Windfarm Control Room Operator - Offshore Wind

Ørsted; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Ørsted’s Power Control team in the UK, where you’ll ensure the safe operation of offshore wind generation assets while adhering to QHSE standards. This role requires an electrical background, experience in power generation, and proficiency in SCADA applications, making it essential for operational excellence within a safety-first culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in power generation operations.
• Knowledge of REMIT and Grid Code regulations.
• Background as an electrician or electrical engineer.

Responsibilities

• Safely operate offshore wind generation assets adhering to QHSE standards.
• Execute control point tasks including wind turbine control and regulatory reporting.
• Support HV execution teams and manage customer queries.

Skills

Communication

Technical Knowledge

Safety adherence

Education

Electrical Engineering

Tools

SCADA applications

Control systems

Job description

Join us in this role where you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the power control team, ensuring adherence to QHSE standards and regulatory requirements. You will play a crucial role in operating our Generation Assets, gaining and holding specialist technical knowledge, and ensuring the safe execution of power control operations.

Welcome to the Generation team in the UK West region
You’ll be part of Power Control where you, together with your colleagues, will ensure the highest standards of safety and performance in power control operations.

As a team, we foster a proactive safety-first culture and collaborate effectively to achieve our operational goals.

You’ll play an important role in:

• safely operating all of our offshore wind generation assets, adhering to QHSE standards and contractual/regulatory requirements
• ensuring execution of control point tasks including wind turbine generator and windfarm control, power regulation, alarm handling and regulatory reporting
• supporting our HV execution teams by providing HV Control support (training and authorisation will be provided)
• manage customer and regulatory queries, ensuring they are answered within operational timescales
• gain and utilise specialist technical knowledge across regions and platforms to perform your operational tasks.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have experience in, or knowledge of power generation
• have an electrical background, for example, as an electrician/electrical engineer
• have experience operating SCADA applications and using control systems
• have knowledge of REMIT and Grid Code regulations
• have knowledge of control point services, alarm handling processes, and electrical safety rules
• possess excellent communication skills and are fluent in spoken and written English

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [e-mail].

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.