SOV Manager

RWE AG; Tendring; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading renewable energy company is seeking an SOV Manager to oversee offshore wind farm servicing. The role requires strong leadership and operational management skills with responsibilities across vessel readiness, safety adherence, and performance monitoring. Travel to various UK and European sites is expected. Ideal candidates will have a higher education background or significant offshore wind experience.

Benefits

Annual leave + Bank Holidays

Up to 15% Pension

Bonus

Life insurance

Family medical care

Cycle to work

Eye Test/Flu Jab Vouchers

Enhanced family leave

Qualifications

• Ability to lead a local team of resources and manage demands from the project.
• Experience managing operational and/or vessel operations on Offshore Wind Farms.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively work with vessel operator and teams to ensure vessel readiness.
• Ensure adherence to HSE requirements and report near misses.
• Monitor vessel performance against key metrics.

Skills

Skilled coordination and leadership abilities

Proficient communication skills

Thorough understanding of offshore operational practices

Education

Higher education qualification or offshore wind industry experience

Job description

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Harwich (Galloper Windfarm), ESS, GB, CO12 4gd Lowestoft, SFK, GB, NR32 1BY

RWE Renewables UK Management Ltd.

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Operations & Maintenance

Fleet Servicing is an established team within the Offshore Operations Fleet Management & Support team that is responsible for the annual servicing of Wind Turbines at Nordsee-Ost, Kaskasi, Greater Gabbard and London Array from an SOV along with supporting HV operations and troubleshooting over the winter months as required.

The SOV Manager will report to the Fleet Servicing Operations Manager and has primary responsibility for the day to day management of the Fleet Servicing SOV and the associated vessel-based resources to safely and efficiently deliver WTG scheduled service at Nordsee-Ost, Kaskasi, Greater Gabbard and London Array during the summer period and troubleshooting in the winter months. The role includes management of the resource’s resident on the SOV and will be supported by a Works Coordinator and Senior Technician who will deputise for the lead during the overnight operations. The SOV Manager will work with the wider Fleet Servicing shore based team to ensure that the team business objectives are identified, prioritised and supported.

The SOV sails every 14 days from ports in the UK and Germany, significant travel and UK working permits/visas will required for this role.

About the role

• Collaboratively work with the vessel operator, fleet servicing, marine and logistics and site operational teams to ensure the vessel is ready for charter and turbine servicing including the preparation of necessary procedures and processes
• Ensuring all RWE HSE requirements are adhered to. Reporting of vessel and servicing near misses/observations. Implementation of safety improvements, safety briefings to all teams located on board the vessel, feedback of actions to vessel and wider teams
• Responsible for determining the vessel priorities and communicating these in a timely manner to the SOV crew, shore based fleet servicing team, operational sites and control room teams
• Establishing and coordinating daily communications structures, line management for RWE vessel-based personnel, managing offshore personnel issues, managing office/stores/workshop allocations, ensuring the team have the correct skills to fulfill the designated tasks
• Day to day contract management of a team of contractor resources required to complete the WTG servicing
• Monitoring of vessel performance and servicing schedules against key metrics and reporting accordingly. Working with vessel, project and site operational team to identify and implement improvements in vessel and turbine operational procedures
• Agreeing port call times and durations with vessel team, shore based teams and Control Rooms, communicating same to all stakeholders, ensuring that port call activities are planned and implemented to mitigate risk of vessel delay
• Updating RWE systems used for servicing data collection and verification to include, but not limited to SAP, Alarm Management System and Data Validation Tool

Job requirements and experience

• Skilled coordination and leadership abilities, highly motivated and resourceful
• Proficient communication skills, able to communicate effectively within a team
• The capability to work within a team, to lead a local team of resources, and to manage demands from the project
• A thorough understanding of offshore operational practices and WTG servicing
• Have managed operational and/or vessel operations on Offshore Wind Farms
• A higher education qualification or experience working within the offshore wind industry

Advantageous, but not essential

• High level safety qualifications such as NEBOSH
• Annual leave + Bank Holidays are built in to shift rotations
• Up to 15% Pension
• Bonus
• Life insurance
• Family medical care
• Cycle to work
• Eye Test/Flu Jab Vouchers
• Enhanced family leave

There will be an expectation to travel to sites outside of your base location (including Europe/Overseas) which may involve overnight stays. As travel will depart from various UK sites, you may be based anywhere in the UK, provided you can reach the port in time for travel days.

Apply with just a few clicks: ad code 91124, application period: 18/11/2025. Any questions? Contact HR: Marie Bennell, [e-mail] #LI-MB1

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