Health & Safety Specialist DTSB & Nordlicht

Business Area Wind is responsible for Vattenfalls Onshore and Offshore Wind as well as other non-hydro renewable initiatives like PV/Solar and batteries. We currently develop construct and operate wind generation assets across Sweden Denmark Germany the Netherlands and the UK. In addition we have a clear strategy to develop our solar PV and battery operations further.

Business Unit Offshore is responsible to manage and operate all Offshore wind parks as well as Offshore wind projects with regards to development construction and execution within the Region Continental/UK.

We operate Dan Tysk / Sandbank (DTSB) - from our office in Hamburg Germany and start to support the Nordlicht Offshore wind order to make sure that we have a safe operation of these wind parks we have set up an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team where we need internal resource to our H&S team that you will be part of.

Would you like to shape the future and be part of a great Health & Safety (H&S) team

Health and Safety is our number one priority within Vattenfall.

As O&M Health & Safety Specialist you advise on safety protocols and act as a trusted coach towards our colleagues. You provide independent authoritative advice support & assistance to the line organization covering the function of Health and Safety. Quite an important role when you look at the safety of our offshore teams. To ensure the company meets its statutory obligations and achieve operational excellence you will implement Vattenfall procedures and good practice in order to achieve high site safety performance.

Your main responsibilities

• Facilitate HIRA/HAZOP and support the development of Risk Assessments / Method Statements
• Monitor compliance on safety controls agreed to reduce the risk of the activities
• Assess contractor HSE plans performance and compliance to Vattenfall requirements
• Report and investigate incidents ensure close out of actions and implement learnings
• Support the behavior based safety program and critical control management program and coach site personnel in safety awareness
• Keep in close contact to offshore crews and the O&M managers when it comes to the planning
• Work together in the health and safety team and improve our performance in general by standardizing working methods across all offshore wind farms in Europe.

Qualifications :

Your profile

We are looking for a pro-active H&S Specialist who is able to focus on both people and business and has demonstrable experience in coaching teams in challenging environments. Experience with Offshore Wind O&M operations would be preferred where affinity with the offshore wind sector is a must.

In this you have the following qualifications:

• NEBOSH / IOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (or equivalent)
• Familiar with safety management system in compliance with ISO45001
• Experience managing contractors as client and/or principal contractor
• Experience in auditing and in incident investigation
• Familiar with behavior based safety programs
• A professional level of German and English both verbally and written
• You recognize the skills of being open positive solution oriented objective and collaborative as your key strengths.

Location: This job shall be on Offshore Accommodation Platform (OAP) or Service Operation Vessel (SOV) in the German Nordsea during rotation (2 weeks on duty and 2 weeks off duty). Crew changes will be done from the harbor of Wilhelmshaven Germany. At times travel to other Vattenfall Offshore Wind Farms and office locations throughout Europe may be required.

Additional Information :

Our offer

You will work in an open agile and modern environment and collaborating with great colleagues who support each other. We are offering you a work environment with diverse international and inspiring colleagues where we focus on resilience knowing that this is a key element for your wellbeing. We support the reconciliation between work and private life with flexible working conditions supported by a smart travel policy. The advantages of working for Vattenfall are about more than money join our journey towards Fossil Free Living within one generation.

More Information

We welcome your application in English no later than July 8 2026. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.

For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Joris Donders via mail:

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Sandra Domschke via mail:

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender ethnicity age transgender identity or expression religion or other belief disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party DISA Global Solutions AB.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1