Wind Farm Control Room Operator

Join us in this role where you’ll where you’ll support GSCC on our journey to building a Global Asset Surveillance Centre and Regional Generation Control Points. You’ll use our diagnostic tools, processes, and control systems to monitor our global offshore wind assets, troubleshooting and remotely operating a range of turbine platforms and substations. As part of a shift of operators, you’ll be responsible for alarm surveillance and response, control and coordination of our power export, and communication and coordination with our sites, traders, grid authorities, and other operations colleagues.

Welcome to Generation Surveillance & Support
You’ll be part of Generation Surveillance & Control Centre where you, together with your colleagues, will ensure our assets perform safely, in compliance with UK and EU power regulations, and to their maximum availability. You’ll monitor and control generation and transmission assets across the UK and Europe, with new projects under development in the US and APAC. As a team, we take pride in being an approachable, caring team which pushes continuous improvement whilst remaining professional, maintaining a calm and disciplined work environment, and embracing learning opportunities.

You’ll play an important role in:

• using diagnostic tools, processes, and control systems to promptly react to a range of events on the assets under the control of the GSCC
• providing expert advice to colleagues regarding WTG operations and BOP alarm management, diagnosing problems where possible, and escalating through diagnostics specialists where required
• handling, assessing, and deploying proactive condition monitoring model events to predict developing failures before they occur
• providing control point services, incl. regulation of power plant output, intertripping services, REMITs/ETRs, trading point services, and condition reporting
• ensuring our company’s QHSE standards, cyber security rules, and compliance parameters are constantly upheld.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have experience in power generation, technical system engineering or troubleshooting, or in a control room setting
• have strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills, incl. use of SCADA to develop and deploy remote diagnostic processes
• are able to work as part of a 24/7 shift environment with our ambitious team of operators
• are proactive and keen to identify and implement improvement initiatives and share best practice across the department
• are a strong communicator, capable of handling multiple high-priority tasks at the same time.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and global leader in climate action. With us you’ll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You’ll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here, you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [email protected].

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country.

About the job
Application deadline:
30 June 2024

Location:
Barrow-in-Furness, GB

Field of work:
Operations and technicians

Employment type:
Permanent

Work hours:
Full time

Workplace:
Office-based

Pre-employment screening
All UK-based positions will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening, further details will be given at offer stage.

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted
- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America.

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years.

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 9,000 employees, working in 15 countries and growing.

An inclusive team
Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.