Wind Energy Field Operations Lead

TIC Solutions; Quebec; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP matching

Tuition grants

Discounted fitness memberships

Insurance offerings

Job summary

Acuren Wind is seeking an Operations Field Specialist to support client sites in Quebec. You will help establish safety practices, monitor schedules, and coordinate with contracts and health & safety teams to ensure cost-effective, high-quality field operations on wind projects.

You will work closely with the Construction Manager to align on objectives, drive customer loyalty, and maintain standards across installation activities while traveling to multiple project sites as required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in wind/renewables, energy, industrial or civil construction
• 1-2 years of experience as Field Engineer, project lead, or Project Manager, experience preferably in a related service, industrial or manufacturing setting
• Bilingual in French/English is considered a strong asset.
• Proficiency in contractor / subcontractor FE management, including mobilization / demobilization, pre-qualification requirements and post-work assessment
• Experience in conducting Inspections and Site Audits. Previous technical knowledge of wind turbine construction and/or operation
• Must have a valid driver’s license and ability to travel, sometimes extensively, between project sites on short notice
• Strong PC computer skills (MS Office) required, MS Office - Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Primavera Project Management preferred. SAP knowledge highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Help to define site level safety practices and protocol in alignment with organizational standards.
• Lead by example by following safety procedures and behaviors.
• Champions the journey to an incident, injury and illness free culture and environment.
• Maintains close partnership with the Health, Safety and Environment department.
• Monitors project schedule, documenting any delays that could potentially affect schedule and/or project milestones.
• Works with Contracts department to ensure any cost overruns are correctly documented and back charged to applicable contractor.
• Utilizes various project software including Procore, Microsoft Excel and SAP to continuously monitor and record site progress, project schedule changes and submit daily forecasts to customer and subcontractors to effectively coordinate site operations.
• Establishes and maintains highly effective relationships with the customer, BOP Contractor, Subcontractors, and internal partners.
• Pursues "ambassador" status with customer(s) to maintain a site that is focused on customer loyalty excellence.
• Demonstrates basic understanding of wind turbine technology and work practices to help drive efficient cost management.
• Audits installation and commissioning technician progress and provides suggestions for improvements.
• Reviews and validates all quality documentation, and site-based change orders.
• Prepares documentation and backup package for CM and PM.
• Communicates any quality documentation deficiencies with BOP contractor as needed.
• Ensures site data is updated and processed in a timely manner in the appropriate information system for reporting and tracking purposes including summary of construction progress.
• Works with construction management team to submit and upload project milestone certifications.
• Responsible for installation quality, auditing each phase of turbine build and establishing the standard with the contractor / crews.
• Continuously monitors quality to the established standard, ay deviations to standard are documented in punch list.
• Evaluates workmanship, results, tooling, and leadership of installation crews, provides feedback and documentation to CM and procurement.
• Inspects work during construction to ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
• Represents clients values and champions high standards of performance.
• Coaches, mentors and develops technicians

Job description

Acuren Wind is seeking an Operations Field Specialist to support client sites in Quebec. You will help establish safety practices, monitor schedules, and coordinate with contracts and health & safety teams to ensure cost-effective, high-quality field operations on wind projects.

You will work closely with the Construction Manager to align on objectives, drive customer loyalty, and maintain standards across installation activities while traveling to multiple project sites as required.