Foundations Package Lead

Frazer-Nash Consultancy; Irlam; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday

Private healthcare

Company pension

Professional development

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Rail ticket loan

Job summary

Frazer-Nash Consultancy is seeking a Foundations Package Lead to drive the design and delivery of offshore wind foundation packages across development projects. The role requires leading technical scopes, procurement support, and supplier management in a hybrid UK-working environment.

The ideal candidate will have an engineering degree, Chartered Engineer status, and extensive offshore wind experience, with strong HSEQ and stakeholder-management skills.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or related field.
• Chartered Engineer status preferred.
• Experience leading foundation packages in offshore wind.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the Foundations Design package for fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind projects in development phase.
• Define, analyze and execute technical scopes of work for the foundation package.
• Provide procurement support including tender preparation and evaluation.
• Manage suppliers and interfaces with other packages.
• Identify and manage technical risks for projects.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations and HSEQ guidelines.

Skills

Offshore wind

Project management

HSEQ awareness

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Foundations Package Lead

Role: Foundations Package Lead

Salary range: £60,000–£75,000 per annum depending on experience

Location: Any UK office

Working Pattern: We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home.

Closing date: 18th September. We encourage early applications, as vacancies may close once we receive sufficient applications.

Frazer-Nash’s large renewable energy team is a community of engineers who are committed to contributing to the growth of the offshore wind industry, in particular holding a leading position supporting the delivery of offshore floating WTG technology worldwide. We provide support across the project lifecycle, delivering cutting‑edge research on wind farm technology challenges combined with commercial project support to WTG OEMs, foundation designers and developers. Our delivery approach is fully centred on understanding our client’s problems and providing bespoke solutions for some of the key issues facing the offshore wind industry today.

To complement our market leading position in technology development and understanding, we are actively seeking to increase our engagement in the early stages of a project. We are committed to investing in, and building, our capability around early phase developer support to take increased responsibility for specific packages of work. Specifically, we are looking for an experienced candidate to work with our world leading technical teams in floating offshore foundations and help expand our offering to a wider client base. We welcome applications from candidates with significant experience in a foundation package in the early development phase of an offshore wind project. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the growth of our early phase developer support. The candidate will support two core functions. Firstly, the candidate will lead and support existing technical services to our clients. And secondly, they will be a person of influence, helping to shape and define new service offerings, collaborating with colleagues from across the company to deliver success.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the Foundations Design package for fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind projects in development phase.


• Lead the definition, analysis and execution of technical scopes of work for the foundation package.


• Procurement support, including tender preparation and evaluation.


• Management of suppliers.


• Support identification and management of technical risks for the projects.


• Interface management with other packages.


• Ensure compliance with industry regulations and HSEQ guidelines and standards.

Skills And Attributes

• Extensive direct experience working in the offshore wind industry as package manager/lead or project manager to a developer, foundation designer or WTG OEM in the early project or design phase of an offshore wind project.


• Strong technical knowledge of floating foundations for offshore wind projects.


• Strong commercial awareness, including supplier and contract management.


• Strong HSEQ awareness for offshore wind projects.


• Excellent communication skills, with previous track record in developing and managing relationships with multiple stakeholders within the offshore wind industry.


• A degree in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics or related discipline.


• A strong team player with a willingness to create the new and different.


• Chartered Engineer status.

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer‑Nash Consultancy undertakes, candidates will be required to undergo pre‑employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Benefits

We provide our people with an excellent benefit and offering package that comprises:

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews


• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.


• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.


• Happy to talk flexible working


• Enhanced parental benefits


• Company pension scheme


• Targeted professional development


• Life assurance


• Private healthcare membership


• Bonus scheme linked into company performance


• Paid membership fees to a professional institution


• Support in attaining professional membership


• Cycle to work scheme


• Season rail ticket loan


• And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements