Structures Senior Engineer

Job Description

Belonging to the Operations Engineering Mechanical and Structural Team and reporting to an Operations Engineering Lead Engineer, the Structures Engineer will be responsible for defining O&M Strategies and plans, tendering (technical), negotiating (technical) and being technical lead for small-scale offshore O&M campaigns/installations including management of contractors and associated interfaces, and ensuring quality, best practices and excellent H&S performance are applied.

The individual will be working as part of a global business with activities in many countries across Europe and the rest of the world, although with a main focus on the offshore windfarm sites in Germany

Responsibilities and Functions

• Provide O&M engineering support, assistance and recommendations to ensure delivery of mid to large scale O&M works within time, to budget and quality following industry best practice and observing the maximum respect for Health, Safety and the Environment to ensure regulatory and legal compliance.
• Implement offshore standards, procedures, tools, best practices and quality requirements.
• Evaluate O&M solutions / risk levels affecting technical integrity or asset performance and give mitigation recommendations to the Lead Ops. Eng. Engineers or the Sites or the Readiness teams, to ensure that cost effective O&M solutions are identified, fully evaluated and the risk profile can be reduced appropriately by the O&M teams.
• Ensure that all assessment, advice and recommendations are fully documented in accordance with all internal procedures and industry best practice, and that sufficient technical and commercial due diligence (whether internal or external) exists to support those business decisions.
• Assist O&M teams in accordance with agreed Iberdrola business processes.
• Evaluate the best course of action for technical interventions and present the case for it to internal leads and Managers or external contractors based on the analysed asset integrity status, Electricity production and other KPIs
• Provide key and strategic advice, assessment and recommendations to the business giving input and support to the projects throughout the whole life cycle (development to decommissioning)
• Provide input on appropriate bid levels / commercial strategies and commercial agreements relative to projects. Provide key input in the preparation of investment dossiers for all funding requests for projects.

Profile/Requirements

Mandatory Skills

• Master degree in Structural, Civil or Mechanical Engineering
• IT literate with the ability to operate MS Office systems and other IT based project management software.
• Flexible to travel around Germany and overseas
• Experience of contracting, engineering design or delivery
• Experience of wind or oil and gas offshore sectors
• Good knowledge in the area of structural integrity, inspection and maintenance activities
• Good knowledge of the design of offshore structures
• Experience in operational structures
• Knowledge of the equipment commonly found in Offshore wind projects including the wind turbines.
• Direct experience of applying the H&S and environmental legislation associated with offshore operations projects

Desirable Skills

• Postgraduate experience, preferably in operation of wind farms.
• Experience in the offshore operations sector
• Knowledge of H&S and environmental legislation associated with marine/offshore operations projects
• Languages: Spanish, French, German
• Knowledge and experience of engineering contracts
• Experience of using High Voltage Electrical Safety Rules (eg. NETSO, DNO or offshore specific)

What We Offer

• Global leader in green energy: Actively contribute to the energy transition.
• Career development: Diverse training opportunities and long-term growth prospects.
• Language courses: German, English, and Spanish.
• Mobility: Subsidy for the Germany Ticket (BVG).
• Rechargeable benefit card, tax-free
• Employee discounts: Attractive offers from partners in retail, travel, and more.
• Compensation: Performance-based salary that values your contribution.

Mobility Information

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.