Job Description SummaryWe are seeking an experienced Lead Production Engineer for the Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm Project.
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

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.Exemplify GE Leadership Behaviours - Act with Humility, Pioneer with Transparency, Deliver with Focus.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 improvementsPrepare 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 requirementsFacilitate 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 partsServe 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.

Travel Expectations

The role will be predominantly based at the Port of Tyne, South Shields.The role requires international travel.Ability and willingness to work offshore as required.

Education / Professional Experience

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.

Technical knowledge and skills

Successful offshore wind experience or experience in a related discipline.High motivation level; self-starter with excellent leadership and communication skills.High capability with various office and cloud based software.Solid oral and written communication skills.Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.Demonstrated ability to research and resolve problems in a structured manner.Demonstrated ability to Steer Projects.Demonstrated experience leading teams.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No