Wind Farm Site Supervisor

COMPANY

Energia

POSITION

Wind Farm Site Supervisor

LOCATION

Remote Worker – Northern Ireland or South West Ireland

This role will be offered on a hybrid working basis.

At Energia Group, energy moves us to deliver careers that power a greener and fairer future. Across our two brands that serve the entire island of Ireland – Energia and Power NI – we supply hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses with positive energy solutions and innovative technologies leading Ireland’s decarbonisation efforts. We’re looking for people with positive energy who want to transform their ambition into impact in our environment and communities.

About the role

Energia, part of Energia Group, have an exciting opportunity for Site Supervisors based in Northern Ireland or South West Ireland.

Reporting to the Lead Area Supervisor, these key roles will have the responsibility of monitoring, managing and reporting on the performance of both existing wind farm sites and those in development in the Republic of Ireland / Munster region and Northern Ireland. The role will be focused on our 4 pillars of operational priority – Safety of Personnel, Safety of Environment & Plant, Availability & Efficiency. As Energia Renewable Operations are ISO55001 accredited to Asset management, ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, ISO18001 OHSAS, and ISO9001 Quality Management, this role will be heavily driven by upholding these key standards and requirements of the business. The role includes on-call responsibilities for evening and weekend cover due to the 24hr operation of the assets, but flexibility is always afforded.

This role will require the candidates to attend various locations in ROI / NI as is required, (wind farms, renewable assets, new technologies) but will primarily be based either in the Republic of Ireland, more specifically the Munster region or Northern Ireland. Travel to other Energia sites and office locations will also be required, in addition to providing regular support to other site supervisors. As the majority of Energia’s assets and personnel are present in Dublin and Northern Ireland, an amount of travelling will be expected to engage with other team members on an on-going basis.

What we offer

• 25 days holiday per year Plus 10 statutory
• Annual cost of living salary review
• Performance based bonus of up to 10% of your salary
• Pension scheme – A generous matching pension scheme
• Career progression – Great opportunities and year round learning
• Fully paid private medical insurance
• Opportunity to buy extra holidays
• Employee assistance programme (Counselling Service)
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity pay
• Wellbeing / L&D calendars
• Membership of sports and social clubs
• Subsidised gym membership
• Car parking
• Cycle to work scheme options

Your key responsibilities and accountabilities

Day-to-day, here’s what your new role would look like:

• Ensure all personnel on site are safely inducted and all work on site is carried out in a safe manner.

• Ensure safe working practices and procedures are adhered to at all times by both contractors and internal personnel.

• Hands on day-to-day operation of the entire wind farm site and site infrastructure.

• New technologies may be incorporated at development stage or planned later on an existing operational site – these new technologies will be included in your responsibilities for the role.

• Fault-finding and operation on the LV / MV / HV apparatus as required.

• Engaging specialist contractors as required.

• Review, Monitor and report on OEM / O&M site activity (Daily, weekly, monthly basis).

• Be the single point of contact for site issues.

• Liaise with OEM’s and O&M provider on various subjects whether via email or monthly calls.

• Liaise with internal back office / other site-based staff on a daily basis to report/ respond to issues, gain knowledge on all operational requirements.

• Attend meetings on and off site and report on any issues which may arise from the same. Present at meetings at various times to the rest of the team/ external stakeholders as required.

• Monitor progress of outage work.

• Compliance with requirements of managed service agreements for Energia’s contracted operational wind farms.

• Use of internal/ external software to monitor and manage the health of the assets. Use a Computerized Maintenance Management System to capture all works occurring on site and ensure good valuable information is obtained from OEM’s / contractors and any other personnel carrying out works.

• Attend training both internal and external as and when required and as directed by your line manager.

• Demonstrate flexibility within the role as there will be some out-of-hours operational requirements.

Our key criteria

These are the qualifications, experience, skills, or knowledge you must have:

• Degree in the area of Engineering and/or a strong wind industry trade background.

• Broad based operational and technical knowledge of wind turbines (multi-platform, multi-OEM) with proven ability to identify faults and take action on same.

• Previous experience of supervising electrical and mechanical maintenance and repair work, high voltage electrical networks and liaising with network companies.

• Full, clean driving license, and a willingness to travel to other locations for various reasons as required.

• Comprehensive level of IT knowledge/ computer skills / Microsoft Office and email.

Our desirable criteria

These help decide between talent who meet all the essential criteria:

• Familiarity with multi technology and multi wind turbine OEM platforms (Enercon, GE, Siemens & Nordex – candidates with experience of these OEMs will have a distinct advantage).

• Understanding of the industry standard wind turbine safety rules.

• Previous experience of electrical switching.

• Previous experience of working to a safety system.

• Previous experience of working to ISO 55001 Asset Management system.

• Previous experience of using a maintenance management system.

• Experience or appreciation of PLC programming.

• Previous experience of working to environmental standards / policies.

If you are enthusiastic about this role but don’t meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Your past experiences might be the perfect match for this or other positions, making you the unique talent we’re looking for.

Social opportunities

We have a number of social opportunities for employees to build peer to peer networks and provide feedback to the business including our Employee Connect Groups, Green Team and Women’s Network – Women in Energy and of course not forgetting our Social Clubs.

Learning and development

At Energia Group we thrive best as a business when our employees are continually learning and developing core skills. In addition, we offer bespoke one to one mentoring for business skills via our in-house Mentoring Programme.

Our Values

TRUSTWORTHY

We’re trusted to bring our best selves to work, treat our customers with care an empower people and communities.

DYNAMIC

We’re adaptable and agile, always developing new ideas to improve our customers’ lives, achieve our business goals and lead on climate action.

RESOURCEFUL

We’re creative and capable, countering everyday problems and committing our resources to developing the solutions that deliver the best service for all.

COMMUNITY FOCUSED

We partner with charitable organisations, donating money, time and expertise to benefit good causes.

Apply now!

A reserve list will be held for six months in which you will be placed if you are suitable for the role.

Energia Group is an equal opportunities employer.

Closing date: 26/01/2025