Description
The client is looking for a Commissioning Supervisor to join their growing Technical Risk Management department, which currently consists of committed engineers and technicians. They are part of a large engineering group of more than 300 engineers, working with over 10 offshore wind farm projects in the UK, Denmark, Germany and France. They cooperate closely with our colleagues across the organisation and participate in all project phases.
The Commissioning Supervisor will be based at the site office. The working pattern for this role is likely to be 7 days on 7 days off and will consist of a 12 hour working day.
The initial contract will be for approximately six months; and after that, they will move to another of our projects which could be in the UK, Germany or Denmark - there are 13 projects in pipeline at various stages of development.
Areas of responsibility
The first assignment will be monitoring of completion and commissioning activities and conducting final inspections of wind turbines installed offshore at the Offshore Wind farm.
- Monitor mechanical and electrical completion to oversee that the wind turbines are fit for grid connection
- Monitor the commissioning activities to oversee that the wind turbines are ready for reliability testing
- Participate in final inspections together with the wind turbine suppliers personnel to ensure that outstanding works and quality issues are detected and reported
- Visit offshore wind turbines after installation to observe any issues and report these accordingly.
Skills & Requirements
- Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Marine Engineering, or an equivalent technical background.
- Previous knowledge of quality control standards.
- Familiar with wind turbine components
- Up to date offshore survival qualification.
- Siemens Level 4 VB training (ideally).
- Prior experience of working in a quality control inspector role or previous experience as a wind turbine technician with some quality control experience.
- Substantial experience of conducting visual based quality control inspections and you will have experience of quality control for electrical installations.
- Experience of providing reports on quality control inspection findings and progress.
- Experience working with wind turbine technology and components, particularly in a quality role and previous experience in an offshore commissioning role.
- Knowledge of IT, including the Microsoft Office programs, for reporting from quality activities and non-conformity processing.
- Good report writing skills and excellent communication skills
- Ability to interact effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Highly observant and perceptive to quality issues, and persistent and driven to ensure issues are resolved.