Sr. Project Engineer, Offshore Wind Americas

RWE Offshore Wind Services, LLC
Functional area: Engineering

 

Location(s): Boston, MA, US

Our Engineering Management team at RWE Offshore Wind is looking for a Sr. Project Engineer with a solid technical background to drive our offshore development activities and future construction activities. 

This role will focus on our Community Offshore Wind project off the coast of New York and New Jersey.  Community Offshore Wind is a Joint Venture with National Grid Venture and is one of the largest offshore wind farms development areas in United States and within RWE’s global portfolio.  

The Senior Project Engineer supports the Engineering Manager in the management of the Offshore Wind Farm design, optimization, certification, interface management and change management processes. The Senior Project Engineer shall have a solid technical background in offshore wind, onshore wind, or related fields.  The Senior Project engineer shall be able to stand in for the Engineering Manager, act as a deputy engineering manager and be ready to take on an Engineering Manager role in the near future if needed.

This position is expected to be based in our Boston area office 3 days a week to collaborate in person with the project team.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate project engineering activities to deliver competitive, optimized designs. In particular coordination of: Project-level design and optimization activities including project capacity, Footprint and layout selection; Energy production estimating; Project design envelope development; Cost estimating; Scenario analysis; and Integration of innovation workstreams.
• Develop project documentation such as the project’s Basis of Design, Scopes of Work for contractors, and Requirement Specifications for packages.
• Develop engineering documentation such as technical notes, reports, decision logs and change notes.
• Supervise contractor activities and review contractor deliverables to ensure that design packages stay consistent with the Basis of Design, RWE requirements and project needs. Develop and respond to comment sheets and technical queries.
• Manage multidisciplinary / multidepartment activities ensuring clear communication and alignment is maintained, prioritizing safety alongside deliverability, project commercial drivers and other design constraints.
• Champion continuous improvement within workstreams.
• Maintain robust documentation of workstreams and any resulting design decisions with supporting documentation.
• Prepare information and documentation as a basis for technical and commercial decision making and reporting.
• Coordinate interfaces across engineering disciplines and work streams as well as between internal company departments and contractors. 
• Ensure the Interface / Responsibility matrix is up to date and all packages are delivering on the plan through regular cordination
• Strive to remain well-informed of technological innovations and practices through regular contact with other teams, projects, departments, industry and academic experts.

Minimum qualifications

• Engineering degree from an accredited university in relevant background (civil/ mechanical/ structural/ ocean/ naval/ electrical)
• 10+ years of relevant experience in development & construction of large infrastructure projects within the Offshore Wind, Onshore Wind, Solar, Oil or Gas industries.
• Demonstrated past experience with either offshore wind or similar energy related industries (technical, development, project management and commercial)
• Demonstrated engineering design experience and leading cross functional engineering team projects.
• Familiar with industry codes and standards applicable to offshore wind projects.
• Willing to perform relevant offshore safety trainings and “go” offshore for certain activities.
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally.
• Fluent in spoken and written English

Preferred qualifications

• 5+ years of offshore wind experience
• Licensed Professional Engineer or on path to obtain
• Project Management Professional certification or similar
• A strong understanding of the offshore wind market
• Good organizational skills and experience of project management.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Results-oriented and Commercial mindset, ability to analyze and summarize complex development topics and aggregate decision-relevant information to convey messages clearly and concisely
• Proven experience, ability to build and develop high performance teams and to motivate, acting comfortably in cross-cultural teams, collaborating across country boundaries with a sense of diversity and inclusion
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with people on different levels of hierarchy, different backgrounds and cultures, must be a team player 
• Excellent understanding of technical analysis and specifically of competitive drivers that can help winning projects in very competitive tender environments
• Strong track record in successful engineering construction management and good knowledge of all wind farm package areas and their interdependencies
• Willingness to innovate and challenge the status quo with a continuous-improvement mindset.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.

RWE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

For 125 years RWE has been the source of energy for millions of people across the globe. Now we’re making all that energy green. This decade alone we’re investing €50bn into renewables and will be carbon neutral by 2040 – ten years earlier than most other global targets. This is a chance to play a key role on our journey.

Join our renewables specialists, working across the clean energy spectrum to grow our operations to 50 GW by 2030 – with some of the world’s largest on and offshore wind farms and industry-leading hydrogen initiatives. We’re also considered innovators in solar development including floating photovoltaics and agri-photovoltaics. Or add your expertise to our supply and trading operations, brokering renewable electricity, green gas, commodities, and CO2 emission allowances from one of our advanced energy trading floors.

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Any questions? Your Contact in Recruiting: Elena Sanchez, , paul.blimberg@rwe.com