Engineering Manager O&M

Job Description

Is this your chance to join the team operating one of Scotland's largest offshore wind farms?

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.

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)

Responsibilities

• 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 to the consent conditions and that the Contractors comply to them.
• Regular reporting as required.

Maintenance Strategy

Development and implement engineering strategies to optimise asset reliability through:

• Preventative Maintenance
• Predictive Maintenance
• Condition-Based Monitoring
• Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM)
• Corrective Maintenance
• Major Component Replacement planning
• Lifecycle asset management

Asset Performance

Monitor and improve key operational performance indicators, including:

• Wind Farm Availability
• Turbine Availability
• Reliability
• Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
• Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
• Lost Production Factor
• Maintenance Backlog
• Forced Outage Rate
• Work Order Completion
• Defect Elimination
• Spare Parts Optimisation

Analyse operational trends and implement engineering improvements to increase energy production and reduce downtime.

Engineering Governance

Provide technical oversight for:

• Engineering Standards
• Technical assurance
• Asset Integrity management
• Engineering change control
• Management of change (MoC)
• Technical Risk Assessments
• Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCA)
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Approve engineering modifications and ensure all changes comply with OEM requirements, international standards and company engineering procedures.

Health, Safety & Environment

Lead engineering compliance with all applicable legislation, including:

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations
• Electricity at Work Regulations
• PUWER
• LOLER
• Working at Height Regulations
• Lifting Operations
• CDM Regulations (where applicable)
• Environmental Protection legislation
• Offshore Safety Management Systems
• Company Life Saving Rules

Promote a proactive reporting culture and ensure engineering activities are planned and executed in accordance with company HSE procedures.

Engineering Planning

Work collaboratively with Maintenance Planner and Operations teams to:

• Develop annual maintenance plans.
• Prioritise engineering interventions based on operational risk.
• Coordinate planned outages and major maintenance campaigns.
• Ensure adequate engineering resources are available.
• Review engineering work packs and procedures.

Contractor & OEM Management

Manage technical relationships with:

• Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)
• Specialist engineering contractors
• High Voltage contractors
• Inspection companies
• Marine contractors
• Reliability contractor.

Responsibilities include:

• Technical oversight of contracted works.
• Contractor performance
• Engineering quality assurance
• Contract compliance
• Technical acceptance of completed works
• Supplier performance reviews.

Budget & Commercial Management

• Prepare annual Engineering budgets.
• Manage engineering operating expenditure.
• Support long-term lifecycle investment planning.
• Control maintenance costs while maintaining reliability.
• Evaluate engineering business cases.
• Support procurement of engineering services and equipment.

Asset Integrity

Ensure robust management of:

• Wind Turbine Generators
• Foundations and Transition Pieces.
• Offshore Substation (OSP)
• High Voltage Equipment
• SCADA Systems
• Protection Systems
• Auxiliary Systems
• Mechanical Drive Train Components
• Hydraulic Systems
• Structural Assets

Support inspection programmes and engineering assessments to maintain long-term integrity.

Continuous Improvement

Lead engineering improvement initiatives including:

• Reliability improvement programmes.
• Defect elimination.
• Digital maintenance solutions.
• Predictive analytics.
• Lessons learned reviews.
• Process optimisation.
• Engineering innovation.

Experience

• Significant Engineering Management experience within Offshore Wind, Power Generation, Utilities, Oil & Gas or other heavy industrial environments.
• Experience in leading multidiscipline engineering teams.
• Proven track record of managing maintenance strategies for critical assets.
• Strong Knowledge of turbine operations and engineering systems.
• Experience using Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (SAP PM, IBM Maximo, or equivalent)
• Budget management and commercial awareness.
• Contractor and OEM management experience.
• Strong understanding of UK engineering legislation and offshore safety requirements.

Qualifications

• Degree (Beng/BSc) in Mechanical, Electrical, Marine or Renewable Energy Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or actively working towards professional registration with a recognized engineering institution.
• Full UK Driving License.

Desirable:

• AP/SAP High Voltage Authorisation.
• GWO Basic Safety Training
• NEBOSH General Certificate.
• IOSH Managing Safety.
• PRINCE2 or equivalent Project Management qualification.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
• Asset Management or Reliability Engineering certification.

If you wish to make a big impact in renewables and being involved in this innovative project do not hesitate to apply.

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