Area Manager

Job Description

As a pivotal member of the Asset Management Team reporting to the Portfolio manager of the country, you will assume line management responsibility for an Area Asset Management team. Accountable for the supervision, management, and performance delivery of your assigned Area, you will represent the Company interests, engaging with various internal and external stakeholders, focusing on profitability. The role can be based near Bourges or Poitiers.

Key Responsibilities

HSQE

• Take responsibility for safety in your Area, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Oversee Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental standards across the wind farm portfolio.
• Manage the team to ensure adequate site inductions and necessary competencies for all personnel.
• Implement Safety Rules and health and safety management systems across wind farms.
• Conduct regular audits of contractors on site for compliance.
• Document safety incidents promptly and conduct investigations with recommendations.
• Lead emergency planning with regular exercises to prove effectiveness.

Commercial

• Accountable for delivering works within a defined budget while maximizing profit.
• Drive commercial performance of wind farms, reducing operational expenditures.
• Ensure identification and correction of underperformance, collaborating with key contractors.
• Operate the plant within the allocated area portfolio with a focus on increased profitability.
• Generate accurate annual budgets for Operating and Capital expenditures.
• Review budgets regularly, providing reforecasting costs at regular intervals.
• Focus on performance improvements to enhance Assets profitability without compromising safety or quality.

Technical

• Ensure wind farms operate to Best Practice, focusing on technical availability for maximum generation.
• Identify and mitigate risks that could impact performance targets.
• Conduct regular checks and inspections on contractors for safe and high-quality activities.
• Coordinate main component exchanges safely and efficiently, minimizing the impact of lost generation.
• Investigate major outages to develop lessons learned for prevention.

Management

• Ensure the team manages all contractors to deliver high performance.
• Implement scheduled work plans, maximizing generation for each Asset.
• Ensure activities of all contractors align with contracts and are completed safely.
• Maintain good working relationships with key stakeholders through regular communication.
• Conduct regular contractor audits to ensure governance against contract deliverables.
• Review and discuss performance management with contractors, highlighting improvement areas.
• Procure works in line with company procedures, ensuring timely payment of invoices.
• Project manage works on-site to ensure timely and budgeted completion with minimal impact on performance.
• Conduct regular meeting with contractors at area level.

Reporting

• Produce operational monthly reports detailing Asset Management activities and performance.
• Collaborate with Operational Analysts to address turbine performance issues.
• Generate written business cases to support initiatives.

On-Call Responsibilities

• Be available for site attendance outside of regular working hours for emergency.

Competences, Behaviours, Skills, Qualification and Travel requirements

Technical and cross Competences

• Strong commercial focus, optimizing the commercial performance of wind farms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively line manage a remote team, appraising and developing skillsets.
• Excellent HSEQ culture with knowledge of legislations and regulations on operating wind farms.
• Strong scheduling and planning skills for timely task completion.
• Previous experience in the operation and maintenance of HV/LV electrical plant.
• Excellent commercial and financial knowledge, responsible for P&L budgets across multiple wind farms.
• Good level of personal fitness for safe climbing of wind turbines.

Managerial skills and behaviours

• Lead a team of Site Managers across a regional wind farm portfolio, undertaking all necessary line management duties.
• Provide development analysis and support through coaching and mentoring.
• Ensure the team achieves technical and financial performance targets, implementing action plans for areas of underperformance.
• Regularly engage in performance dialogue and feedback with the team.
• Ensure Site Managers remain trained in first aid, working at height, and other mandatory training.

Education and Qualifications

• Strong educational background in Mechanical, Electrical or Renewable Energy engineering
• Min 5 years experience working within the Renewables Industry
• Project Management skills and experience
• Leadership and team management skills

Travel Requirements

Travel within dedicated area and also within the wider region to attend contractor and internal team meetings

Location

France - Home

Time Type

Full time

Worker Subtype

Regular