Volkmar S.

State-certified Technician in Mechatronics

Hamburg, Germany

Experience

Jan 2025 - Present
8 months
Wismar, Germany

Commissioning Coordinator for Ship Climate Control

Meyer Wismar Sárl

Project: Completion of the Disney Adventure

  • Coordinating upstream and downstream departments and background teams (UAN)
  • Aligning schedules with the shipyard, identifying deviations, and responding to variances across disciplines
  • Rescheduling work processes and manpower assignments to drive priority goals
  • Independently implementing solutions on the vessel
  • Verifying compliance with safety regulations, especially PTW procedures for electrical work
Sep 2021 - Dec 2024
3 years 4 months
Hamburg, Germany
On-site

Deputy Site Manager & Work Planner

DDM Deutschland GmbH

Project: Decommissioning of Oil Tank Terminal

  • Supporting project and site management with decommissioning concepts, internal approval processes, and coordination
  • Managing site documentation and schedule tracking
  • Ordering, inspecting, and processing deliveries and subcontracts
  • Hosting site meetings and daily briefings for staff, personnel planning, walkthroughs with client and safety officers
  • Documenting construction progress
  • Coordinating dismantling measures
  • Handling general site correspondence and material documents
  • Waste management for hazardous and non-hazardous waste according to AVV, KrWG, GewAbfV, DepV, LAGA
  • Operating construction machinery, handling equipment, and gas torch equipment
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
1 month
Salzgitter, Germany
On-site

Site Manager

NuT Ketzenberg

Salzgitter AG, Salzgitter

Project: Upgrade of exhaust gas cleaning converter plant Monitoring on-site work Coordinating with client and principal Ensuring work safety Inspecting peripheral plant components for condition and remaining service life

Nov 2020 - Jul 2021
9 months
Duisburg, Germany
On-site

Work Planner & Deputy Site Manager

DDM Deutschland GmbH

Project: Dismantling of Kiln 5, Duisburg site

  • Planning use of construction machinery, equipment, tools, and personnel
  • Developing and tracking schedules
  • Daily site meetings and coordination with client, client departments, and contractors
  • Weekly reports and safety walkthroughs
  • Coordinating dismantling measures in heavy and civil engineering
  • Documenting construction progress
  • Estimating additional orders during construction
  • Requesting and tracking test certificates and approval documents
  • Conducting interim and final inspections
  • Handling general site correspondence and material documents
  • Assisting with operating construction machinery and gas torch equipment
Dec 2018 - Oct 2020
1 year 11 months
Hamburg, Germany

Field Engineer - Interface Coordinator

Pella Sietas GmbH

  • Coordinating interfaces between production and design
  • Ordering materials and tracking orders (material defects, wrong deliveries, changes)
  • System support for freshwater (PWC/PWH) and wastewater (gray/black)
  • Supporting external claim management
  • Handling internal claims
  • Assisting the electrical engineering department
  • Planning, designing, and implementing automation for the signaling system
  • Planning, designing, and implementing display panels for fire doors
  • Coordinating site briefings with client
  • Managing approval processes for various changes between client and shipyard
  • Monitoring construction progress and coordinating with construction coordinators
Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
2 months
Hamburg, Germany

Design Engineer / Subproject Manager

BSS Behrens Schiffs- und Schweißtechnik

  • Setting up the electrical engineering department with planning, ordering, installation and inventory management
  • Renewing electrical equipment at the shipyard
  • Designing and ordering electrical components and systems
  • Installing and commissioning electrical systems on inland ships and passenger vessels
  • Designing ship modifications for shaft and engine systems
  • Consulting with customers
  • Designing and detailing a work boat
  • System used: Inventor
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
2 months
Wedel, Germany

Maintenance Technician

Vattenfall Wärme AG

  • Coordinating the overhaul at the Wedel power plant
  • Point of contact for external contractors on site
  • Carrying out maintenance and construction supervision including quality assurance
  • Conducting initial meetings with contractors and safety briefings
  • Maintaining the quality management system (forms, documentation for e.g. access, approvals, safety checks)
  • Scheduling maintenance work
Mar 2018 - Jun 2018
4 months
Schwerin, Germany

Quality Inspector

ZIM Flugsitz GmbH

  • Requesting first samples and initial sample inspection reports
  • Coordinating with suppliers on quality, sampling, ordering, processing, etc.
  • Checking sample reports according to DIN ISO 9102
  • Creating initial sample inspection reports
  • Ensuring quality and quantity with PM and purchasing
  • Filing quality documents in the systems
  • Evaluating various parts for appearance, function and dimensional accuracy
  • Systems used: ERP ZIM inventory system, CDB ZIM document management, MS Office
Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
3 months
Hamburg, Germany

Project Manager

Noske Kaeser Maritime Solutions GmbH

  • Supporting the project management department
  • Coordinating completion dates, shipping, customs export
  • Handling individual projects and subprojects in marine air conditioning and refrigeration
  • Liaising with customers
  • Documenting and maintaining records
Mar 2017 - Jul 2017
5 months
Wedel, Germany

Maintenance Technician

Vattenfall Wärme AG

  • Coordinating the overhaul at the Wedel power plant
  • Point of contact for external contractors on site
  • Carrying out maintenance and construction supervision including quality assurance
  • Conducting initial meetings with contractors and safety briefings
  • Maintaining the quality management system (forms, documentation for e.g. access, approvals, safety checks)
  • Scheduling maintenance work
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
3 months
Schenefeld, Germany

Device Construction Technician

European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH

  • Developing solutions for mechanical and electrical support for the detector group
  • Creation of drawings and circuit diagrams for manufacturing, documentation and, if necessary, coordination
  • Research, inquiry and commissioning of suppliers
  • Ordering required materials
  • Manufacture of mechanical and engineering components using sawing, milling and turning operations
  • General metalworking
  • Construction and testing of electrical and electronic assemblies to achieve the desired switching behavior
  • Coordination with colleagues for effective support
  • Participation in weekly meetings and reporting on progress or issues
May 2016 - Aug 2016
4 months
Hamburg, Germany

Site Coordinator HVAC River Cruise Ship

Drews Marine GmbH

Project: MV Mozart, site in Austria

  • Site coordination and management
  • Work distribution for electrical, piping, ventilation, insulation, and commissioning
  • Procurement of materials
  • Conducting site meetings
  • Supervision of trades in piping and ventilation construction, technical cost estimation
  • Adapting planning to on-site conditions
  • Short-term claim management with on-site stakeholders
  • Handling warranty claims from other subcontractors
  • Carrying out commissioning
  • Supporting pipefitters and electricians
  • Consultation with owner representatives on piping and ventilation routes and preparations
  • Procurement of materials and approvals
  • Reporting (Site Drews diary)
  • English translator
  • Office tasks
  • Handover of individual subsystems to the owner's representatives
Sep 2015 - Apr 2016
8 months
Hamburg, Germany

Technical Documentation

Noske-Kaeser GmbH

  • Requesting necessary product information from internal suppliers
  • Maintaining and updating project schedules
  • Interface management between engineering and the editors
  • Preparing German and English technical manuals and spare parts lists for air conditioning, cooling and heating systems, as well as fire suppression units on naval ships and submarines
  • Incorporating corrections into technical manuals and spare parts lists according to shipyard audit results
  • Managing material maintenance databases (Material Maintenance Database)
Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
2 months
Wedel, Germany

Assembler of Optoelectronic Control Units for Defense Technology

Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH

  • Assembly of complex mechanical and electronic assemblies in precision engineering
  • Assembly of optics
  • Pressure testing and nitrogen filling
  • Performing final inspection
  • Creating documentation
May 2015 - May 2015
1 month
Hamburg, Germany

Deputy Operations Manager for Energy Storage Plant (Vacation Cover)

Siemens AG Wind Power

  • Coordination of trades on the facility
  • Optimizing site processes regarding safety, material storage and organization
  • Ensuring the operation of measurement and control technology
  • Monitoring plant operations
  • Creating operational documentation
Jan 2014 - Apr 2015
1 year 4 months
Hamburg, Germany

Deputy Project Manager HVAC for River Cruise Ships

Drews Marine GmbH

  • Coordination with upstream and downstream departments
  • Aligning schedules with the customer
  • Setting dates for suppliers and deliveries
  • Monitoring construction progress in cooperation with foremen
  • Planning the implementation of follow-up orders, creating reports, coordinating with the owner's representative
  • Tracking completion and commissioning progress
  • Engaging and coordinating with UL to commission individual systems
  • Procuring materials at short notice
  • Functional testing of systems
  • Handover of finished subsystems with protocol
  • Presentation and demonstration of the finished systems in German and English, training the operators
  • Guiding electricians/commissioning engineers to prioritize tasks
  • Introducing and explaining the heating system, hot water system, chiller, provision refrigeration, waste cooling and air conditioning units
  • Demonstrating the automation of the entire system
Feb 2012 - Dec 2013
1 year 11 months
Hamburg, Germany

Document management for an offshore HVDC platform

FERCHAU Engineering GmbH (Siemens Energy, Hamburg)

  • Creating and revising project instructions
  • Formal checking for metadata and correct structuring
  • Checking deadlines and completeness of documents
  • Delivering customer documentation via software and database applications
  • Supporting the Project Documentation Coordinator with administrative tasks
  • Administrative tasks when changing processes in the project
  • Organizing handling of "non-standard" issues
Jul 2011 - Jan 2012
7 months
Hamburg, Germany

Designer and work planner

J. J. Sietas KG Schiffswerft GmbH & Co.

  • Implementation of design tasks and detail clarifications for suction dredger ship 1306
  • Spare parts area for dredging equipment and various piping systems
  • Revision and maintenance of existing drawings, partly checking and coordinating during installation and/or preassembly in the workshop and dock
  • Handling detail clarifications on installation vessel 1221
  • Modeling of shipbuilding 3D parts
  • Checking and correcting the deckhouse drawings
  • Developing solutions for support systems for double bottom
  • Creating work packages
  • Maintaining the filing system on electronic media
  • Documenting document handovers
  • Meeting forecast deadlines for timely completion of sections and blocks
  • Used systems: AutoCAD, Inventor, Nupas/Cadmatic
Sep 2010 - Apr 2011
8 months
Eisleben, Germany

Project Manager and Designer

Maschinen- und Anlagenservice Ketzenberg GmbH

  • Designing new builds in machinery, steel and piping from DN800
  • Supervising and performing installation services
  • Preparing quotations
  • Materials management
  • Used system: Inventor
Aug 2008 - Jun 2010
1 year 11 months
Hamburg, Germany

Advanced training to become a state-certified technician, specialization Mechatronics

Fachschule für Technik

  • Topics: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, design, circuit construction, pneumatics, PLC
  • Writing a technical paper on: development of a cleaning device for trickle elements
  • Development, design, PLC programming, control cabinet installation
  • Used systems: Inventor, Klöckner-Möller S40, Simatic S7
Jan 2007 - Aug 2008
1 year 8 months
Hamburg, Germany

Plant Operator in rotating shift work in the special waste incineration area

Abfall-Verwertungs-Gesellschaft mbH

  • Operation of the process control system (Teleperm XP)
  • Operating the equipment in accordance with operating procedures and based on combustion menus
  • Feeding waste into the system
  • Conducting plant inspections by checking equipment status and documenting findings
  • Performing maintenance and repair tasks
  • Conducting sampling for operational analytics
Aug 2003 - Dec 2006
3 years 5 months
Quickborn, Germany

Apprenticeship as a mechatronics technician and start as a skilled worker

e.on Hanse AG

  • Testing devices according to BGV A3
  • Performing electrical installation work
  • Repairing small devices
  • Installing emergency power supplies

Summary

I am a technician specialized in mechatronics with solid experience in on-site project execution and technical management in shipbuilding, construction, and energy sectors. I have extensive experience managing project schedules, coordinating interdisciplinary teams, and ensuring safety standards and quality requirements.

My work ranges from commissioning complex climate control systems on ships to overseeing large-scale dismantling and retrofitting projects. I combine technical expertise with hands-on skills in system planning, site supervision, and maintenance, always delivering practical solutions and efficient processes – even under challenging conditions.

Projects that turn out to be more demanding than expected are my strength. If you need quick, straightforward, and structured support, let's talk.

Best regards, Volkmar Schulze

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Swedish
Elementary

Education

Aug 2008 - Jun 2010

Technical College for Technology

State-Certified Technician · Mechatronics · Hamburg, Germany

Aug 2003 - Dec 2006

E.on Hanse AG

Mechatronics Technician · Mechatronics · Quickborn, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Aerial Work Platform Operator License

SCC Document 17

Earthmoving Machinery Operator License

Forklift License

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