ABOUT IBERDROLA
With more than 170 years of history, Iberdrola is a world leader in energy. The group is active in Europe (France, Spain, United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Australia and is developing in Japan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland.
Iberdrola has made the bold and visionary choice to anticipate the energy transition and the growing energy needs for the world of tomorrow. Every day, the 38,000 women and men of the group unite to fight climate change by offering a clean, reliable and innovative economic model.
ABOUT IBERDROLA FRANCE
Iberdrola is located in France since 20 years, with its head office in Paris - La Défense and its offices in regions. In addition to the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project, the company is present in the fields of onshore wind power, photovoltaic solar energy and the retail energy market. We have developed a long-term investment strategy throughout the country which will enable us to achieve an installed capacity of 614 MW in 2023.
We are investing heavily in renewable energy, smart grids, large-scale energy storage and digital transformation.
OUR MISSION
We are driving the energy transition towards a sustainable model through investments in renewable energy, smart grids, and large-scale energy storage. With our commitment to clean energy, we are one of the lowest emitters globally and an international reference for our contribution to combating climate change and sustainable development.
Our culture focuses on create an inclusive and collaborative environment, respecting individuals and their differences. All qualified candidates will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, gender, or gender identity.
RESPONSABILITIES AND FUNCTIONS
Technical integrity
Define the technical requirements, improvements and the maintenance strategy for the Wind Turbine Generators (WTG) in the Continental Europe O&M Offshore business in order to maximize the availability, reliability and efficiency of the assets, as per the best industry practices.
- Identify and claim to the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) all the technical defects found in the different components of the WTG, especially during the Defects Notification Period (DNP) defined in the Turbine Supply Agreement (TSA) and participate actively alongside the Iberdrola Contract Manager in the claim process. This task is paramount and critical as the economical impact may be very costly (>50M€) depending on the component affected and whether it is consider a serial defect or not.
- Identify the technical risks in the Business as a consequence of the condition of the WTG components and define the necessary actions to eliminate or mitigate these risks as much as reasonably possible.
- Assess the technical issues/incidents in the WTG, or guarantee that the assessment is carried out by the OEM, in order to determine the root causes and make sure that all necessary actions and design modifications to prevent this incident from happening again are put in place.
- Define the necessary design modifications and assess the ones proposed by the OEM. Follow up the implementation of these design modifications and monitor the subsequent behaviour of the WTG in order to determine the effectiveness of the actions.
- Monitor and supervise the preventive/corrective activities carried out by the OEM, or any other contractor, which are required to guarantee/recover the WTG availability. Make sure that the required works quality and the conditions in the contract are fulfilled.
- Produce the necessary procedures in order to guarantee that the maintenance activities are fully deployed.
Regulation and legal requirements
- Make sure that the applying legal requirements affecting the WTG are completely fulfilled as per the conditions defined by the local official bodies in the country where the Wind Farm stands.
Coordination of activities and standardization of the best practices in the Global O&M Offshore
- Extend the lessons learnt and the best practices to the other Hubs within the O&M Offshore Business.
- Coordinate the execution of the maintenance activities with the local Iberdrola Site staff based in the Wind Farm in order to make sure that these maintenance activities are carried out safely, timely and with the required quality.
- Regarding the new projects (under development and construction) define, alongside the project team and the Principal Manager for WTG in Operations Engineering, the best solutions to be implemented so that Operation and Maintenance activities will be as efficient as possible once the Wind Farm enters into the commercial operation phase.
- Coordinate the WTG maintenance strategy with the other Hubs within the Global Offshore O&M Business, i.e. UK and USA, standardizing global approaches.
- Manage the personnel under his/her remit, identify their training needs and put in place the necessary actions to fulfill those gaps.
- Coordinate, within the scope of his/her responsibilities, the interaction with the Global Technical Services, OEM, certifiers and regulatory bodies in order to deploy a highest efficient and technical capability relationship.
Contracts and procurement
- Act as the technical counterpart with the OEM, according to the terms of the Service Maintenance Agreement (SMA) or the applying contractual relationship.
- Produce technical specifications (scope of works) and technical evaluations of the bidders as required, playing an active role in the procurement processes so that the most technically qualified providers are selected.
- Manage effectively the assigned maintenance contracts, contributing to maximize the financial business results throughout the reduction of the operating costs and the execution of high quality maintenance activities.
EXPERIENCE
- Management of maintenance activities for onshore, offshore, CCGT, nuclear, hydro or Oil & Gas assets (>5 years).
- Part of global teams for multitask, international projects (>3 years).
- Management of contract (>3 years).
LANGUAGES
- French: fluent
- English: Bilingual / Native
- Spanish: Is a plus
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
