Operations & Maintenance Team Lead

Ørsted; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Benefits

Job summary

Ørsted in Barrow-in-Furness is hiring a Site Maintenance Team Lead to direct a team of maintenance technicians and translate site plans into safe, daily and weekly execution. You will coordinate people, vessels, tools, materials and contractors while developing your team to support reliable asset performance.

You’ll work with the Operations & Maintenance Manager, Planning, Engineering, QHSE, Remote Diagnostics, Logistics and contractors, emphasising safety, clear communication and continuous

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing teams in an operational, maintenance, engineering, utilities, or safety‑critical environment.
• Understanding safe systems of work and visible safety leadership.
• Ability to coordinate complex operational activities and balance priorities.
• Clear communication with technicians, planners, engineers, contractors, and site stakeholders.
• Experience using performance data to improve execution and asset reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the safe and effective execution and closure of planned and corrective maintenance, including documentation and escalation.
• Provide frontline and offshore safety leadership ensuring work follows safe systems and site requirements.
• Coach and develop maintenance technicians with clear objectives and regular feedback.
• Coordinate work packages, people, vessels, tools, materials, site restrictions, and contractors; oversee pre-job briefings.
• Monitor daily/weekly execution, backlog, downtime, and corrective actions; escalate risks promptly.
• Ensure accurate work management and reporting in SAP and related systems.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety leadership

Operational coordination

Stakeholder communication

SAP reporting

Education

Leadership qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Join us in this role where you’ll lead a team of maintenance technicians and turn site plans into safe, effective daily and weekly execution. You’ll coordinate people, vessels, tools, materials, and contractors, while developing your team and supporting reliable asset performance.

Welcome to Generation UK

You’ll be part of the site Operations & Maintenance team where you, together with your colleagues, will deliver planned and corrective maintenance across the assigned site. You’ll work closely with the Operations & Maintenance Manager, Planning, Engineering, QHSE, Remote Diagnostics, Logistics, and contractors. As a team, we put safety first, communicate openly, and learn from every job to improve performance together.

You’ll play an important role in:

• leading the safe and effective execution and closure of planned and corrective maintenance, including documentation, feedback, and escalation
• providing visible frontline and offshore safety leadership, ensuring work follows safe systems, Wind Turbine Safety Rules, quality standards, and site requirements
• leading, coaching, and developing maintenance technicians through clear objectives, regular feedback, competence development, wellbeing support, and succession planning
• coordinating operational readiness, including work packages, people, vessels, tools, materials, site restrictions, contractors, and pre-job briefings
• monitoring daily and weekly execution, backlog, downtime, rework, repeat defects, incidents, observations, and corrective actions, and escalating risks promptly
• ensuring accurate work management and reporting in SAP and associated operational systems, while working with Planning, Engineering, and Remote Diagnostics to improve reliability.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have experience leading and developing teams in an operational, maintenance, engineering, utilities, or similarly safety‑critical environment
• understand safe systems of work, operational compliance, and the importance of visible, consistent safety leadership
• can coordinate complex operational activities, balance competing priorities, and make sound day-to-day decisions
• communicate clearly and build effective relationships with technicians, planners, engineers, contractors, and other site stakeholders
• use performance information and operational feedback to solve problems, improve execution, and support reliable asset performance
• bring relevant technical training, a leadership qualification, or equivalent experience; offshore wind experience and NEBOSH, IOSH, or CMI training would be beneficial.

Position salary range:

72,500.00- 72,500.00 + pension + benefits

Pre‑employment screening:

All offers of employment in the UK are conditional on successful completion of a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. Further details will be given at offer stage.