Job Description Summary
We are seeking an experienced Lead Production Engineer for the Haliade 150 Offshore Wind Fleet in Europe. The successful candidate will have a solution orientated mindset and a result delivery style. Strong communication and listening skills with the team are essential. You can identify operational problems from various forms of feedback and see them through to a standardised solution. With excellent attention to detail structure and organizational skills you can apply a proactive problem-solving view on turbine work scopes and take the initiative to deliver efficient outcomes. You have a safety conscious mindset and can build trust and steer by influence to form strong relationships and team ethos. You have a project orientated mindset and understand that good results are achieved in collaboration with internal and external parties.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Ensure safe and efficient WTG operations by improving preventative and corrective maintenance activities helping the organization fix issues on the first try and provide top-quality scheduled services.
- Develop and maintain standardized technical solutions in collaboration with our customers to meet SQDC (Safety Quality Delivery Cost) targets effectively.
- Support the GE Lean program by identifying opportunities for process optimization facilitating waste reduction initiatives and fostering a culture of efficiency and excellence across the organization.
- Facilitate customer queries to GE Engineering teams enabling exceptional customer service through the life of the project.
- Oversee the production engineering team establishing priorities and managing key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive operational efficiency and meet strategic objectives.
- Monitor and manage the production-based availability metrics within your area of responsibility and ensure that the transparent recording and reporting is aligned with the customer.
- Streamline and centralize the process for deploying documentation including customer discussions approval processes and engineering coordination for improvements
- Prepare Maintenance Instructions and Troubleshoot Guides for operational deployment into planned work packages integrating documentation part requirements customer approvals PPE tooling special tooling needs and equipment bagging and kitting.
- Support the feedback process for alarm handling to continually improve and standardize corrective maintenance documentation and procedures.
- Ensure the effective execution of deployable work scopes by promoting the implementation of a safe system of work including low voltage (LV) high voltage (HV) Wind Turbine Safety Rules (WTSR) and other electrical requirements
- Facilitate alarm handling feedback to ensure continual improvement and standardisation of corrective maintenance documentation and processes.
- Coordinating with central engineering teams to support the prioritization of issues efforts for root cause analysis plans for implementing corrective actions and programs for preventative measures.
- Enhancing knowledge of wind turbine technology to enable more effective conclusions on technical prioritization.
- Support the wider team on authorisation panels and technician competency development.
- Utilizing Problem-Solving Reports and the DMAIC methodology to guide a culture of continuous improvement within your area of responsibility ensuring high-quality knowledge is maintained and enhanced and facilitating feedback to the necessary stakeholders across the organization.
- Provide support and guidance to the planning supply chain management and parts coordinators regarding tooling requirements and spare parts
- Serve as the point of contact for tooling suppliers regarding new technologies and addressing issues with tooling in the field.
- Manage the tooling budgets ensuring expenditures are controlled and prepare and present capital expenditure requests for tooling.
Qualifications/Requirements
- The role will be predominantly based at Hamburg Paris Salzbergen or Nantes Office.
- The role requires international travel.
- Degree in an engineering discipline or professional education / apprenticeship in a technical discipline with extensive professional experience.
- Capable of working offshore at site operational wind farms.
- Significant experience of offshore wind Maintenance operations.
- Known ability to work in a cross-functional global environment with remote teams as a solid team player who can enable change and get work over the line.
Desired Characteristics
- High motivation level; self-starter withexcellent leadershipand communication skills.
- High capability with various office and cloud based software.
- Demonstrated ability to research and resolve problems in a structured manner.
- Demonstrated ability to Steer Projects.
- Demonstrated leadership experience.
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Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes