Summary
About this role
We are looking for a proactive and committed Commercial Project Controller to join our global engineering team. In this role, you will be a key partner to Project Managers and Department Heads, ensuring financial transparency, budget control, and strategic alignment across complex engineering projects.
YOUR TASKS:
- Manage project budgets, product costs, and business cases, including planning and forecasting
- Analyze actuals vs. budget/forecast, support P&L overview, and conduct ad hoc financial evaluations
- Collaborate with global Project Managers on cost tracking, budget validation, and project closure activities
- Coordinate CAPEX/OPEX, perform target costing, and manage lifecycle cost projections for wind turbines (WTG)
- Lead commercial aspects of product development projects, including KPI reporting and investment budget coordination
- Review purchase requisitions, support approval workflows, and facilitate forecast deep dives and year-end closures
YOUR PROFILE:
- 5 years’ experience in engineering or technical project environments is a must (in wind energy is a plus)
- Strong understanding of project controlling, budgeting, and financial analysis
- Proactive mindset with a high level of ownership and accountability
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and deadlines
- Eagerness to learn and contribute to continuous improvement
Nordex adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions are made without regard to religion, age, sex, color, national origin, handicap, or other protected class and are in full compliance with all federal and state laws.
Other facts
About Nordex Group
The development, manufacture, project management and servicing of wind turbines in the onshore segment has been the core competence and passion of the Nordex Group and its more than 10,900 employees worldwide for 40 years.
As one of the world's largest wind turbine manufacturers, the Nordex Group offers high-yield, cost-efficient wind turbines that enable long-term and economical power generation from wind energy in all geographical and climatic conditions. The focus is on turbines in the 3 to 7 MW class, and the Group’s comprehensive product portfolio offers individual solutions for both markets with limited space and regions with limited grid capacities. A global service network, of around 380 service points throughout 30 countries, delivers service quickly to keep our systems running smoothly. The Group covers the needs of all customer segments within the global wind market, from large energy suppliers to SMEs operating power plants. With more than 61 GW of installed capacity worldwide, Nordex Group systems deliver sustainable energy throughout more than 80 per cent of the world’s energy market (excluding China).
Nordex SE is listed on the TecDAX and MDAX of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN: DE000A0D6554). The headoffice of the company, with the Management Board and central corporate functions, is located in Hamburg, while the legal entity is registered in Rostock. At production facilities in Germany, Spain, Brazil, the US, and India, the Nordex Group produces nacelles, rotor blades and concrete towers. The Group also maintains offices and branches in more than 30 countries.
What you'll do
- The Commercial Project Controller will manage project budgets, product costs, and business cases, including planning and forecasting for complex engineering projects. This involves analyzing actuals versus budget, supporting P&L overview, and collaborating with Project Managers on cost tracking and project closure activities.
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