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Scottish Power Renewables seeks a highly motivated Engineer for the position of Senior Wind Resource Specialist, within the Offshore Wind Engineering Department.
At the end of 2024, Scottish Power/Iberdrola had around 2.4GW offshore wind capacity installed, with plans to increase the offshore wind capacity to about 6.5 GW by 2030 thanks to significant global investment, looking also constantly for new platforms of development.
Therefore, the individual will be working as part of a global business with activities in many countries across Europe, USA and the rest of the world.
What you’ll be doing
The Senior Wind resource specialist will be responsible to deliver state of the art expert technical support in the areas of wind analysis, energy yield assessment, wind measurement within the Offshore business.
The successful candidate will initially be involved during the pre-FID and construction phase of the EA1N project (and wider EAHub projects), however, they will also be involved across the full life cycle of the Scottish Power/Iberdrola offshore wind portfolio. Including early opportunity identification, basic development, detail design and during the operational and maintenance phases.
The Senior Wind Resource specialist will be accountable to the Wind Resource and Metocean manager within the Site Engineering department. They will also be accountable to different Project Engineering Managers and collaborate with several other technical services teams (e.g. development team, wind turbines, GIS, foundations, package managers, etc.) in the development of offshore wind projects.
The individual will be working as part of a global business with activities in UK, and also several countries across continental Europe (e.g. Germany, France) and the rest of the world (APAC, America). Therefore, the position may require travelling to various locations in the UK and overseas and the individual should be capable of managing teams working at different project locations within a multicultural environment.
What you’ll bring
The main functions and activities of the Senior Wind Resource Engineer will include:
- Carry out pre-construction energy yield assessments and site suitability studies for offshore wind farm, from early-stage opportunity identification to final investment decisions.
- Wind data analysis-based measurements and simulations, through the use and/or development of wind resource analysis tools.
- Specification and procurement of data, wind analysis and wind modelling studies (e.g. based on mesoscale models).
- Design wind turbine layouts in collaboration with other teams (GIS, Engineering, Wind Turbines, Foundations, etc.), and in compliance with best-practise, design standards, site constraints, permit requirements, etc.
- Scoping, tendering, management and monitoring of offshore wind measuring campaigns, generally based on remote sensing (Floating LiDAR or other).
- Preparation of climatic conditions reports together with Metocean engineers, providing detailed meteorological conditions information (including turbulence and extreme analysis) for site-specific design of support structures (for wind turbines and offshore substation), the evaluation of site suitability of the Rotor-Nacelle-Assemblies (RNAs), providing also information required to support the transport & installation and Operation & Maintenance strategies.
- Review and provide comments on site suitability reports supplied by turbine manufacturers.
- Evaluation of power curves and turbine performance information, including technical support in turbine supply negotiations related to power curve warranties and other features related to AEP (turbine upgrades, etc.).
- Scoping, tendering, management, and monitoring of power curve testing campaigns with nacelle LIDAR.
- Post-construction energy yield analysis and other ad-hoc studies based on SCADA data.
- Providing ad-hoc support and advice to projects as required.
- Participation to R&D activities in which the team is involved, representing SPR-Iberdrola on task forces and research programs at industry level.
- Participate to the development, maintenance, and application of internal specification, procedures, documentation, and tools.
- Ensure that appropriate lessons learnt are captured and shared across the different Offshore Projects and work packages.
- Maintaining awareness of the latest technical and commercial developments and identify suitable new technology that has the potential to reduce cost and risk or improve safety.
- Developing and maintaining relations with new and existing consultants.
- Ensure that health and safety and environmental requirements are fully considered and adhered to in design to ensure compliance with legislation and industry best practice.
- Specification, management, and critical review of independent third-party wind energy yield estimates to support offshore project.
What’s in it for you
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:
- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
- Share Schemes
- Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
- Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
- Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
- Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
- Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
- Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
Why ScottishPower
ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.
Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.
