Project Manager Offshore

-; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading renewable energy company is seeking to hire an Operations Manager to lead O&M services for offshore assets. The role is critical for ensuring safety and contractual adherence on projects. Responsibilities include managing budgets, preparing documentation, overseeing site work, and being the main point of contact for clients. The ideal candidate will have a background in instrumentation engineering, excellent project management skills, and a strong commitment to safety practices.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Flexible working hours

25 days holiday with options to buy/sell additional days

Enhanced family leave

Four volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Experience of working in multidiscipline teams.
• Experience of the wind industry.
• Experience offshore is desirable.
• Experience working at height and lifting operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver O&M services to offshore renewable energy assets.
• Support the Offshore team in operation and maintenance services.
• Prepare budgets and contract variations.
• Produce and review Risk Assessments and Method Statements.

Skills

Excellent attitude to safety

Project Management

Technical capability for the evaluation of complex equipment

Ability to work alone and as part of a team

Capable of working offshore and at height

Physically fit

Ability to use Microsoft Office

Education

HND in Instrumentation Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Description

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 additional days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year so you can make an impact somewhere else.

Job Purpose

Reporting to an Operations Manager, the primary responsibility of the role is to lead and deliver O&M services to offshore renewable energy assets. Principal services include work on meteorological masts and wind turbine foundations, and to also support on OFTO assets including onshore and offshore substations and export cables. Core assets are located in the North-West and East coasts of England, but services may also be delivered in other locations. We ensure that these services are delivered safely and in accordance with contractual standards and specifications.

Organisational Context

You will be the focal point for project delivery and responsible for the planning and delivery of the day-to-day activities required to provide the agreed services. This is a client facing role and requires regular communication with RES\' clients 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.

Accountabilities

Support the Offshore team in the delivery of operation and maintenance services, including but not limited to:

• Handling the onshore and offshore scheduled work (planning and delivery phases)
• Preparing budgets and contract variations, tracking budgets and invoicing
• Producing and reviewing Risk Assessments and Method Statements
• Creation of reports to issue to client
• Procurement of 3rd party services, tools and equipment
• Leading and/or carrying out work on site including:
• Inspection and planned maintenance of onshore and offshore assets
• Reactive maintenance of electrical and mechanical elements

Competency and skills to:

• Project manage planned and reactive offshore activities
• Lead an onshore/offshore team in the execution of the work
• Plan maintenance services involving difficult access
• Ability to maintain and fault find within data logging and communication systems

On-Call: You may be expected to participate in a call out rota to provide emergency response outside of 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
• Assist with the management & control of both client owned and Offshore department tools, equipment and PPE

Knowledge

• Good knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation
• Experience with data logging and communication systems (desirable)
• LV & mechanical fault-finding and analysis
• Knowledge of wind turbines and related equipment (desirable)
• Knowledge of balance of plant applicable to offshore wind farms
• Knowledge of HV systems (desirable)
• Knowledge of HV safety rules (desirable)
• Awareness of working at height
• Awareness of working within confined spaces (desirable)

Skills

• Excellent attitude to safety
• Project Management
• Technical capability for the evaluation of complex equipment
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• 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

• Experience of working in multidiscipline teams
• Experience of the wind industry
• Experience of transmission systems (desirable)
• Experience offshore (desirable)
• Experience working at height and lifting operations

Qualifications

• An HND in Instrumentation Engineering, or equivalent qualification, 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

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