Junior Drone Project Manager

WindWorkX; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Starting salary of £40,000

Bonus

Job summary

A leading renewable energy company is looking for a Junior Wind Turbine Drone Inspection Project Manager to manage inspection services for onshore and offshore wind farms. The ideal candidate will have experience in wind energy, proficiency in tools like Salesforce and Microsoft Office, and strong organizational skills. Offering a starting salary of £40,000 with a 15 days on, 13 days off schedule. Fully remote work is available for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Must be comfortable with ambiguity and fast changes.
• Must manage competing interests while maintaining a sense of urgency.
• Experience with or understanding of drones and aviation regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of inspection services for wind farms.
• Keep project management tools updated for planning and logistics.
• Generate and distribute reports to stakeholders.

Skills

Experience in wind energy and/or drones

Proficiency working in Salesforce

Excellent analytical and organizational skills

Fluency in English

Experience working with international customers

Practical experience in logistics

Fluency in other European languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree in operations, logistics, or project management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Sheets

Job description

Junior Wind Turbine Drone Inspection Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for managing delivery of inspection services, involving deployment of inspection equipment and technician(s) to onshore and offshore wind farms in the UK and EU
• Keep project management tools & software updated daily for project planning, execution and logistics
• Support colleagues on the Project Management team
• Complete administrative duties such as documentation & paperwork (daily progress reports)
• Generate and distribute reports to the project team and key stakeholders
• Coordinate, manage and support logistics, scheduling and project execution

Requirements

• Experience in wind energy and/or drones
• Proficiency working in Salesforce, Google sheets & docs and Microsoft Office, including Teams
• Must be able to handle high-level, long-term planning one moment and switch to fast-paced project execution the next
• Excellent analytical, organisational, project management, planning and communication skills; high attention to detail; consistent follow-through; a stellar team player
• Must be comfortable with ambiguity and fast, constant changes to ‘the plan’ with the ability to adapt quickly and make it seem effortless
• Must be able to manage competing interests while maintaining a sense of urgency and meet frequent short timelines, goals, and deadlines
• Provide weekend cover for European projects and possibly assist NAM projects
• Support other PMs on weekends in an emergency
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills
• Experience with or understanding of wind energy / renewables
• Practical experience utilising process control, logistics, quality, metrics tracking, or similar systems
• Experience working with international customers and cross-cultural communications
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in operations, logistics, project management, or similar
• Experience with or understanding of drones and/or aviation regulations
• Experience in, or understanding of, marine logistics
• Fluency in other European languages, preferably German or Spanish or French
• IOSH Managing Safely, or similar health and safety training

Would suit

• Wind Technician with demonstrable project management experience
• Wind resource manager looking for next challenge
• Drone pilot with management experience

Conditions

• 15 days on, 13 days off schedule between February 1 and October 31
• Fully remote work available for right candidate
• £40,000 starting salary with bonus

Seniority Level

• Not Applicable

Employment Type

• Full-time

Job Function

• Project Management

Industries

• Services for Renewable Energy and Robotics Engineering