Performance Analyst NNG Eyemouth, Scotland
Job description
Energise your career, accelerate a net-zero future - #RenewablesJobs
At EDF Renewables our purpose is to accelerate a net-zero future where clean energy powers our lives. Our people are passionate about developing the low-carbon energy systems of the future and acting against climate change.
Location: Eyemouth
Competitive: Salary & Benefits
Contract Type: Full Time - Permanent
Closing Date: 25th May 2023
What’s the scope of the role?
As Performance Analyst you will be responsible for running the regular processes, checks and validations that are associated with operating a large-scale offshore wind farm. This will include producing, monitoring and updating the asset performance reports that are critical to the successful operation of the wind farm.
The role will also involve ensuring that the site operates in a properly controlled way, so key checks and validations will be performed to ensure we are operating in an accurate and appropriated manner. This all underpins the key objective of maximising operational assets value through to the end of the assets’ life. Asset Operations provide the thinking, analysis, validation, and competitor comparison to challenge and improve performance ensuring optimum return for shareholders.
Along with the day-to-day analytics, the Performance Analyst will support the continual improvement of the team and site operations through technical development of systems, tools, models and adoption of industry leading techniques and technologies.
What you’ll be doing day to day.
You’ll be responsible for integration of the NnG windfarm into the wider EDF- RE Operational Portfolio. Co-ordinating with NnG Construction team and SCADA Lead to ensure the Operational Performance team is ready and able to perform its required responsibilities and for delivering and maintaining the strategy and implementation of the systems and tools necessary for the Performance team to carry out its operational and performance analysis and reporting activities. Responsible for overall design, build and maintenance of the tools required for the Operations team, linking numerous SCADA and PI data sources with Excel/MS Access/Tableau/R models, and bespoke software products as necessary.
Daily monitoring of the portfolio ensuring the quality of the data used by the Asset Performance team is clean and accurate,- Validating, and correcting data problems with meters, systems and reports.
- Responsible for the production of regular turbine level Power Curve analysis that ensures that WTGs are performing to at
- least the manufacturer’s Warranted Power Curve levels.
- Support the Asset Manager, to meet contractual Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) obligations of the windfarm, validating
- the data inputs and calculations to ensure that payments are accurate and made on time. These PPAs are the primary source
- of income for the windfarm and are a critical contract to be managed.
- Monthly validation of site arrangements with National Grid including Balancing Mechanism activities and Reactive Power
- Services Agreement.
- Provide support to ensure the site is compliant with its REMIT obligations. Maintaining policy, tracking windfarm registration
- with ACER and ensuring EDFR does not breach the obligations of both Transaction Transparency and Availability Reporting.
- Additional compliance also required ensuring the operational obligations and requirements of the wind farms are met with
- Ofgem and the Renewable Obligation Order (RO) and REGO certificates, submissions (BEIS O&G authority) and TOGA
- submissions to NGrid, and obligations under the CFD and LCCC arrangements.
What do you need to be great at this role?
You will be highly numerate with strong analytical and modelling skills, including proven ability to build and maintain new models as well as challenge existing models. You will hold an Academic qualification
at Degree level or recognised equivalent coupled with experience in an operational energy generation environment.
Most of all you will be enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to work individually and also the required skills to work as part of a team. Strong interpersonal and influencing skills and the ability to communicate effectively are also pre-requisites for this role.
Pay, benefits & culture.
At EDF we’re dedicated to offering flexible benefits that support our people across all aspects of their lives. We’re delighted to offer a range of benefits to support our employees’ physical, emotional and financial wellbeing.
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a market-leading company pension scheme, paid holidays and a range of flexible benefits, such as: a company incentive bonus plan, health cover, cycle to work scheme, gym membership, discounts and employee pricing.
Please let us know if you’d like to discuss flexible working arrangements by highlighting this on your application.
Why EDF Renewables?
At EDF Renewables our purpose is to accelerate a net-zero future where clean energy powers our lives. Our people are passionate about developing the low-carbon energy systems of the future and acting against climate change.
We are an inclusive and diverse business; we recognise that our differences make us stronger and increase our ability to innovate and succeed quickly. We challenge ourselves to continuously improve in order to achieve our purpose, while rewarding work and recognizing the contribution each of our employees makes to achieving our goals.
With our operating portfolio, already totaling more than 1GW, we are providing some of the much-needed new, affordable, low-carbon electricity to the UK and Ireland across four technologies (offshore and onshore wind, solar and battery storage), and plan to build five times this over the coming years, including green hydrogen. Currently we have 700MW in construction.
To learn more, visit www.edf-re.uk
