Wind Advisory Consultant

Description

Do you want to work to make Power for Good?

We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company, guided by a simple yet powerful vision to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy.

We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why we continually invest in them.

RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal and professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their careers they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Our competitive package offers a wide range of benefits and rewards.

The Position

RES is expanding its Advisory Services offering with its consultancy team within our Asset Management Department, which manages a growing fleet of renewable energy assets. We are looking for an experienced renewables consultant to join this team.

The Renewable Energy Consultant will deliver client-facing advisory work across our portfolio, including due diligence, owner's engineering, and lifetime extension and repowering assessments for onshore wind. Skill and experience in evaluating end-of-life strategies for operational wind farms — whether to extend, repower or decommission — will be central to the role.

The position reports to the Advisory Services Team Lead (UK&I)

Accountabilities

Understand and interpret client’s needs, clearly communicating client’s goals to internal and external stakeholders
Be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Advisory Services and one-off projects on behalf of clients including duediligence, owners engineering and general technical mission
Support our growth and cost reduction targets
Undertake technical, project management, commercial and customer-facing activities
Support regular communication with target clients and provide feedback to the business units to refine the product offering

Reporting

Prepare & deliver presentations and reports for Asset Management team and/or clients

Internal Engagement

Ensuring that appropriate contracts are agreed with clients and time and cost is accounted for appropriately within the business
Ensure the quality of work meets clients’ expectations
Work with all internal stakeholders, and any sub-contractors
Ensure project deliverables stay on time, on target, and on budget
Supporting the development of proposals to secure new work
Responsibility for the financial performance of any projects managed
Mentor and support less experienced team members
Identify and communicate relevant technological developments or regulatory changes which may impact the business or provide new opportunities

External Engagement

Work with clients to identify their requirements and key points of contact
Attending client meetings and undertaking site visits within the UK and globally

Knowledge

Understanding of technical aspects of renewable energy infrastructure projects
Knowledge of renewable energy systems, preferably onshore wind and/or battery energy storage systems
Established network of contacts within the renewables industry
Understanding of commercial aspects of renewable energy infrastructure projects (including project finance)
Understanding of lifetime extension, repowering and end-of-life decision-making for onshore wind assets

Skills

Proven ability to produce clear written reports and communicate verbally in English
Strong commercial and contractual awareness
Team player
Project management
Initiative/Self motivated
Planning and organising
Attention to Detail
Completer finisher
Ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks
Willingness to travel
Proficiency in other language(s)

Experience

Owners engineering, due diligence, technical advisory and/or consultancy activities in the Onshore Wind field and hybrid wind systems
Lifetime extension assessments and/or repowering feasibility studies for onshore wind (e.g. remaining useful life analysis, DNVGL-ST-0262 or equivalent)
Similar consultancy or in-field experience with battery storage systems would be considered advantageous
Modelling experience in Windfarmer, WindPRO, Python, PVSyst, Chronos considered advantageous
Experience in the renewables industry in a technical consulting capacity
Managing budgets and project costs
Client facing experience in a consultancy role
Contract specification review and preparation
Competent user of Microsoft Office365 products

Qualifications

Essential

Bachelor's or Master's degree (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline — e.g. mechanical, electrical, civil/structural or aeronautical engineering — from an accredited institution

Desirable

- Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or actively working towards chartership with a relevant institution (IMechE, IET, ICE or equivalent), or an equivalent international designation (e.g. PE, Eur Ing)
- Postgraduate qualification in wind energy or renewable energy engineering
- Demonstrable application of engineering analysis in an operational wind context (e.g. loads and fatigue assessment, structural integrity, root cause analysis of component failures

At RES, we celebrate differences as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.

The world's largest independent renewable energy company
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