O&M Engineer – Telecoms & It/Ot

Job Title: O&M Engineer – Telecoms & IT/OT

Location: Lowestoft

Salary: From £40,880 plus 10% Annual Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Flexible & Hybrid Working Available

About Us:

ScottishPower Renewables are part of the ScottishPower group of companies operating in the UK under the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies.

ScottishPower Renewables is at the forefront of the development of the renewables industry through pioneering ideas, forward thinking and outstanding innovation. We are a world leader in wind energy with over 40 operational windfarm sites, including our UK offshore windfarms West of Duddon Sands and East Anglia One.

Our ambitious growth plans include expansion of our existing onshore wind portfolio, investment in new large scale solar deployment and innovative grid storage systems including batteries. We are also delivering the Iberdrola Group’s offshore windfarms in the Southern North Sea off East Anglia.

About Our Role:

The O&M Engineer – Telecoms & IT/OT is a critical role within the Offshore Business, the objective of the role is to strive to excellence in integrity management of the offshore assets to ensure that SPR’s/ Iberdrola long-term asset value and production revenue are maximised.

Belonging to the Operations Engineering – SCADA and Cybersecurity team the O&M Engineer will be responsible for the management of asset performance and technical integrity for a group of systems within the SCADA team’s remit. The key focus of the role will be to maintain healthy information and operational technology, telecoms systems and assist complying with cyber security requirements.

The role will involve defining O&M Strategies and plans, tendering (technical), negotiating (technical) and being the technical lead for small-scale offshore O&M campaigns/installations including management of contractors and associated interfaces.

The O&M Engineer is a qualified, experienced engineering professional providing advice & expertise relating to WTG works, affecting combined OPEX of up to £6m/year.

What You’ll Do:

In this role you’ll assist with the delivery of O&M works across several interfaces on various Iberdrola offshore projects worldwide. You’ll will be responsible for supporting our offshore operational sites with specific technical expertise for our IT/OT networks, communications systems, SCADA and control room equipment. Delivering the proactive and reactive maintenance on corporate and third-party equipment such as network switches, firewalls, HMI’s and servers.

Providing advice on O&M solutions / risk levels affecting technical integrity or asset performance to the Lead O&M Engineers, Site, Department Managers or external contractors or OEMs, to ensure that cost effective O&M solutions are identified, fully evaluated and the risk profile can be reduced appropriately by the O&M teams.

You’ll work alongside internal and external stakeholders to ensure delivery of O&M works within time, to budget and quality following industry best practice and observing the maximum respect for Health, Safety and the Environment to ensure regulatory and legal compliance. You’ll ensure that all assessment, advice and recommendations are fully documented in accordance with all internal procedures and industry best practice, and that sufficient technical and commercial due diligence (whether internal or external) exists to support those business decisions.

You’ll also provide O&M input and support to the projects throughout the whole life cycle and ensure appropriate lessons learnt regarding offshore wind farm operation and Maintenance are captured.

What You’ll Bring:

Our ideal candidate for this role will possess demonstrable experience in O&M delivery within the offshore or onshore wind sector with a history of managing and resolving issues on projects covering technical and operational matters. You’ll have sound knowledge of IT/OT networks, systems, real-time control systems and cybersecurity. Familiarity with networking equipment from suppliers such as Cisco, Hirschmann, IBM, CheckPoint, Palo Alto would be advantageous.

Developed report writing and presentation skills along with excellent organisational and communication skills able to collaborate with multiple internal departments, suppliers and senior stakeholders.

You’ll possess excellent planning and analysis skills with the ability to look forward and anticipate problems and thereafter plan and implements mitigating solutions to negate the effect of such problems.

In this role there will be a requirement for travel for business meetings and project site visits, therefore flexibility and willingness to travel is essential.

What’s In It For You?:

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy several other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

We believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference.

From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that – so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive and Share Save Schemes
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology vouchers – spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans
• And options to purchase dental or health insurance, shopping and gym discounts, nudge financial wellbeing support, and many more

Mobility Information:

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.