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Vitalii Lavelin

Engineering leader. Career advisor. AI-first builder.

Fifteen years of capital projects taught me how to plan, build, and ship under pressure. Now I apply that to careers — and to the AI tools I'm building to scale it.

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€6.5B

EPC/EPCM Projects

600+

Interviews

40+

Leaders Placed

About

From Sakhalin to Stockholm — and what I'm building now.

For fifteen years I've worked in capital projects — energy, chemicals, energy transition. Sakhalin to Houston, then Moscow, now Stockholm. Each move was the next logical step up: bigger title, bigger budget, more complexity. I've delivered up to €6.5 billion in EPC/EPCM scope, and I currently work on Europe's first green steel plant.

Along the way I've sat on both sides of the hiring table. 600+ interviews. 40+ senior leaders placed. That side of the work — helping people find the right next move — turned into a Russian-language consulting practice years ago. I'm now building the English-speaking version of it: faster, sharper, and powered by the AI tools I ship in the open.

When I'm not in projects or career work, I'm into ultra running — 100K races, mountain trails. I live in Stockholm with my wife, our daughter, and our dog Chuck.

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Voices

What people who've worked with me say.

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Anastasia R.

CFO

The result clearly exceeded expectations. I ended up with a near-perfect CV that fully reflects my professional achievements, and a clear understanding of where and how to move forward.
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Olga Sergeeva

Deputy Project Manager

I followed the plan, applied all the tools and recommendations, and got an offer from a company I genuinely enjoy working at — one that meets all my requirements.
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Vadim Z.

Chief Executive Officer

Practical scripts, behavioural frameworks, document templates — refined through real use. But most importantly: I gained confidence that I'm doing the right things.
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Nikolai Zinkov

Senior Field Engineer

You gain an excellent skill for finding new work — distilled from someone who has read 10,000+ CVs and conducted hundreds of interviews. And built international project teams himself.
The Next Move · Free · Weekly

You know what's next. You're not there yet. Let's change that.

One story every Saturday. Real moves, real decisions, real cost — from someone who's made them. One insight you can apply. One action you can take this week.

What's Inside

  • The career move — how senior leaders actually land the next role
  • The tools move — AI I'm shipping, what works, what breaks
  • The market — hiring signals across EU, MENA, energy transition
  • The long run — occasional notes from the trail

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