Global engineering consultancy for energy, renewables, water infrastructure
Fichtner is a 2,300-person engineering and consultancy firm headquartered in Stuttgart, serving energy, renewable, and water infrastructure sectors across 60+ countries. The stack—dominated by specialized domain tools (DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSCAD, PVSyst for power systems; Civil 3D, Revit, BIM for design; Primavera P6 for large-scale project scheduling)—reflects a capital-projects organization moving toward digitalization. Active hiring is concentrated in engineering (80% of 240 open roles), with most hires at senior and mid levels, signaling backfill in delivery rather than team expansion.
Notable leadership hires: Automation Project Lead
Fichtner delivers engineering design, feasibility studies, and consultancy services for energy utilities, renewable-energy developers, and infrastructure operators. The firm operates across three service lines: conventional and renewable energy (power generation, transmission, distribution, e-mobility, oil & gas), environmental and climate solutions (renewable implementation, permitting, environmental management), and water and infrastructure (integrated resource management, supply systems). Core project work spans HVDC subsea cables, hydropower plants, digital grid solutions, and large-scale switchgear upgrades. The organization employs over 1,000 staff in Stuttgart and a distributed global workforce managing projects in Germany, Spain, Malaysia, Turkey, Vietnam, and other markets.
DIgSILENT PowerFactory and PSCAD for power flow and transient analysis; PVSyst for solar design; Linear for load flow; HVDC modeling tools. BIM adoption is active across design teams.
Feasibility studies; digital grid solutions; HVDC and AC subsea cable projects; hydropower plant design; renewable energy integration; industrial decarbonization; battery energy storage contracts; process digitalization and project scheduling standardization.
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