Organisation

“Enthusiastic people who get space, get bright ideas and drive the company forward”. This philosophy is characteristic for MECAL and offers possibilities for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and desire for (personal) development.

Working as a Loads Engineer at MECAL, means participating in an open and pleasant working environment in an internationally oriented engineering company. Up to now more then 130 professionals have made the choice for MECAL, for our technical innovations and informal culture with short communication lines.

For our offices in Enschede & Groningen, for our Business Unit Wind we are looking for:

Loads Engineer Wind Turbine Design

Responsibilities

• Calculate component loads based on load cases defined in IEC/GL guidelines.
• Interact with the wind components team to finalize loads for component design.
• Implement strategy to mitigate loads and optimize turbine power performance.
• Prepare detailed part specification and loads certification reports.
• Work with the validation/tools development engineers to validate the predicted loads with measurement data and to improve the simulation capabilities.
• Perform loads simulations for Multi MW Wind Turbine configurations with Bladed or Flex software.

Requirements

• Educational requirement is an engineering degree (B.Sc or M.Sc).
• You have good knowledge of the languages relevant for MECAL, particularly English.
• Knowledge and experience in calculation of loads at wind turbines, preferably offshore.

Profile

• Knowledge of the wind energy industry is an advantage.
• You convincingly present your results and clarify your work.
• You feel well at home in a team, know the different phases of a project and can adapt to these phases, but you are also able to perform independently.

 MECAL offers

• An attractive salary. 
• Good balance between work and leisure.
• An open, efficient and pleasant work environment.
• Good developmental and educational opportunities.
• Good primary and secondary benefits.

Information application

For more information you can e-mail Dick van Haare (Recruitment) or contact him at +31 53 4821 400. Check also the section wind energy on the website. You can send your application and resume to hrd@mecal.eu, Attn: Mr. Dick van Haare.