Engineering Manager O&M

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Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm

Inch Cape is a 1080MW offshore wind farm situated 15km from the Angus coast in the North Sea. The power it generates will be transmitted 85 kilometres to a new substation at Cockenzie, in East Lothian from where it will enter the national transmission system. Inch Cape is a more than £3 billion infrastructure project that will make a significant contribution to the UK’s carbon emissions reduction targets.

Once complete its 72 turbines will generate enough electricity to power almost half the homes in Scotland.

Summary of Assignment:

The Engineering Manager will report to the O&M Manager & WF General Manager and work within the Operations & Maintenance Team. The O&M Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the Engineering function at the Offshore Wind Operations & Maintenance Base in Montrose, ensuring the safe, reliable and efficient maintenance of the offshore windfarm throughout its operational lifecycle.

The role provides strategic and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for maintaining the electrical, mechanical, structural, hydraulic, instrumentation and control systems supporting the offshore windfarm.

Working closely with Operations, Marine Coordination, HSE, Supply Chain, OEMs and specialist contractors, the Engineering Manager will ensure maintenance activities are executed safely, efficiently and cost-effectively while supporting long-term asset integrity and business objectives.

Overseeing all engineering aspects of the project, leading the engineering team to ensure that objectives are achieved in accordance with the project consents, applicable legislation, codes of practice and optimised with regards to time, cost and QHSE.

Location: Montrose (3 days a week in the office, 2 days WFH)

• Develop, manage, and lead the Engineering Team, ensuring that it has the required capabilities, skills, and capacity to deliver on its objectives.
• Display a visible and active commitment to health and safety, ensuring the appropriate consideration of HSEQ issues in the engineering inputs to the project.
• Contribute to the Engineering Budget and deliver the Engineering Group objectives within budget.
• Forge strong links between all internal and external technical stakeholders to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach at every stage of the project.
• Providing technical input to the procurement process.
• Play a leading role in the leadership of the project through participation in the senior management team.
• Apply an innovative approach to problem solving.
• Demonstrate Leadership experience with excellent managerial and team building skills.
• Share the broad understanding of technical and commercial issues and risks related to projects within the offshore wind sector.
• Demonstrate a proven ability to succinctly explain and communicate complex technical and commercial issues.
• Be a role model and ambassador for the project.
• Ability to deliver in an environment of rapid change, whilst being determined, resilient and controlled under pressure.
• Preparation and development of the Employer Technical Requirements.
• Support the development of ITT documentation.
• Technical evaluation of bidders’ responses.
• Support the contract tender process including technical evaluation and recommendation.
• Review information transmitted from Contractors to confirm its completeness and correctness during tender, negotiation, and post award.
• Interface with relevant packages i.e., Foundations, OSP, Cables and WTG.
• Management of CVA and document review process.
• Ensure compliance with technical safety design process and CDM regulations.
• Ensure Contractors are following best wind industry practices and applicable legislation.
• Ensure all activities comply with the consent conditions and that the Contractors comply with them.
• Regular reporting as required.

Development and implement engineering strategies to optimise asset reliability through:

• Preventative Maintenance
• Predictive Maintenance
• Condition-Based Monitoring
• Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM)
• Corrective…