Asset Manager - South France

Nadara; Poitiers; Hybride; EUR 50 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A renewable energy company in France is seeking an Asset Manager to lead the Asset Management team. The role involves ensuring wind farms' performance and compliance with safety and quality standards while driving profitability. The ideal candidate has a strong background in Mechanical, Electrical or Renewable Energy engineering with at least 5 years of experience in the renewables industry. Strong commercial acumen and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Min 5 years experience in the renewables sector is essential.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a diverse team.
• Proven track record in achieving technical and financial performance targets.

Responsabilités

• Oversee the performance of the Area Asset Management team.
• Ensure compliance with HSEQ standards and regulations.
• Drive commercial performance and maximize profit.
• Manage contractor audits and ensure contract governance.
• Produce monthly operational reports on Asset performance.

Connaissances

Strong commercial focus

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to effectively line manage a remote team

HSEQ culture knowledge

Scheduling and planning skills

Experience in HV/LV electrical plant maintenance

Commercial and financial knowledge

Personal fitness for climbing wind turbines

Formation

Strong educational background in Mechanical, Electrical or Renewable Energy engineering

Min 5 years experience working within the Renewables Industry

Project Management skills and experience

Leadership and team management skills

Description du poste

Overview

R0001350 Asset Manager - South France (Open)

Nadara. We work harmoniously with the power of nature and the communities around us to power lifetimes to come. We call our approach ‘living energy’.

We don’t just produce renewable energy, we live it – recognising our relationship with the people touched by our business and supporting social, educational, cultural, and environmental initiatives that contribute to the development of the communities we work alongside.

Nadara is an innovative place to work. We work in a stimulating and challenging environment, where every day we explore the unknown with curiosity, make decisions with quality and take action and deliver with courage. For us diversity is a real value, and we encourage in connecting different perspectives with respect.

Discover more about our business here: https://nadara.com/about/

Discover more about our culture and approach here: https://nadara.com/living-the-company/

Job Description Summary

As a pivotal member of the Asset Management Team reporting to the Portfolio manager of the country, you will assume line management responsibility for an Area Asset Management team. Accountable for the supervision, management, and performance delivery of your assigned Area, you will represent the Company interests, engaging with various internal and external stakeholders, focusing on profitability.

The role can be based near Bourges or Poitiers.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

HSEQ

• Take responsibility for safety in your Area, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Oversee Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental standards across the wind farm portfolio.
• Manage the team to ensure adequate site inductions and necessary competencies for all personnel.
• Implement Safety Rules and health and safety management systems across wind farms.
• Conduct regular audits of contractors on site for compliance.
• Document safety incidents promptly and conduct investigations with recommendations.
• Lead emergency planning with regular exercises to prove effectiveness.

Commercial

• Accountable for delivering works within a defined budget while maximizing profit.
• Drive commercial performance of wind farms, reducing operational expenditures.
• Ensure identification and correction of underperformance, collaborating with key contractors.
• Operate the plant within the allocated area portfolio with a focus on increased profitability.
• Generate accurate annual budgets for Operating and Capital expenditures.
• Review budgets regularly, providing reforecasting costs at regular intervals.
• Focus on performance improvements to enhance Assets profitability without compromising safety or quality.

Technical

• Ensure wind farms operate to Best Practice, focusing on technical availability for maximum generation.
• Identify and mitigate risks that could impact performance targets.
• Conduct regular checks and inspections on contractors for safe and high-quality activities.
• Coordinate main component exchanges safely and efficiently, minimizing the impact of lost generation.
• Investigate major outages to develop lessons learned for prevention.

Management

• Ensure the team manages all contractors to deliver high performance.
• Implement scheduled work plans, maximizing generation for each Asset.
• Ensure activities of all contractors align with contracts and are completed safely.
• Maintain good working relationships with key stakeholders through regular communication.
• Conduct regular contractor audits to ensure governance against contract deliverables.
• Review and discuss performance management with contractors, highlighting improvement areas.
• Procure works in line with company procedures, ensuring timely payment of invoices.
• Project manage works on-site to ensure timely and budgeted completion with minimal impact on performance.
• Conduct regular meeting with contractors at area level.

Reporting

• Produce operational monthly reports detailing Asset Management activities and performance.
• Collaborate with Operational Analysts to address turbine performance issues.
• Generate written business cases to support initiatives.

On-Call Responsibilities

• Be available for site attendance outside of regular working hours for emergency.

Competences, Behaviours, Skills, Qualification And Travel Requirements

Technical and cross Competences

• Strong commercial focus, optimizing the commercial performance of wind farms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively line manage a remote team, appraising and developing skillsets.
• Excellent HSEQ culture with knowledge of legislations and regulations on operating wind farms.
• Strong scheduling and planning skills for timely task completion.
• Previous experience in the operation and maintenance of HV/LV electrical plant.
• Excellent commercial and financial knowledge, responsible for P&L budgets across multiple wind farms.
• Good level of personal fitness for safe climbing of wind turbines.

Managerial Skills And Behaviours

• Lead a team of Site Managers across a regional wind farm portfolio, undertaking all necessary line management duties.
• Provide development analysis and support through coaching and mentoring.
• Ensure the team achieves technical and financial performance targets, implementing action plans for areas of underperformance.
• Regularly engage in performance dialogue and feedback with the team.
• Ensure Site Managers remain trained in first aid, working at height, and other mandatory training.

Education And Qualifications

• Strong educational background in Mechanical, Electrical or Renewable Energy engineering
• Min 5 years experience working within the Renewables Industry
• Project Management skills and experience
• Leadership and team management skills

Travel Requirements

Travel within dedicated area and also within the wider region to attend contractor and internal team meetings

Location

France - Home

Time Type

Full time

Worker Subtype

Regular