Offshore Operations Engineering & Execution Manager

Scottish and Southern Energy; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car / car allowance

Performance bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

SSE Renewables is seeking an Offshore Operational Engineering & Execution Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team in delivering safe, reliable, and efficient offshore wind operations. You will drive governance, asset integrity and maintenance strategies while coordinating major intervention programmes across multiple sites.

You will oversee technological governance, risk management and cyber-security considerations, and you will influence investment and engineering strategy with key

Qualifications

• Significant engineering and project management leadership experience within offshore wind, utilities or asset-intensive environments.
• Strong knowledge of offshore wind operations, maintenance delivery and asset integrity management.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering governance, technical assurance and asset integrity across offshore wind assets.
• Oversee maintenance strategy development, reliability-centred maintenance and life-extension activities.
• Deliver end-to-end offshore works and major maintenance or capital intervention programmes.
• Manage budgets, supplier relationships and senior stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Offshore wind operations

Project management

Asset integrity management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations or sites: Glasgow, Perth, Montrose, Wick, Lowestoft whilst other SSER locations can be considered.Salary: 68,100 - 102,100 + car /car allowance - if applicable + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options availableThe roleAt SSE Renewables, we're delivering the clean energy infrastructure needed to power a net zero future. As our Offshore Operational Engineering & Execution Manager, you'll play a critical leadership role in ensuring the safe, reliable and efficient performance of one of the UK's most important offshore wind portfolios. Reporting to the Head of Operations & Maintenance, you'll lead a multi-disciplinary engineering function responsible for engineering governance, asset integrity, maintenance strategy, technical assurance and the execution of major
offshore maintenance and intervention programmes. You'll work across multiple technologies, suppliers and ownership structures, helping maximise asset performance while managing risk, cost and operational resilience.This is a highly influential leadership role, combining strategic engineering oversight with hands-on delivery, stakeholder management and operational decision-making across SSE's offshore wind assets.You willLead engineering governance, technical assurance and asset integrity management across SSE's offshore wind portfolio, ensuring risks are identified, assessed and managed effectively across electrical, mechanical, C&I/SCADA and offshore structures disciplines. Develop and optimise maintenance and intervention strategies through asset integrity assessments, reliability-centred maintenance, root cause analysis, failure trend analysis, asset life extension and obsolescence management activities. Oversee the delivery of specialist, fleet-wide and major intervention programmes,
including cable repairs, major component exchanges, subsea inspection programmes and other critical engineering activities through a team of Engineering Managers and Technical Project Managers. Act as Operational Technology System Owner for the offshore portfolio, ensuring the safe, secure and resilient operation of SCADA, control, communications and cyber-security systems while maintaining compliance with NIS, Cyber Assessment Framework and SSE OT standards.Lead, develop and inspire a geographically dispersed engineering team, fostering a strong safety culture while supporting capability development, succession planning, operational excellence and continuous improvement.You haveSignificant engineering and project management leadership experience within offshore wind, power generation, utilities, energy infrastructure or another complex asset-intensive environment.Strong knowledge of offshore wind operations and assets, maintenance delivery, asset integrity management, reliability
improvement and maintenance optimisation across multiple technologies and suppliers.Expertise in engineering governance, technical risk management, operational decision-making and the safe delivery.Experience of delivering end to end project management of offshore works and major maintenance or capital intervention programmes.Experience managing significant operational and capital budgets, leading supplier and contractor relationships, developing business cases and influencing senior stakeholders on investment and engineering strategy. About SSESSE's purpose is to be restless every day until we make electricity clean, affordable and available for all.We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. This includes electricity transmission and distribution networks, onshore and offshore wind farms, hydro-electric power and flexible thermal generation. We also provide products and services for businesses