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RWE Renewables UK Management Ltd., Newhaven

To start as soon as possible, Full time, Fixed Term

Functional area: Apprenticeship

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated undergraduate or Masters student Engineer to join the Operations and Maintenance team at our Rampion Offshore Wind Farm project based in Newhaven, East Sussex, UK for a 12 month industrial placement. In this role you would be working as part of a team that operate and maintain the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm consisting of 116 Vestas v112-Mk2C wind turbines, associated High Voltage infrastructure and balance of plant assets.

In this role you will be contributing towards the development and delivery of the engineering and maintenance strategy for the Wind Farm, on behalf of the Engineering Team Leader. Having resource and financial planning and control to ensure the operation, engineering health, integrity and performance of the asset, in a safe, efficient and sustainable manner, maximising the commercial benefit within legal requirements.

Main Responsibilities:

• Contributes towards the development and implementation of engineering and maintenance strategies, policies and procedures to achieve measured site performance as defined in the business plan
• Managing plant area budgets as nominated
• Management of key site contracts and contracted staff
• Supports the initiatives to improve the management of site safety, contributing to the achievement of the company safety objectives through offshore inspections
• Liaison with key internal and external stakeholders on relevant issues
• Support management of project work, ensuring work completed to programme, budget and quality

• Own designated plant faults for RCA, modification and rectification works
• Support delivery of the maintenance strategy, asset integrity and maintenance activities of their plant areas
• Management and upkeep of the site’s central risk register

Skills required:

• Recently achieved or working towards a suitable engineering Batchelor or Master’s degree
• A clear motivation for developing within the offshore wind industry
• An understanding of health and safety and environmental legislation and standards
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop effective working relationships across the business and the wider Renewables industry
• Ability to communicate technical topics to a variety of audiences
• Apply sound engineering theory to categorise various asset risks

Development in role:

• Technical project management experience
• Asset Management through compliance with Asset & Regulatory Governance
• HSE Management
• Contract management experience
• A record of setting up and managing assets using electronic maintenance management systems
• The willingness to work across a number of locations
• Professional registration with the Engineering Council

We are ideally looking for the internship to start middle to end of August 2023.

rwe.com/career

Apply now with just a few clicks: ad code 81765, application deadline 28/06/2023.

Any questions? Marie Bennell,

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RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.

RWE Renewables GmbH, based in Essen, Germany, is RWE’s youngest subsidiary and one of the world’s leading companies in the field of renewable energies. With an international team of around 3,500 employees, we are drivers of the energy transition – and provide electricity for a sustainable life. Our total capacity of more than 9 gigawatts results from onshore and offshore wind parks, photovoltaic plants and battery storage. We focus on growth: on the American continent, on the European core markets and on new markets in the Asia-Pacific region.