Head of Construction (f/​m/​d)

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Full-time,Hybrid, Unlimited

Düsseldorf

Head of Construction (f/m/d)

Location: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Your responsibilities

  • Construction Management: Oversee all construction activities, including site preparation, foundation installation, module mounting, electrical installation, and commissioning, ensuring compliance with project specifications, safety regulations, and quality standards
  • Contractor Coordination: Manage relationships with contractors, subcontractors, and vendors, including procurement, contract negotiation, performance evaluation, and resolution of disputes, to ensure timely and cost-effective project execution
  • Site Management: Establish and maintain safe and efficient worksite operations, including site layout, logistics, material handling, and site security, to facilitate smooth construction progress and minimize disruptions
  • Schedule Management: Develop and maintain construction schedules, identifying work packages, defining milestones, and managing dependencies to ensure on-time project delivery while integrating with our work package management approach
  • Budget Management: Prepare and manage construction budgets, track expenses, forecast costs, identify cost-saving opportunities, and implement cost control measures to optimize project profitability
  • Quality Control: Implement quality assurance and quality control processes, conduct inspections, and address non-conformities promptly to ensure that construction activities meet the highest quality standards and specifications
  • Health and Safety: Promote and enforce a culture of safety on construction sites, implement safety protocols and procedures, conduct safety audits, and ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations to prevent accidents and injuries
  • Risk Management: Identify potential risks and hazards associated with construction activities, develop risk mitigation strategies, and implement measures to minimize project risks and liabilities
  • Team Leadership: Provide strong leadership and direction to the construction team, including project managers, site supervisors, engineers, and support staff, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work culture
  • Stakeholder Communication: Communicate regularly with project stakeholders, including internal teams, clients, regulatory authorities, and community stakeholders, providing updates on construction progress, addressing concerns, and resolving issues in a timely manner
  • Digitalization and Data Management: Drive digitalization initiatives within the construction process, leveraging digital tools and technologies to enhance efficiency, transparency, and collaboration. Ensure effective data management practices are in place to capture, analyze, and utilize construction-related data for informed decision-making and continuous improvement

Your profile

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field. Advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, LEED) preferred
  • 10+ years of experience in renewable project construction management, with a proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale construction projects, preferably in the renewable energy sector
  • Strong technical knowledge of construction methods, materials, and equipment, with a focus on renewables energy systems and infrastructure
  • Excellent leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire multidisciplinary teams to achieve project goals and objectives
  • Proficiency in construction management software, project scheduling tools, and other relevant technologies
  • Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels
  • Sound understanding of health, safety, and environmental regulations, with a commitment to promoting a safe and sustainable work environment
  • Proven ability to manage budgets, control costs, and optimize resource utilization to achieve project objectives
  • High level of understanding of digitalization trends and data management practices in construction

Job ID:

86208

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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by e-mail and we will get back to you:

career@uniper.energy

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As long as our positions are online here on the career page, the application process is not yet complete and the positions are still vacant.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Your Uniper Talent Acquisition Team

Living diversity, fairness and inclusion (DEI) at Uniper

As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. That's why we encourage applications from suitably qualified and suitable people regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We embrace inclusion and support flexible working.

What makes Uniper stand out as an employer

  • We allow you a high level of flexibility and individuality based on our unique FlexWork culture. You decide in coordination with the team how, when and where you work together

    FlexWork

  • We offer you flexible workplaces and open spaces with state-of-the-art ergonomic equipment, both in the office and at home.

    Modern workplaces

  • We support you in balancing your private and professional life through flexible working time models, job sharing, sabbaticals and extensive offers in the area of child care and nursing.

    Work Life Balance

  • With a mix of digital and analog learning formats and topic-specific communities, we promote your personal and profossional development and lifelong learning.

    Further education

  • Experienced specialists and managers are happy to support you in strengthening your skills and advancing your career development.

    Coachings and Mentoring

  • Performance discussions, 360-degree feedback and employee surveys will help you and the company move forward, strengthen our collaboration and give you room to contribute your ideas.

    Open feedback culture

  • Safety and well-being are our top priorities. That's why we offer you regular free preventive medical checkups as well as a variety of learning impulses on occupational safety, health and well-being, and support programs.

    Health care

  • With our online exercise courses, sponsorship of your participation costs in central sports events and a large sports community, we offer you a healthy working environment.

    Sport and Fitness

  • You can enjoy a wide range of healthy and balanced meals in our canteen. In addition, you can participate in nutrition programs.

    Healthy nutrition

  • We offer you the option of leasing a car or bicycle through deferred compensation with financial benefits.

    Car and job bike leasing

  • We have electric charging stations for free charging of your electric or hybrid car.

    Electric charging stations

  • We provide you with free parking spaces.

    Free parking spaces

  • We take care of you and offer you a wide range of coverage beyond the legal requirements with our company pension plan, accident insurance, company health insurance and continued salary payments in the event of illness.

    Insurance and coverage

  • We pay capital-forming benefits and offer you a wide range of financial benefits through our corporate benefits program

    Financial benefits

We are Uniper

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy and at the same time securing the supply of energy. As a company operating internationally, we work in very diverse teams and offer our employees as much flexibility as is possible. Equity, mutual appreciation and respect are the core of our corporate culture. At our company you will have the opportunity to shape new technologies, work on solutions for a modern and future-oriented energy supply and actively design change processes.

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Virtual tour of our offices in Düsseldorf

With our virtual reality tour, you can experience Uniper from a completely new perspective. Our Düsseldorf offices can be viewed in detail without being on site. You can also get to know your colleagues and the working environment virtually. A highlight of the tour is built right into the beginning: a video from a bird's eye view impressively shows how attractive our location in the Medienhafen is.

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Düsseldorf

Uniper has been based at our headquarters in Düsseldorf's Media Harbour since 2019. Our central office consists of the two buildings Caprocorn and Float, which are connected by a walkway to form a single unit.

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Düsseldorf

Uniper has been based at our headquarters in Düsseldorf's Media Harbour since 2019. Our central office consists of the two buildings Caprocorn and Float, which are connected by a walkway to form a single unit.

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Düsseldorf

Uniper has been based at our headquarters in Düsseldorf's Media Harbour since 2019. Our central office consists of the two buildings Caprocorn and Float, which are connected by a walkway to form a single unit.

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Düsseldorf

On the office floors, the modern furnished meeting areas and lounges are located in the centre of each floor and our colleagues work separately from the passage areas, each with window fronts. All workstations have modern equipment and height-adjustable desks.

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Düsseldorf

On the office floors, the modern furnished meeting areas and lounges are located in the centre of each floor and our colleagues work separately from the passage areas, each with window fronts. All workstations have modern equipment and height-adjustable desks.

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Düsseldorf

On the office floors, the modern furnished meeting areas and lounges are located in the centre of each floor and our colleagues work separately from the passage areas, each with window fronts. All workstations have modern equipment and height-adjustable desks.

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Düsseldorf

We offer many services at the location that positively support everyday working life. These include an IT walk-in centre, a fitness studio, an underground car park with free parking spaces for cars and an extra garage for bicycles, including showers. For a balanced diet, there is a canteen as well as a café and a deli with fruit and healthy snacks, which are also open to the public.

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Düsseldorf

We offer many services at the location that positively support everyday working life. These include an IT walk-in centre, a fitness studio, an underground car park with free parking spaces for cars and an extra garage for bicycles, including showers. For a balanced diet, there is a canteen as well as a café and a deli with fruit and healthy snacks, which are also open to the public.

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Düsseldorf

We offer many services at the location that positively support everyday working life. These include an IT walk-in centre, a fitness studio, an underground car park with free parking spaces for cars and an extra garage for bicycles, including showers. For a balanced diet, there is a canteen as well as a café and a deli with fruit and healthy snacks, which are also open to the public.

FlexWork

Flexible working at Uniper means that our teams decide for themselves how, when and where they work. We have created hubs for collaboration and networking in our offices and we provide our employees with the equipment for a modern and healthy workplace at home. We also offer geographical flexibility and various flexible working models. This means you can do your work from different locations and shape your job to fit your personal lifestyle, so you can balance your work and private life perfectly.

To give you a deeper insight into the flexible working experience at Uniper, we have created a dedicated page where you can learn more about our flexible working models.

More about FlexWork at Uniper

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