Offshore Wind Farm Development Engineer, London, UK

My client is a global leader within the wind manufacturing sector, delivering services world wide for market leading developers, manufacturers, consultants and operators. They are looking to recruit a development engineer to work with the existing development team on the development and pre-construction phases of offshore wind projects.

Position Overview:

You will be joining the offshore wind development team and will be responsible for a range of environmental, technical and commercial activities required for the identification, development and consent of offshore wind farm projects and will lead the preliminary structural, electrical & civil infrastructure designs and construction methodologies.

Responsibilities:-

• ·         Conduct engineering surveys and studies
• ·         Undertake hydrographical and topographical constraints evaluations
• ·         Offshore and onshore cable route selection
• ·         Be involved in the due-diligence process
• ·         Be involved in the Environmental Impact Statements and consenting processes
• ·         Give input to the  operations and maintenance strategies
• ·         Wind farm layout and energy yield

Education:-

• ·         Must have a strong academic background with a degree in Engineering (electrical, mechanical, civil) or a related discipline.

Core Requirements:-

• ·         Must have at least 3 years of design or construction experience in structural, electrical, wind or marine engineering
• ·         The ability to proactively identify issues for study, design or consideration within the site development process
• ·         Experience in Engineering risk management
• ·         An understanding of the importance of the control of information and an ability to develop procedures to ensure that quality management objectives are achieved
• ·         Excellent communication skills including report writing, presentation and the ability to speak confidently with clients, consultants, contractors and stakeholders
• ·         The ability to work with the CAD engineers in the production of engineering drawings
• ·         Experience of design and/or construction in the coastal or offshore sector
• ·         Design or construction project management experience
• ·         Chartered status in a relevant engineering Institution

General Requirements:-

• ·         Ability to travel
• ·         Ability to work alone as well as part of a team
• ·         The ability to manage workload and meet demanding timescales on a number of projects simultaneously

Key Skills:-

Wind, wind turbines, mechanical or electrical or civil engineering, wind turbine maintenance, due-diligence  

For more information please send a Word copy of your CV to jobs@viridiumassociates.com, call us on +44 (0) 203 005 5560, or visit www.viridiumassociates.com.  No PDFs please. We can only respond to applicants with relevant experience as detailed above.