Senior Engineer , Site Suitability

Overview

RWE Clean Energy, LLC

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent.
Functional area: Engineering.
Remuneration: Exempt. The Senior Engineer I, Site Suitability is a key technical interface to the OEM landscape and their new wind turbine developments. The team provides a holistic technical assessment to enable the business to select the most competitive turbine technologies and perform site suitability studies for our development projects. We are looking for a Site Suitability Engineer to support our onshore wind projects.

• Perform site suitability and lifetime assessments, including load, fatigue, and Wind Sector Management (WSM). The role will include the management of all site suitability-related tasks for projects in all stages of development.

• Serve as a focal point of contact and coordinate on behalf of the Site Assessment & Suitability team the delivery of all work package specific tasks with the relevant internal stakeholders (Project Development, Engineering, Onshore Wind Technology Solutions) and the external stakeholders (OEMs, certification bodies, consultants etc.) including management of specific and special issues and consulting reviews of projects.

• Conduct, review, and defend an independent assessment of site conditions for each project site (such as wind classification, turbulence, extremes, etc.). Take into consideration all project requirements and timelines, especially with regard to the suitability of using competitive wind turbine technology to maximize yield and minimize the cost of energy.

• Participate in the pre-selection of wind turbines suitable for the site and establish a wind turbine short list.

• Support coordination and provision of the necessary inputs to WTG OEMs, so that they can deliver the Site Suitability Report (SSR) / Mechanical Load Analysis (MLA) on time and of high quality.

• Assess received SSRs/MLAs from OEMs.

• Perform terrain and measurement sector assessments for power performance tests, and review 3rd party testing entity reports and conclusions.

• Perform site visits, typically but not limited to WTG turbine micrositing, along with relevant stakeholders.

• Collect information from operating sites with site suitability issues.

• Identification and exchange of "Best Practice" and "Lessons Learned" beyond the project boundaries, as well as elaboration and coordination of the implementation of suggestions for improvement.

• Application and (further) development of relevant in-house standards, tools, techniques, and processes within the area of responsibility.

• Peer review of complex tasks and mentoring of colleagues with less experience.

• Minimum a bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline (or comparable) required.

• Comprehensive specialist knowledge and a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in site suitability assessment, preferably from working for a turbine OEM, are required.

• Experience in working within international project development organizations.

• Good knowledge of wind yield assessment, wind turbine concepts, wind turbine loads, CFD software, Wasp, WindPRO, and Windographer.

• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English are required.

• Programming skills (e.g., Python) are desirable.

• Excellent organizational skills, ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Willingness to travel based on tasks, both nationally and internationally (expected travel time in general