O&M Offshore Technician

RES; Kings Langley; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension schemes

Flexible working

Private healthcare

Discounted green travel

25 days holiday (buy/sell)

Enhanced family leave

Volunteering days

Job summary

RES in the United Kingdom is seeking an O&M Offshore Technician to deliver operation and maintenance services across onshore and offshore wind assets. You will report to an Operations Manager and perform electrical and mechanical tasks, inspections and retrofits, coordinating site works with internal teams and contractors.

You must be comfortable working offshore, at height and in confined spaces; NVQ3 or equivalent is required, with GWO training and rigging qualifications desirable.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation.
• Experience with data logging and communications systems.
• LV & mechanical fault-finding and analysis.
• Knowledge of wind turbines and related equipment.
• Knowledge of balance of plant for offshore wind farms.
• Knowledge of HV systems and HV safety rules.
• Awareness of working at height and confined space.
• Excellent safety attitude and site management.
• Ability to work offshore and at height.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Deliver onshore and offshore operation and maintenance services.
• Inspect and perform planned maintenance and retrofits.
• Coordinate site works and manage contractor performance.
• Produce risk assessments and method statements.
• Ensure compliance with safety rules and contractual requirements.

Skills

UK Health & Safety legislation

Data logging

Communication systems

LV & mechanical fault-finding

Wind turbines knowledge

Balance of plant knowledge

HV systems knowledge

HV safety rules

Working at height

Confined space awareness

Site management

Offshore capability

Physical fitness

MS Office

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent (mechanical or electrical)

Tools

GWO Training

IRATA / Rigging (desirable)

Full driving licence

Job description

Description

Job Title O&M Offshore Technician

Reporting to Operations Manager

Location Home based or site based

Hours Full Time Permanent, 40 hours per week

Do you want to work to make Power for Good?

We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We're driven by a simple yet powerful vision: to

create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy.

We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the

world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why

we continually invest in them.

RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people,

no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact,

the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow

personally and professionally.

Our competitive package offers rewards and benefits including pension schemes, flexible working, and top-down

emphasis on better work-life balance. We also offer private healthcare, discounted green travel, 25 days holiday

with options to buy/sell days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year so you can make a

difference somewhere else.

Job Purpose

Reporting to an Operations Manager, the primary responsibility of the role is to deliver O&M services to offshore

renewable energy assets. Assets include offshore meteorological masts, wind turbines, offshore transmission assets

including onshore and offshore substations, foundations and subsea cables. The Technician role is to ensure that

these services are delivered safely, on time, and in accordance with contractual requirements, standards and

specifications.

Organisational Context

You will be part of a team and responsible for the delivery of the onshore and/or offshore site day to day activities

required to be delivered under the O&M contract/s or as additional services. This role is likely to requires regular

communication with internal technicians and external contractors. You will work closely with the Offshore and UK&I

O&M teams as well as other RES departments including HSE, Technical and Engineering.

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery of operation and maintenance services, including but not limited to:
• Delivery the onshore and offshore electrical & mechanical work.

• Inspection and planned maintenance of onshore and offshore assets.
• Reactive maintenance – depending on the type of fault, reactive maintenance mayrequire onshore and/or offshore site visits at short notice.
• Housekeeping.

• Delivery of retrofits.
• Coordination of the site works including monitoring of RES's contraction performance.
• Producing Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
• Compliance with site safety rules including escalation and reporting of any safety.

environmental and operational issues.

• Inspection and maintenance of RES's tools, equipment and PPE.
• Provision of relevant information for reports to issue to client.
• Competency and skills to:
• Deliver planned and reactive offshore activities.
• Work effectively alone and as part of a team.
• Maintain complex system involving difficult access.
• On-Call: depending on your knowledge and experience, you may be expected to participate in a call.

out rota to provide emergency response outside of normal working hours.

• Due to the nature of the offshore environment the role requires a flexible approach to the working.

days and hours requiring working outside normal working hours.

• The role also includes the following department responsibilities:
• Support the production and review of procedures, processes and technical literature.
• Draft and/or provide inputs into proposals and related cost books.

Knowledge Skills

• Good knowledge of UK Health & Safety

legislation.

• Experience with data logging and

communication systems.

• LV & mechanical fault-finding and analysis.
• Knowledge of wind turbines and related

equipment.

• Knowledge of balance of plant applicable to

offshore wind farms.

• Knowledge of HV systems.
• Knowledge of HV safety rules.
• Awareness of working at height and within a

confined space.

• Excellent attitude to safety.
• Site Management.
• Technical capability for the evaluation of

complex equipment.

• Capable of working offshore and at height.
• Physically fit, the role will require

climbing/transferring to offshore

structures.

• Ability to use Microsoft Office (Outlook,)

Word and Excel).

Experience Qualifications

• Experience of working in multidiscipline

teams.

• Experience in mechanical, electrical, power

electronics, and hydraulic maintenance

activities and troubleshooting.

• Experience of the wind industry.
• Experience offshore working.
• Experience of transmission systems.
• Experience working at height (desirable).
• An NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification in

mechanical or electrical engineering, but

background in technical discipline.

• GWO Training (desirable, however full)

training will be given.

• IRATA or rigging qualification (desirable).
• Hold a full driving licence.

At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants

with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex

problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including

the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression,

disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.