Senior Loads Team Leader

About Venterra: Venterra is a global wind energy services company, engineering, building and supporting major wind and renewables projects around the world. Our clear purpose: accelerate the global energy transition by becoming the go-to services provider and strategic partner for the rapidly expanding wind industry.

Our diverse team of experts is dedicated to making net zero a reality. We offer specialised services across the entire project lifecycle, including:

• Geoscience consultancy
• Environmental expertise
• Design services
• Project advisory
• Survey capabilities
• Construction support & back-deck mission equipment

By acquiring and bringing together leading offshore engineering and marine science companies, we provide the most comprehensive services and expertise in the market. And we’re not done growing yet, which means there are plenty of exciting career opportunities on offer for our team.

At Venterra, sustainability, safety, and quality are prioritised in everything we do, reducing project risk, time, and cost for our clients.

Why join Venterra?

• Shape the future of energy: Dive into groundbreaking renewables projects that are literally changing the world.
• Master the renewables landscape: Gain unique, full-spectrum experience from initial surveys to final construction.
• Go global, make waves: Our worldwide projects aren’t just pins on a map – they’re tickets to diverse experiences, cultures and challenges, with plenty of international travel opportunities on offer.
• Accelerate your career: We don’t just talk about growth – we fuel it. Access cutting-edge training, mentorship from industry leaders, and a clear development path with opportunities to sharpen your skills in the renewables space.
• Be a force for good: Join a team where your values align with your work. We’re committed to cultivating a culture of equality, diversity, and positive impact through our work.

By joining us, you’ll play a direct role in growing the renewables sector while building a career in an exciting, global industry.

Our Design Team: The Venterra design service line supports clients for both fixed and floating offshore wind projects with a range of specialist services covering hydrodynamics, mooring, cables, structural and geotechnical design. We are a team of engineers, mostly Master’s or PhD qualified, that support clients on a broad range of specialist topics in the area of foundation and cable design for offshore wind with innovative solutions.

Role Description: As a Senior Loads team leader, you have extensive experience in metocean data treatment, offshore wind turbine modelling, ILA tool chain development and site-specific load assessment performance and management. In your role, you will create, develop and manage an engineering team dedicated to integrated load analysis. It is expected that you will provide technical support to tenders and projects and that you will support and mentor the career development of your team. This role is pivotal in our design activities related to both fixed and floating offshore wind projects.

Key responsibilities will also include:

• ILA team development including setup of ILA processes, pre and post-processing tool chain.
• ILA team management, recruitment and team training.
• Equivalent wind turbine model creation and calibration, including fixed and floating controller development.
• Metocean data review and interpretation.
• Wind data interpretation and wind design input setup, including site specific wind farm wind analysis.
• Independent load calculations using aero-elastic codes like Open Fast, OrcaFlex and Bladed.
• Experience with load assessment for floating substructures is a must.
• Project management from tenders to project certification.
• Assist with the review and checking of contracts for engineering work.

Expertise required:

• A profound understanding of structural dynamics, aeroelastics, control, meteorological and oceanographic.
• Demonstrated experience in ILA and perfect knowledge of ILA software and applicable standards (IEC, DNV).
• Demonstrated experience in project execution and offshore wind farm certification.
• Solid general wind turbine knowledge.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, French appreciated.

Education/Qualifications: M.Sc. degree or higher in mechanical engineering, physics or a related discipline.

Additional requirements: Candidates should also be highly organised and motivated individuals with effective communication skills, a good work ethic, and a commitment to technical excellence, personal efficiency, and career progression through Continued Professional Development.

At Venterra: We are committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We take inclusion and diversity seriously. We know that getting this right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values. We are always striving to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. We are an equal opportunity employer and our vision is for Venterra to be a place where people of all backgrounds, abilities and identities feel welcomed and supported to work.