Senior Technical Asset Manager Wind and Solar

Velto Renewables; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 85.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Velto Renewables seeks a Senior Technical Asset Manager in Madrid, Spain, to oversee technical management of wind and solar projects. This role is vital for optimizing energy production and ensuring operational excellence across more than 130 solar projects and offshore wind farms.

Candidates should have a strong background in renewable energy, exhibit excellent analytical skills, and possess advanced knowledge of asset management tools and techniques.

Formación

• Experience in renewable energy industry, particularly asset management/O&M.
• Demonstrable experience working with wind and solar assets.
• 4-10 years of relevant experience.

Responsabilidades

• Lead technical asset management for wind and solar projects.
• Monitor compliance with contractual obligations.
• Define and report technical and economic KPIs.

Conocimientos

Technical asset management

Strong analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel skills

SCADA knowledge

Proficient in English (C1/C2)

Educación

Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in Engineering or similar

Herramientas

Excel

PowerPoint

SCADA systems

Project management tools (Smartsheet, MS Project)

Descripción del empleo

Senior Technical Asset Manager (Wind & solar.)

Velto Renewables (Velto), a Pan‑European IPP backed by La Caisse (Caisse de Dépôt et Placement de Québec), is looking for a Senior Technical Asset Manager to join its team in Madrid, Spain, and work closely with the Head of Asset Management and the Portfolio Managers.

Velto owns and operates more than 130 solar photovoltaic projects in Spain and France, with a total installed capacity exceeding 607 MW. These assets generate over 936 GWh of clean energy annually, enough to power more than 266,000 homes, while avoiding over 77,000 tons of CO₂ emissions each year. Additionally, Velto provides asset management services for La Caisse’s 25% investment in London Array, one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms. Located 20 km off the coast of Kent, this 630 MW project produces over 2,300 GWh annually, preventing 287,500 tons of CO₂ emissions each year.

This role will perform technical asset management activities for offshore wind farm UK-based together with a regulated solar PV operating portfolio in Spain.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in optimizing energy production and revenues, identifying cost reduction initiatives, and ensuring the availability, transparency, and actionable use of information across both solar and wind technologies.

Responsibilities

Asset Management & Technical Oversight

• Lead technical asset management activities for the assigned wind assets, while supporting solar PV technical management activities.
• Oversee and manage the day‑to‑day relationship with Service Providers (Asset Management and O&M), ensuring full compliance with contractual obligations.
• Monitor and manage third‑party service providers (insurance providers, market agents, etc.).
• Develop a detailed understanding of SPV‑level contracts, including O&M, asset management, grid, land, and commercial agreements.
• Supervise compliance with technical, commercial, legal, and regulatory requirements.
• Review and challenge Service Provider policies, procedures, and processes to ensure contractual, procedural, and legislative compliance.
• Review monthly operational and maintenance reports, identify underperformance or contractual deviations, and define corrective actions.
• Conduct plant inspections and assess technical condition, availability, and reliability of assets.
• Monitor and oversee cybersecurity compliance related to asset operations.
• Ensure strict compliance with HSE requirements and effective claims management.

Performance, Analytics & Optimization

• Define, monitor, and report on technical and economic KPIs across wind and solar portfolios.
• Perform in‑depth performance analysis, benchmarking assets internally and externally.
• Prepare regular performance and portfolio comparison reports, highlighting value drivers, deviations, and risks.
• Identify and implement technical, operational, and contractual optimization initiatives.
• Support the evaluation of lifetime extension, repowering, and optimization options, particularly for wind assets.

OPEX & Cost‑control focus

• Lead OPEX monitoring and cost‑control activities across managed portfolios.
• Identify cost reduction opportunities while maintaining or improving asset performance and reliability.
• Monitor asset revenues and collaborate with internal stakeholders to explain variances and risks.

Stakeholder Management & Strategic Support

• Act as technical interface with key stakeholders, including O&M providers, market agents, landowners, regulatory bodies, and suppliers.
• Maintain regular interaction with UK‑based partners and customers, particularly for offshore wind assets.
• Support technical M&A activities, including due diligence, technical assessments, and integration planning.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of internal reporting frameworks and asset‑management tools.
• Strong, demonstrable understanding of wind energy technology – offshore wind preferred, onshore wind accepted with deep technical experience
• Solid understanding of solar PV technology and regulated projects (RD 413/2014 experience required)
• Good understanding of legal concepts governing Asset Management and O&M contracts
• Excellent command of written and spoken English (C1/C2 level minimum) – this role requires direct interaction with British customers, partners, and peers on a regular basis
• Excellence edge – a relentless drive for quality and continuous improvement in everything you do
• Autonomous and proactive – ability to develop own workstreams and work across many different functions
• Strong aptitude to learn complex concepts (tax rules, energy policy, financial structures, corporate structures, business models, etc.)
• Good team player with outstanding communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Highly analytical personality – comfortable extracting and analyzing large amounts of data;
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, conditional formatting, data validation) to analyze operational data and build reusable dashboards.
• PowerPoint proficiency to synthesize technical information into clear, executive‑ready presentations (narrative structure, visual clarity, speed of execution).
• Hands‑on experience with project management tools (Smartsheet, MS Project, Planner) to track schedules, milestones, and resources in O&M environments.
• Practical SCADA experience extracting and interpreting time‑series data (trends, alarms, performance curves), focused on efficiency, availability, and forecasting reports – not system administration or
• Valid driver's license

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in relevant discipline (Engineering or similar);
• Between 4 and 10 years’ experience within the renewable energy industry working in the implementation and/or asset management/O&M projects;
• Demonstrable experience working with wind assets (offshore wind farms highly appreciated);
• Demonstrable experience working with PV regulated assets;
• Technical knowledge of other renewable energy technologies is appreciated;