You will be part of a team and responsible for the delivery of the onshore and/or offshore site day to day activities required to be delivered under the O&M contract/s or as additional services. This role is likely to requires regular communication with internal technicians and external contractors. You will work closely with the Offshore and UK&I O&M teams as well as other RES departments including HSE, Technical and Engineering.
Key Accountabilities
- Delivery of operation and maintenance services, including but not limited to:
- Delivery the onshore and offshore electrical & mechanical work.
- Inspection and planned maintenance of onshore and offshore assets.
- Reactive maintenance – depending on the type of fault, reactive maintenance may require onshore and/or offshore site visits at short notice.
- Delivery of retrofits.
- Coordination of the site works including monitoring of RES’s contraction performance.
- Producing Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
- Compliance with site safety rules including escalation and reporting of any safety, environmental and operational issues.
- Inspection and maintenance of RES’s tools, equipment and PPE.
- Provision of relevant information for reports to issue to client.
Competency and skills to:
- Deliver planned and reactive offshore activities.
- Work effectively alone and as part of a team.
- Maintain complex system involving difficult access.
- On-Call: depending on your knowledge and experience, you may be expected to participate in a call out rota to provide emergency response outside of normal working hours.
- Due to the nature of the offshore environment the role requires a flexible approach to the working days and hours requiring working outside normal working hours.
- The role also includes the following department responsibilities:
- Support the production and review of procedures, processes and technical literature.
- Draft and/or provide inputs into proposals and related cost books.
Knowledge you will need:
- Good knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation.
- Experience with data logging and communication systems.
- LV & mechanical fault-finding and analysis.
- Knowledge of wind turbines and related equipment.
- Knowledge of balance of plant applicable to offshore wind farms.
- Knowledge of HV systems.
- Knowledge of HV safety rules.
- Awareness of working at height and within a confined space.
Skills you will need:
- Excellent attitude to safety.
- Site Management.
- Technical capability for the evaluation of complex equipment.
- Capable of working offshore and at height.
- Physically fit, the role will require climbing/transferring to offshore structures.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word and Excel).
Qualifications you will need:
- Experience of working in multidiscipline teams.
- Experience in mechanical, electrical, power electronics, and hydraulic maintenance activities and troubleshooting.
- Experience of the wind industry.
- Experience offshore working.
- Experience of transmission systems.
- Experience working at height (desirable).
Qualifications you have:
- An NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification in mechanical or electrical engineering, but background in technical discipline.
- GWO Training (desirable, however full training will be given)
- IRATA or rigging qualification (desirable).
- Hold a full driving license.
