Senior O&M Engineer (Wind Turbines)
Lowestoft, London or Glasgow
Salary: £59,200, up to 15% bonus and health cover. Flexible Working Pattern.
Overview
The Senior O&M Engineer is a critical role within the Offshore O&M Business, focusing on delivering O&M scope of works in the UK and potentially overseas (USA, Germany, France, etc.). The role works closely with contractors, multinational joint ventures and multiple departments within Offshore O&M, Offshore Operations and Global Services to maximise SPR’s/ Iberdrola’s long‑term asset value and production revenue. Reporting to a Lead O&M Engineer or the Asset Integrity Management Department Manager, the engineer will define O&M strategies and plans, tender and negotiate technical solutions, and act as technical lead for small‑scale offshore O&M campaigns and installations, managing contractors and interfaces while ensuring quality and best practices with HSE performance.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead technical and engineering aspects of small‑scale offshore O&M campaigns and installations across multiple Iberdrola offshore projects, mainly in the UK and Ireland, and in countries across Europe (Germany, France, Spain, etc.) and the USA.
- Provide O&M engineering support, assistance and recommendations to deliver mid‑ to large‑scale O&M works on time, within budget and to quality standards, following industry best practice and ensuring regulatory compliance with H&S and the environment.
- Implement offshore standards, procedures, tools, best practices and quality requirements.
- Evaluate O&M solutions and risk levels impacting technical integrity or asset performance, propose mitigation recommendations to Lead O&M Engineers or the Department Manager, and ensure cost‑effective solutions are identified and risks reduced.
- Document all assessments, advice and recommendations in accordance with internal procedures and industry best practice, ensuring sufficient technical and commercial due diligence is available for business decisions.
- Assist O&M teams using agreed SPR business processes.
- Evaluate and present the best course of action for technical interventions, supporting internal leads and managers or external contractors based on asset integrity status, electricity production and other KPIs.
- Provide key strategic advice, assessment and recommendations to the business throughout the project life cycle from development to decommissioning.
- Input on appropriate bid levels, commercial strategies and agreements, and help prepare investment dossiers for all funding requests.
- Co‑ordinate with employees across the UK, Germany, France, Spain and the USA to ensure project execution with intelligent and cost‑effective resourcing.
- Work with the HSE team to develop HSE strategy for O&M works and ensure a high standard of health and safety awareness.
- Feed recommendations for improvement into lessons learned regarding offshore wind farm operation and maintenance, sharing insights across different offshore projects.
What You’ll Bring
- Good knowledge and some industrial experience in a relevant technical speciality (e.g., wind turbines, cables, high voltage, SCADA, drivetrains, electronics, data analysis).
- Experience analysing failures and test reports.
- Experience defining maintenance scope of works.
- Ability to manage people effectively to deliver required outputs timely.
- Strong planning, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence key project and business decisions.
- Excellent report writing and presentation skills, summarising key parameters and drivers.
- Organisational and operational skills, linking awareness to technical judgement and decision making.
- Ability to anticipate problems and plan mitigating solutions proactively.
- Ability to manage decision‑making processes under pressure and tight deadlines.
- Experience leading others through change and managing change processes.
- Support the management of scopes of work requiring interface and coordination.
- Recruit staff necessary to deliver O&M works across specified timescales.
- Advise on the impact of technical risks and issues, balancing technical detail with commercial needs and providing recommendations within relevant risks.
- Develop and apply knowledge of European/local country standards.
- Some experience of offshore operations.
What’s In It For You
Competitive salary reviewed annually, with pension scheme contributions doubled to match up to 10% of your salary.
Benefits
- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday Purchase – extra annual leave
- Share Schemes
- Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
- Technology Vouchers – save more on technology purchases
- Electric Vehicle Schemes – facilitate green driving
- Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
- Healthcare benefit options including dental, private medical, health cash plan and annual health assessments
- Life Assurance (4× salary)
- Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
- Discounts on shopping, leisure, restaurants, gym and employee travel insurance
Mobility
Applicants who are not citizens of the country of the vacancy will be subject to immigration compliance, and the Company will support employees with necessary immigration requirements.
Important
Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before the job posting end date: July‑25‑2026.
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