We are looking for a Onshore civil lead

Job Description

• Follow-up the work within the civil, onshore structural and architect disciplines in the project phases.
• For early phase projects: Support development of scope and follow up civil related issues in studies as well as maturation of deliveries within the civil disciplines as required per project phase.
• During execution phase: Follow up contractor(s) to ensure deliverables in line with scope of work, budget and schedule.
• Coordinating the onshore engineers with delivery of scope.
• Follow-up Contractor(s) to ensure deliveries in line with scope of work, budget and schedule. Provide Contractor(s) with input, clarifications and maintain contact as necessary.
• Contribute to internal project evaluations and documentation e.g. design basis, Technical and operational requirements and guidelines (TORG), functional specifications, technology assessments and qualification programmes.
• Support site selection with civil related evaluations including ground investigation and testing.
• Provide input to procurement activities for ongoing and future project phases within own discipline e.g. site preparation, design of structures, long lead items and company provided items (CPI).
• Contribute to planning and executing of civil engineering and construction scope.
• Ensure necessary dialogue with interfacing disciplines and contribute to resolving interface issues.
• Within own discipline, drive engineering efficiency, secure safety in design, design-to-cost and constructability.
• During execution, support construction field engineers and provide input to decisions within own discipline, f. ex. inter disciplinary input, handling of site queries (SQs) and non-conformance requests (NCRs), technical queries (TQs) and variation order requests (VORs).
• Support handling of relevant change proposals and requests to depart from a requirement in TORG, non-conformance requests (NCRs).
• Follow up delivery of life cycle information (LCI) within discipline.
• Ensure experience transfer from similar projects, operations and discipline network.
• Plan and execute follow-up activities e.g. verifications.
• Lead the cost development, mapping project costs.
• Review of Estimation model.
• Establishing fit for purpose Offshore Wind Specific Package Cost Indexes.
• Collect and process cost data (including contract growth).
• Recommend quarterly updates to Cost Basis rates.
• Develop and update Cost Basis Assumption Books.
• Recommend quarterly updates to Cost Forecast.
• Agree and deliver onshore generic risk list (threat and opportunity) to onshore Early Phase Team (EPT) and to Estimation for Early Phase CRA.
• Update and maintain onshore generic risk list with input from EPT.
• Provide recommendation for cost outcome space as input to CRA.
• Collect as-built cost and cost development data from project and provide input to cost growth in Early Phase CRA.
• Update current onshore generic risk lists to include impact on Yield, OPEX and Schedule.

Qualification Requirements

• Civil engineering.
• Offshore wind projects.
• Onshore construction.
• Understanding of cost breakdowns and risk.
• Experience and understanding of landfall, cable corridor and onshore substation development or construction.
• Minimum 5 years experience, ideally 10+ years.
• Desirable to understand Polish regulations, but not a necessity.
  
  Duration:28.02.2026-30.01.2027

We offer:

• Permanent or project-based employment with competitive terms and conditions
• Career opportunities with leading companies within energy, industry, technology, infrastructure, and construction
• A wide range of challenging projects - both nationally and internationally
• Exclusive access to MDE's strong project and client portfolio through established framework agreements
• Close and continuous follow-up before, during, and after assignments by experienced recruitment and operations teams
• Structured onboarding and support related to mobilization, visa processes, and practical arrangements when required
• Opportunities to build your professional network and develop your expertise through varied assignments and long-term career planning
• Home-work-home travel discount agreements and other attractive employee benefits

• Consultant events bringing MDE consultants together across disciplines and projects - focusing on networking, knowledge sharing, and social interaction

About MDE

When the right people connect, we create value.

MDE Group is a global recruitment company, specializing in finding and placing the greatest talents worldwide. MDE currently consists of 12 companies that offer consulting, staffing, recruitment services as well as offshore personnel. With our unique knowledge of both the local and the international market, we will connect employees and companies, so they both find exactly what they are looking for. MDE aims to contribute to people developing and to ensure that our customers achieve great value from our services. We first succeed when both clients and our candidates reach their goals, together.

Our mission is to deliver relevant expertise. The right person with the right competence, at the right place and time. So simple, yet so difficult!