M&O Student Internship: Offshore Wind Farm Transport & Installation Models

Modelling and Optimization (M&O) is the team in Vattenfall that is responsible for developing tools that optimize and calculate the business cases of our Offshore Windfarms. These tools are used to create competitive bids and allow us to win tenders (such as the recently won Ijmuiden Ver Beta) while creating optimal designs and knowing what we bid for.

This involves many different domains one of which is the transport and installation of all the components in the wind farm including foundations wind turbine generators and cables but also decommissioning the entire wind farm at the end of the lifetime.

The offshore wind industry is constantly developing. Therefore to keep our business cases up to date our models are also constantly evolving. You would help us with creating new transport and installation models such that we can model the newest technologies in our upcoming business cases.

An engineering team within Vattenfall specialized in transport and installation has created various detailed Excel models of which we would like to replicate the functionality into the modelling suite of Modelling & Optimization which is based on Matlab & Python. Examples of these models are the decommissioning of the offshore wind farm (which includes calculating decommissioning schedules and costs for various components) and the installation of new foundation types such as gravity-based foundations or floating foundations. Which model to focus on depends both on the urgency and on your interest.

You will collaborate extensively with the experts who created the Excel models and together you will scope how to implement the model. In M&O we have a holistic view of the entire wind farm the challenge is therefore understanding how the model links to various parts of the offshore windfarm and creating a generic model that can be used for all kinds of projects.

Your supervisor will be available for support. It is expected however that you will take ownership of this project and drive it forward independently.

You will write the code for the model yourself and learn how to work with the following (it is not expected that you know already how to do this):

• git/source-control
• unit-testing
• model documentation in Markdown

Next to improving your modelling capabilities you will also get an understanding of everything that is involved on a business case scale.

Locatie:  
Amsterdam

Qualifications :

Who are you 
You are an enthusiastic and pro-active student who can identify with our core values: active open positive and safety. 

Expected student background and skills:

• Good coding skills in Python and Matlab
• Pro-active and enthusiastic
• Independent
• Interested in sustainable energy and modelling

Additional Information :

What can we offer you  

• Challenging role to make the most of your skills and learn many new ones  
• Strong team ethic and highly supportive colleagues  
• Opportunity to work in international interdisciplinary teams involved in some of the industrys most high-profile projects 

An internship at Vattenfall will give you the chance to gain invaluable work experience in a relevant discipline as well as applying your knowledge in a practical setting. It could also jumpstart your career: in fact many of our interns have gone on to develop careers at Vattenfall. Lets find out together how your superpowers can contribute to our purpose to power climate smart living. 

At Vattenfall you can really make a difference. A new sustainable world with clean energy for all. Thats your on the future of our energysupply and to customer has no boundaries for you. Solutions for sustainable energyare to bediscoveredtogether. Thats why you want to work with people who inspire and challenge youandget the best out of yourself. You are looking for an environment where you can fulfil this mission. 

Information and apply  
We are looking for someone who is available for a period of minimum 4 months fulltime who wants to start in September 2025. We would like to receive your curriculum vitae and motivation letter via the application button. Last day to apply August 8th 2025. For questions regarding this internship please contact . 

To be able to do an internship at Vattenfall it is required for the educational institute to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Please check with your contact if this is a possibility before applying.  

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