O&M Optimisation Specialist MV/HV Electrical

RWE; Hamburg; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RWE Offshore Wind GmbH is seeking an O&M Optimisation Specialist MV/HV to drive maintenance optimisation across HV/MV electrical equipment, substations and protective systems. You will collaborate with site engineers, suppliers and engineering functions to implement fleet-wide improvements and digitalisation initiatives.

The role requires advanced technical education and strong project management, with excellent communication and willingness to travel to offshore sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Advanced senior technical education or accomplished engineering or business studies with technology.
• Very strong project management skills and experience in international O&M projects.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management across levels and regions.

Responsibilities

• Lead optimisation activities for HV/MV electrical equipment maintenance.
• Identify and consolidate improvement actions to reduce downtime and maintenance effort.
• Develop fleet-wide maintenance databases and support digitalisation initiatives.
• Establish technical expert networks and coordinate across sites and engineering functions.
• Perform initial commercial analysis to support fleet-wide recommendations.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

English proficiency

German language (advantage)

Education

Advanced technical education or engineering/technology degree

Tools

RWE systems knowledge

Job description

RWE Offshore Wind GmbH

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Aligning with the Offshore Operations North Star - One Team, One Ambition, We Deliver Excellence - the Maintenance Optimisation team strives to bring our sites into top-quartile performance through specifying effective and efficient maintenance activities.

As O&M Optimisation Specialist MV/HV you will be working closely with our senior experts supporting maintenance optimisation activities in medium-voltage and high-voltage systems, covering wind turbine and substation switchgear, protection systems, transformers and cables. You will identify and manage O&M optimisation projects and ensure the specification, assessment and implementation of preventive and corrective maintenance best practice across the fleet collaborating with stakeholders on operational sites and within Engineering functions.

About The Role

• Lead activities to achieve optimisation of predetermined and corrective maintenance scope and execution for electrical, instrumentation & control equipment with the focus on the HV/MV apparatus, to be rolled-out and shared across fleet:
  
  
  
  • Working with sites in proactive identification of corrective actions to reduce the effort for troubleshooting by consolidating RCA insights across sites and initiation of projects to mitigate risks, reduce corrective maintenance effort and downtimes.
  
  
  • Working with site engineers and performing the assessment of value and risk impact of predetermined maintenance scope and execution optimisations in order to arrive at fleet-wide recommendations;
  
  
  • Identify and consolidate fundamental HV/MV equipment information to establish a fleet wide database and support the ambition to manage our equipment digitally;
  
  
  
  


• Establish and manage technical expert networks (TEN ) for the respective activities across the fleet, promoting the exchange of technical information and experience both internally and externally
  
  
  
  • Function as single point of contact;
  
  
  • Facilitating user-group meetings and sparring with site engineers to identify activities for scope and execution optimisation of predetermined maintenance;
  
  
  • Setting the agenda, consolidating input and transforming output of meetings into actionable measures;
  
  
  • Interfacing with Engineering Communities of Practice and Technical Performance Analysis Lead Experts to share know how and leverage synergies across a wider technical community and connecting Offshore Operations with other technical communities
  
  
  
  


• Conducting initial commercial analysis to make specific fleetwide recommendations and provide solid inputs for business case valuations incl. coordination across sites and global functions;


• Ensuring appropriate plant modification processes in alignment with Engineering and Governance functions where applicable.

Job Requirements And Experience

• Advanced senior technical education or accomplished engineering and/or business studies with technology;


• 3+ years practical on-site working experience in O&M majorly with HV/MV electrical equipment preferably in Offshore Operations;


• Very strong project management skills and demonstrated substantial experience in the management of complex international O&M projects across functions and regions;


• Ability to motivate heterogenous teams and to lead, inspire and delegate;


• Very strong stakeholder management skills especially a confident, clear and efficient communication style with all hierarchy levels as well as external stakeholders;


• Very good analytical skills and the ability to decode complex technical and commercial context quickly and transfer conclusions into operational decisions and simplified processes;


• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, German language in addition would be an advantage;


• Willingness to travel;


• Proof of necessary medical certificates for Offshore Work and necessary trainings would be an advantage;

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation, and identity.

RWE Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of RWE AG, is one of the world’s leading players in the field of offshore wind. We have more than 20 years of experience in the development, construction, and efficient operation of offshore wind farms. We currently operate 19 offshore wind farms, making us the second largest operator worldwide in terms of total capacity. We are currently building four additional wind farms with a combined capacity of nearly 4.9 GW and are developing numerous other projects.

RWE Offshore Wind tests a wide variety of new technologies in our offshore wind farms, enabling these plants to operate more efficiently and economically. In addition, we are involved in and committed to numerous programmes and initiatives that are designed to accelerate innovation in offshore wind and promote the development of new industry standards which allows you to have the freedom to act with conviction and courage as we pivot to new technologies - and continuously improve, together.

RWE is leading the way to a modern energy world. With our investment and growth strategy, we are contributing significantly to the success of the energy transition and the decarbonisation of the energy system.

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Any questions? Contact HR: Sebastian Emmelot, [e-mail], Contact Business: James Middleton