Operations Engineer - Sofia in Grimsby

RWE Renewables UK Management Ltd. To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent.

Functional area: Engineering

As an Operations Engineer you will provide specialised maintenance support to the wind farm operations, covering 100 wind turbines, foundations, array cables and a 24hr control facility. You will need to ensure all maintenance workflow processes operate as designed, using KPI’s and metrics to monitor performance and optimise activities.

• Be responsible for managing the long term planning of all maintenance activities on site.
• Manage and develop the condition based monitoring processes for the site.
• Responsible for the proactive monitoring of the CMMS (SAP) including producing and reporting relevant KPI’s to site management.
• Responsible for optimising and refining the maintenance strategy following RCM principles to ensure efficiency and best value for the business.
• Working closely with the engineers and operations team to ensure optimal planning of resources, plant downtime and the continued asset integrity through life.
• Be responsible for the execution and day to day management of certain activities e.g. inspection campaigns.
• Support failure investigations as required.
• Fulfil the requirements of the WTSR and produce required documentation (SRIC, RAMS) to facilitate the creation of a robust safe system of work for self-performance of operations and maintenance at the wind farm.
• Engage with the safety rules team to ensure Sofia receives training, documentation, etc in a timely manner.
• Engage with the safety rules team to ensure Sofia remains compliant with company standards and acts as a centre of best practice in safe systems of work.
• Perform mentoring, specify training and provide coaching to operations personnel to ensure the WTSR is able to be administered autonomously within the wind farm.

Required skills and experience:

• Maintenance specialist experienced in a power generation or heavy industry environment.
• HNC with experience or an engineering degree.
• Analytical approach to problem solving.
• Effective communication skills and an ability to engage specialists on complex operations.
• Process driven with an interest in continuous improvement.
• Experience of managing budgets and contractors.
• Able to adjust to changing schedules due to the nature of the offshore environment, and ability to stay offshore for short periods at a time.
• Comfortable inspecting components offshore, often while working at height or in restricted spaces.
• Comfortable working in an office environment, assessing large quantities of multidisciplinary engineering information to provide solutions via reports and presentations.

An offer of employment in this role may require holding active or ability to pass National Security vetting to SC level. Failure to obtain and or maintain National Security Vetting to SC may result in the removal of job offers and or existing employment.

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