O&M Field Manager (Battery Storage)

Energy Vault; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in renewable energy seeks an O&M Field Manager in London. The role involves overseeing contractor management, ensuring compliance with safety policies, and facilitating operations for a pioneering battery energy storage system platform, all while contributing to the growth of renewable energy solutions.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a relevant field.
• BESS experience (Chinese Manufacturer/OEM preferred).
• Contractor Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Management and scheduling of contractors across Masdar’s BESS assets.
• Interface between Asset Management/Ops Control Room and O&M Contractors.
• Responsible for site access management and conducting safety audits.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Proactive mindset

Education

Degree or HND technical qualification (preferably electrical/electronic) or equivalent experience

IOSH certificate/diploma or NEBOSH general certificate

Job description

Company Description

Masdar is the UAE’s clean energy champion and one of the largest companies of its kind in the world, advancing the development and deployment of renewable energy and green hydrogen technologies to address global sustainability challenges. Established in 2006, Masdar is today active in over 40 countries, helping them to achieve their clean energy objectives and advance sustainable development.

Masdar is jointly owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), and under this ownership the company is targeting a renewable energy portfolio capacity of at least 100 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 and an annual green hydrogen production capacity of up to 1 million tonnes by the same year.

Job Description

Purpose for the role:

The O&M Field Manager will serve as the key interface between Masdar Asset Management, Masdar HSQE, the Masdar Control Room, and our O&M Contractors. This role is crucial for ensuring the smooth operation and maintenance of Masdar’s BESS platform. Masdar’s BESS platform is set have its first site go operational by Q3 2025. Initially the scheduled/reactive maintenance of the battery will be outsourced with a view to eventually build that resource in-house.

O&M Contractor Management:

• Management and scheduling of the following contractors across Masdar’s BESS assets:

1. o BESS OEM
2. o BoP O&M contractor
3. o Security contractor
4. o Landscaping contractor

• Ensures scheduled maintenance is carried out as per plan.
• Holds monthly review meetings with each contractor.
• Ensures reporting/logging of all maintenance/visits is done into Masdar Database

Interface between Masdar and key O&M Contractors

• Interface between Asset Management/Ops Control Room and O&M Contractors.
• Works with Control Room to ensure all maintenance issues are closed down by liaising/chasing the BESS O&M team.
• Responsible for maintenance scheduling and interfacing outages with Control Room/Optimiser
• (works with all stakeholders to minimise availability downtime).
• Masdar’s onsite presence when contractors attend site for works/inspections.

Site Access Management and Safety:

• Controls Site Access Management
• Maintains Approved/Inducted Contractor Database
• Evaluates Contractor Site Access Requests and RAMS Maintains BESS HSQE Database, ensuring contractors enter all necessary incidences.
• Enforces Masdar HQSE Policy and performs site/contractor audits on their SSoW/SMS as per guidance.
• Ensures all contractors and site visitors adhere to our Cyber Security Policy when onsite.
• Participate (when requested) in QHSE works, audits, office inductions, incident reporting and review of QHSE performances as applicable

Site Governance:

• Responsible for regular owner site inspections and maintenance of logs and associated action trackers.
• Responsible for organising and running any site visits.
• Responsible for stores management and spare parts.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree or HND technical qualification (preferably electrical/electronic) or equivalent experience
• IOSH certificate/diploma or NEBOSH general certificate

Preferred Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in a relevant field
• BESS (Chinese Manufacturer/OEM preferred) experience
• Contractor Management experience
• Commercial and technical awareness
• H&S Auditing experience
• Detailed working knowledge of SSoW’s
• Experience working with NGET/DNO
• Experience with High Voltage substations an advantage

Job-Specific Skills:

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Proactive mindset with a passion for renewable energy and sustainability.
• A team player
• Attention to detail

Additional Information

Masdar is one of the world’s fastest growing renewable energy companies and a green hydrogen leader, placing the UAE at the forefront of the energy transition.

As a pioneer in advancing the clean energy sector and a key enabler of the UAE’s vision as a global leader in sustainability and climate action, Masdar has developed projects in more than 40 countries across six continents and has invested, or committed to invest, in worldwide projects with a combined value of more than US$30 billion.

Masdar unites the UAE’s three energy champions – Mubadala, ADNOC and TAQA – and will utilize their combined expertise to fulfill its purpose as a global clean energy pioneer across renewables and green hydrogen.

Promoting innovation in solar, wind, energy storage, waste-to-energy, and geothermal energy, Masdar has a proven record of delivering pioneeringprojects using cutting-edge clean energy technologies, that are commercially viable and bankable.

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