Condition Monitoring Engineer

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 days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year so you can make a difference somewhere else.

The position

Condition Monitoring Engineers provide data analysis and engineering expertise to the wind farm Asset Management and Operations & Maintenance teams, with the aim of maximising generation and profit for the asset owners and RES by ensuring the efficient operation of power plants.

You will analyse, explore and interpret operational data, principally wind turbine vibration data to provide the best diagnosis and recommendations for the operational plant, enabling highest revenue and profit for clients and RES whilst managing risk propose methods for reducing lost production. You will identify performance improvement opportunities and communicate findings to the operational teams.

Reporting to the Lead Condition Monitoring Engineer, you will help embed analysis standardisation across assets and continuous improvement to improve the efficiency and accuracy of analysis and reporting.

The role requires engineering, data analysis, reporting and communication skills to ensure that data driven insights are actionable and positively impact site operations.

The role requires a willingness to travel within UK and Europe, for example to other offices and sites and occasionally a to work outside of office hours to support operational needs.

Organisational Context

The team works as part of the Analysis and Optimisation Services team within the Operations and Maintenance department in close cooperation with the Asset Management, Site and Operational teams. They provide expertise and knowledge to assist with effective operation and maintenance of operational plant, working closely with O&M providers, internal support teams and asset owners.

The team provide technical analysis, reporting and engineering support for an expanding portfolio of wind farms, currently in excess of 2 GW, informing on the performance and condition of the operating plant to enable effective plant maintenance at lowest cost and lost production.

Key Accountabilities

Analysis & reporting: Conduct the delivery of analysis and optimisation services for wind farms including performance analysis and reporting, issue diagnosis, site onboarding, remote site and engineering support, and plant improvement; with the aim of minimising cost and lost production.

Data: Assess network and communication issues, identify data loss and validate data integrity.

Team success:

• Deliver work to best practice, on time and to budget.
• Help to meet contract compliance and achieve the business goals.
  
  

Value driven: Evaluate and report the effectiveness and value of analyses and recommended actions.

Continuous Improvement: Support the delivery continuous improvement initiatives to help realise the team strategy. Including development of tools, processes, specialist analysis and industry trends.

Knowledge you will need

• The basic principles of wind turbine technology and energy production.
  
  

Skills You Have

• Ability to communicate data derived insights to experts and non-experts
• Ability to handle several projects and high workloads with demanding timescales and deadlines
• Ability to work as part of a team collaboratively and react positively to challenges
• Data mining and programming in languages including Python (Preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal skills enabling effective discussion and transfer of information between areas of the business, site teams, contractors and clients
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Investigative nature naturally inquisitive, proactive, solution focussed and has sense of ownership on work
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
• Strong reporting and presentation skills and proficiency in using Microsoft 365 packages
  
  

Experience You Have

• Managing, analysing and visualising large datasets
• Previous experience in renewable energy is preferred.
  
  

Qualifications You Have

• BEng, MEng, or equivalent, degree in a related discipline, with a focus on: Electrical Engineering, Data Analysis, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Maths are preferable.
  
  

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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