How did you like the vocational training programme at Deutsche Windtechnik? 

One thing that made a particularly good impression on me was the way employees treat each other. When moving from one department to another, I also always found it exciting to see how the processes that I had learned about in the previous department fed into the processes in the next department. As a trainee, you get a very wide perspective, and I have always found this to be an advantage. 

What made you want to go to the UK? 

I've always wanted to live abroad for a while. Just to experience something different from Germany. But of course I also wanted to practice my language skills. For this reason, the decision to go abroad as well as the actual move were not difficult for me. The only disadvantage is that life goes on at home without me. For example, I miss birthdays and other events, and this I find a little hard sometimes. 

What is your position at the company now? 

I work as a Business Interface Manager, which basically means I'm the interface between sales, dispatch and QHSE in Germany, but I also coordinate with the QHSE department of the onshore unit in Scotland. I can apply quite a bit of the interdisciplinary knowledge that I built up during my vocational training in my current position. 

How do you like your new job? 

It is very exciting that the offshore unit in England was just founded in 2021, which makes it very young. I can watch a company be built from the ground up, can influence many aspects, implement processes and voice my opinion. Being involved in so many areas allows me to evaluate how certain things work best together.  

Would you recommend this industry to young people? 

Definitely. There is hardly a better and more interesting industry for young people, in my opinion. The demand is huge and a lot of money is being invested. The wind industry is also a young, future-oriented industry and still relatively small. So people know each other. There is huge potential for expansion, especially in the UK. Every day I experience first-hand how wind is becoming more important as an energy resource. The industry is growing and growing and growing…