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Senior Electrical Engineer
Role Overview:
We ARE seeking an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to support electrical engineering projects across a modern fleet of offshore and dredging vessels. In this role, you will lead the preparation, coordination, and execution of electrical maintenance, retrofit, and improvement projects, ensuring vessel electrical systems remain safe, reliable, and operational. This is a shore-based position with occasional international travel to vessels, shipyards, suppliers, and project sites.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead electrical maintenance, repair, retrofit, and improvement projects across offshore and dredging vessels.
- Prepare technical work scopes, engineering solutions, budgets, schedules, safety documentation and resource plans for electrical projects.
- Manage projects from initial planning through execution, ensuring quality, budget, and planning objectives are achieved.
- Coordinate activities with vessel crews, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Analyze recurring electrical failures and implement reliability and performance improvements.
- Conduct technical assessments on board vessels and at shipyards to define project scopes and support project execution.
- Provide technical expertise during supplier selection, procurement activities, and contract negotiations.
- Collaborate with mechanical, automation, reliability, and operational teams on multidisciplinary engineering projects.
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and industry standards throughout all project phases.
- Stay up to date with new technologies and innovations in maritime and offshore electrical systems.
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in electrical engineering within maritime, offshore, industrial, or other heavy asset environments.
- Strong knowledge of electrical power distribution, drives, automation, and control systems.
- Proven experience managing complex engineering, maintenance, or retrofit projects.
- Experience coordinating contractors, suppliers, and multiple technical stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of electrical troubleshooting, system reliability, and continuous improvement.
- Strong leadership and project management skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Hands-on and solution-oriented mindset.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent planning, organization, and prioritization skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.
- Willingness to travel internationally on an occasional basis.
Contract: Permanent
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We specialize in roles across the renewable energy sector, including positions in solar, wind (onshore & offshore), green hydrogen, energy storage, grid infrastructure, and sustainability. We recruit for technical, commercial, and project management roles at all levels.
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We conduct thorough interviews to assess both technical competencies and cultural fit. We have an extensive network in the renewable energy sector, which allows us to find both active and passive candidates.
Our process consists of several steps: (1) Intake with the client to understand the role, team, and culture, (2) Active sourcing and screening of candidates, (3) Presentation of a shortlist, (4) Interview coordination, (5) Offer and onboarding support.
We are a passionate, driven team that genuinely believes in the energy transition. We combine a personal approach with deep sector knowledge, and we're committed to making a real impact — for candidates, clients, and the planet.
We cover the full spectrum of renewables: solar PV, onshore and offshore wind, green hydrogen, energy storage, EV infrastructure, and broader sustainability roles. We work with developers, EPCs, OEMs, and utilities.
We ARE Renewables is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands — one of Europe's key hubs for the energy transition. We operate across Europe and connect renewable energy talent with leading organizations in the sector.
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Depending on the role, we typically present the first shortlist within 1–2 weeks. For specialized or hard-to-fill positions, we set realistic timelines upfront.
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