company’s values.
• Supports the Head of Department in strategy and decision making.
• Stimulates a high performing culture, sets direction, is output driven and act as a role model for an inspiring employee experience.
• Ensures that employees have the required technical competences and owns the pipeline for technical talent.
• Promotes team capabilities internally and externally.
• Actively collaborates with Service Area Leaders and corresponding role(s) in other business lines to evolve the service portfolio and capture customer opportunities.
• Owns talent pipeline and development of technical talent/future needed capabilities.
• You are also encouraged to contribute up to 30% of your time to projects and service delivery.

Position Qualifications

• Educated to at least degree level bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Experienced in managing and supervising operational and/or project teams.
• Experience from the renewables industry

Personal Qualities

• Communicates effectively, is pragmatic, builds strong relationships and can influence.
• Holds strong leadership skills and ability to engage, develop and motivate own employees.
• Ability to create trust through robust delivery and strong relationship building.
• Has the ability to respect and understand cultural diversity and is able to communicate and relate people at different levels.
• Demonstrates foresight – knows what is happening in the market, how will it impact us and what do we do to adapt to it.
• Keeps a positive and proactive attitude, with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Is self-motivated, resilient and copes with work pressure.
• Comfortable to delegate/ lead with distributed leadership style.
• Promotes a diverse and inclusive culture.
• Continuous improvement and high-quality delivery mindset.
• Operational/Sales mindset and focuses on client relationship building.
• Coaching skills to empower team.
• Cultivates a broad and diverse network.

WE OFFER

• A meaningful job with one of Norway’s most attractive employers
• Strong company culture with emphasis on competence development
• Great colleagues who value teamwork and support
• Attractive total compensation package
• International working environment
• Flexible working hours and focus on work/life balance
• Interesting and challenging projects, both national and international
• Be part of a world-leading company that has a global reach with more than 12 000 employees around to world and is headquartered in Norway.
• The possibility to grow and develop your competencies and ambitions
• Leading a team of dedicated and highly competent colleagues with expert knowledge within the energy domain