Production Manager Norfolk Vanguard

RWE; Lowestoft; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RWE Renewables UK Management Ltd. seeks an experienced leader to manage offshore wind operations, ensuring safety, performance and reliability. You will drive maintenance contracts, coordinate cross-functional teams and optimise generation while balancing cost and risk.

The role requires strong analytics, stakeholder management and regulatory compliance with a track record of leading multidisciplinary teams in the energy sector.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Renewable Energy or related discipline.
• Significant offshore wind operations experience.
• Experience managing OEM maintenance contracts, budgets and stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of wind turbine operations and production performance analysis.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and demonstrate safety leadership.
• Strong analytical, communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Promote safety and compliance across offshore and onshore operations.
• Deliver production and availability targets by monitoring wind farm performance.
• Act as operational owner of the OEM Service & Maintenance Agreement and drive improvements.
• Oversee the SOV-based maintenance model coordinating teams and vessel contractor.
• Improve asset reliability through data-led trend analysis and preventative maintenance.
• Represent the asset owner to OEMs, operators, regulators and internal teams with reporting.
• Manage budgets, forecasts and business cases to improve production efficiency.
• Maintain regulatory assurance and records for offshore safety, permits and audits.

Job description

RWE Renewables UK Management Ltd.

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Responsibilities

• Promote safety and compliance across offshore and onshore operations, maintaining a strong safety culture, assuring contractor adherence to agreed management systems, supporting emergency response, and leading investigations into significant incidents and near misses.
• Deliver production and availability targets by monitoring daily wind farm performance, losses and operational risks, maintaining effective operating procedures, and optimising generation while balancing safety, cost and risk.
• Act as operational owner of the OEM Service & Maintenance Agreement, managing performance across turbine availability, response and repair times, reliability, campaign delivery and safety, while verifying contractual calculations and driving improvement.
• Oversee the SOV-based maintenance model, coordinating OEM and embedded technicians, the vessel contractor, marine coordination, wind farm operations and the Central Control Room to maximise safe, productive offshore working time.
• Improve asset reliability and operational readiness through data-led trend analysis, root cause investigations, predictive and condition-based maintenance, seasonal planning, and effective management of major failures and repair campaigns.
• Represent the asset owner operationally, building effective relationships with the WTG OEM, SOV provider, Transmission Operator, regulators and internal teams, and providing clear reporting to the General Manager.
• Manage financial and commercial performance by supporting budgets and forecasts, monitoring expenditure, assessing the impact of outages and underperformance, and developing business cases that improve production efficiency and lifecycle cost.
• Maintain regulatory assurance and records, ensuring compliance with offshore safety legislation, environmental permits, grid code, marine and aviation obligations, certification requirements and audit expectations.

Job Requirements and Experience

• Degree in Engineering, Renewable Energy or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in offshore wind operations or another process industry, including responsibility for the operational performance of large renewable energy assets.
• Experience managing OEM maintenance contracts, performance-based service agreements, budgets, contractors and stakeholder relationships within complex operational environments.
• Strong knowledge of wind turbine operations, turbine availability, production performance analysis and operational risk management.
• Proven ability to lead and develop multidisciplinary operational teams, demonstrate safety leadership and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Strong analytical, communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative, results-oriented and continuous improvement mindset.

Advantageous, but not essential

• Desirable experience with SOV-based operating models and the transition from warranty to long-term operations.
• Desirable knowledge of transmission systems and offshore substations.

RWE is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment – we value your passion, your willingness to learn and your desire to thrive. Even if you don't have all the above skills, need flexible working arrangements or other adjustments not yet listed here, we'd love to hear from you.

Your Benefits

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We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation, and identity.

As a global leader, RWE Offshore Wind is shaping tomorrow's energy on the high seas. We are active across Europe, Japan and Korea. We have already 18 wind farms in operation with an installed capacity of over 3 gigawatts. With over 20 years’ experience in developing, building, operating and maintaining offshore wind farms we have established long-term partnerships, working hand in hand with local businesses and communities. Every year, we invest millions of euros in new offshore wind projects and support harbours, educational programmes, local organisations and more. Our passionate workforce is committed to driving technological and sustainable improvements, delivering construction projects on time and within budget to the highest quality and safety standards, and contributing to the energy world of tomorrow.

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