Operations Engineer WTG d/f/m - Offshore Wind

Rückbauanlage Gundremmingen; Den Helder; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

RWE Offshore Wind Netherlands B.V. is seeking an Operations Engineer WTG to join the O&M team for OranjeWind. You will ensure safe, reliable operation of WTGs, interface with the main contractor, and contribute to asset integrity and performance optimisation.

The role involves handovers, monitoring maintenance and alarms, data analysis, and collaboration across disciplines to enhance availability and reporting for offshore wind assets.

Qualifications

• Relevant technical education in mechanical, electrical, industrial, renewable or similar engineering.
• Solid understanding of turbine maintenance, monitoring data and reliability improvements.
• Experience with contractors, performance management and service/maintenance agreements.
• Experience managing handovers, punch lists and configuration management.
• Good knowledge of HSE principles and incident investigations.

Responsibilities

• Handover WTGs from construction to operations, manage punch lists.
• Act as technical interface for SMA with WTG contractor and monitor performance.
• Review planned and corrective maintenance, analyze alarms and downtime.
• Monitor turbine asset integrity and change control.
• Support root cause analysis and reliability improvements with data.
• Contribute to monthly REMIT reporting, availability forecasting and lost production analysis.
• Assist incident investigations and implement HSE improvements.
• Collaborate with site operations, HSE, engineering, commercial and central support.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Industrial engineering

Renewable energy

Python

MATLAB

Microsoft Excel

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Excel

Job description

RWE Offshore Wind Netherlands B.V. • To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Operations Engineer WTG

As Operations Engineer WTG, you will be part of our Operations & Maintenance team for the OranjeWind offshore wind farm. In this key role, you will ensure safe, reliable and efficient operation of our wind turbine generators (WTGs), acting as the technical interface between OranjeWind and the main WTG contractor. You will contribute directly to asset integrity, availability and performance optimisation, supporting RWE’s goal to significantly expand its offshore wind portfolio and help advance the energy transition.

RWE is currently constructing the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, 85 kilometres of the coast of Den Helder with a capacity of 795 MW. Featuring the latest high‑tech Vestas V236 15 MW turbines, OranjeWind will deliver first power in 2027. For the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) phase, we will deploy a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) to ensure efficient offshore logistics.

About the role

In the role of Operations Engineer WTG, you will take responsibility for the technical and operational follow‑up of the wind turbines within the offshore wind farm and ensure that contractual and technical requirements are met throughout the operational phase.

Responsibilities

• Play a leading role in the handover process of the WTGs from construction to operations, including the management and follow‑up of punch lists.
• Act as the technical interface for managing the Service & Maintenance Agreement (SMA) with the WTG main contractor, including monitoring the contractor’s performance and striving to improve service quality.
• Check progress of planned and corrective maintenance, review weekly alarm allocation sessions with the WTG main contractor, and ensure that downtime is correctly allocated and reported.
• Monitor the asset integrity of the turbines, including configuration management and change control.
• Monitor turbine alarms, failure data, maintenance logs, condition monitoring information and performance data to support root cause analysis, propose reliability improvements and align findings with the RWE V236 platform expert.
• Contribute to monthly reporting, including REMIT, availability forecasting and lost production analysis.
• Support incident investigations and the implementation of HSE improvements in line with RWE standards and procedures.
• Work in a multidisciplinary team and interact regularly with site operations, HSE, engineering, commercial and central support functions, helping to continuously improve the performance and reliability of the OranjeWind assets.

Qualifications and experience

• Relevant technical education (e.g., mechanical, electrical, industrial, renewable or similar engineering discipline) or equivalent experience in a comparable role.
• Solid understanding of turbine maintenance and monitoring data (alarms, failure records, condition monitoring and performance data) and their use in root cause analysis and reliability improvements.
• Experience in working with contractors, including performance management, fleet management and service/maintenance agreements.
• Ability to manage handovers, punch lists and configuration management in a structured and transparent way.
• Sound understanding of HSE principles and experience contributing to incident investigations and improvement actions.
• Good analytical and computational skills (MS Excel, MATLAB and Python) with the ability to translate data into information and actionable technical and operational measures for optimisation of reliability and availability.
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Willingness to work in an offshore wind environment and to travel as required for meetings, site visits and offshore campaigns.

Advantageous, but not essential

• Experience with offshore wind farms and large modern offshore WTGs.
• Familiarity with REMIT reporting, availability forecasting and lost production analysis.
• Experience with condition monitoring systems and reliability‑centred maintenance approaches.
• Knowledge of Dutch regulatory requirements related to offshore wind operations.
• Previous experience in a similar Operations Engineer / Asset Engineer role in the renewable energy sector.

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