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- π Posted: Oct 29, 2025
Leading Geotechnical Engineer / Dr.-Ing. (all genders) β Offshore Wind
Hamburg
Permanent
Full-time, hybrid
Do you envision developing solutions for renewable energy and contributing to the green transition? Do you want to work closely with leading global developers and support the development of future offshore wind projects? Are you ready to help shape large and complex projects as part of a highly motivated team, while ensuring operational and technical quality? Then this is your chance to transform your goals into reality!
Turn challenges into sustainable solutions
The energy transition is rapidly gaining momentum. To deal with tomorrowβs energy challenges, we are looking for a Leading / Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join our Offshore Wind Energy Team. We are approx. motivated colleagues in Europe working alongside clients on some of the world's most innovative offshore wind projects, such as Empire Wind (North America), St. Nazaire (France), Nordlicht (Germany), Choshi, Akita North and Yurihonjo, Katagami (Japan).
Your key responsibilities
- Offering geotechnical knowledge and guidance as a specialist or discipline leader for domestic and international offshore wind initiatives.
- Planning for foundation structures and conducting geotechnical site assessments feeding into foundation design.
- Supporting the development of an innovative geotechnical discipline environment.
- Collaborating with our experts to contribute to internal knowledge development and competence building.
- Ensuring state-of-the-art design practices and technical compliance with standards.
- Coordinating with clients and certification bodies during certification and / or permitting processes.
- Participating in and contributing to internal training, sharing your knowledge with junior colleagues.
Your skills. Our team. Together, we create future.
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways, but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
On top of that, you will have
- M.Sc.in Geotechnical Engineering (PhD / post-doc a plus).
- 10+ years in offshore wind monopile design (discipline lead experience preferred).
- Well-versed in lab / field testing, data science, and geotechnical regression.
- Proficient in finite element analysis, computational geomechanics, and constitutive modelling.
- Programming(Python / Matlab / C++) and fluency in English & German.
- Structured, decisive, and collaborative across international teams.
Hurry β interviews are being scheduled daily!