Senior Associate, Reliability Engineering

RWE Clean Energy, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Engineering
Remuneration: Exempt

The Senior Associate, Reliability Engineering​​​​​​, Operations Engineering will focus on wind turbine blade engineering as part of the wind turbine generator engineering team within the Operations Engineering department of RWECE. The blade engineers are component specialists within the Onshore Wind Engineering team and provide support and expertise on rotor blades for wind farm Development, Construction, and Operations. This role will support the breadth of existing assets in the United States from the end of construction at a project site to repowering and decommissioning with effort on Operational success and needed repair at existing projects. The job also covers the support of the other engineers globally. As RWECE is growing in terms of managed assets as the existing fleet ages, the position supports the growing asset base and increasing maintenance needs, which often come with age.

Role Responsibilities:

• Perform blade damage dispositions
• Improve a system to classify damage based on damage criticality, including low-risk periods for each failure mode
• Analyze the existing blade failure modes in the RWECE fleet
• Evaluate the criticality of each failure mode in terms of damage propagation and risk of catastrophic failure
• Support of repair crews while performing complex repairs
• Perform blade repair reports quality review
• Evaluation of the quality of blade repairs done by contractors
• Develop new and amend existing work instructions for blade inspections and repairs to be used on site
• Support of root cause analysis and corrective action for blade damages and failures using DMAIC and FMEA
• Monitor and report blade failure rates using reliability methodology
• Adhere to the Company’s values and behaviors as aspired to by RWECE
• Additionally, Perform all other duties assigned as may be required from time to time

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent from an accredited university
• Advanced degree preferred

Job Requirements and Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant engineering experience preferred
• Working knowledge of equipment utilized in the renewable energy sector, including utility-scale wind turbines
• Knowledge of the different blade types, integral, spar/shell, and web blades
• Knowledge of lightning conduction systems
• Knowledge of bolted connections
• Knowledge of data analytics, reductio,n and reporting
• Demonstrated desire to learn about the Company and the renewables space
• Excellent proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Teams
• Strong leadership, communication, documentation, and ability to meet deadlines
• Strong organization skills and ability to coordinate multiple tasks and deliverables
• Ability to multi-task while working independently and as part of a team
• Motivated self-starter, goal-oriented, and strong problem-solving abilities
• A continuous improvement mindset
• Responds well to direction, is easy to challenge and develop, and is coachable
• Is detail-oriented, has strong business acumen, and a sound understanding of business concepts

Work Environment: 

This position is office-based, with some travel and visits to other RWECE offices and field locations. The employee must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time.

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.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. No matter who you are, we welcome your application irrespective of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

RWE Clean Energy is one of the biggest names in the US renewables industry – and No.2 in solar. With a 1,500-strong team, the business has over 15 years’ experience of developing, constructing and operating renewable energy facilities, and ambitious plans for the future.

As part of the RWE Group’s Growing Green strategy to expand globally its green portfolio to more than 65 GW of installed capacity and to invest globally more than EUR 55 billion gross by 2030, RWE Clean Energy is determined to significantly increase its operating asset base in the U.S. This is backed by a project pipeline of more than 24 GW in onshore wind, solar and battery storage which provides for one of the largest development platforms in the United States.

Every project brings constantly-evolving technical, practical and social challenges – and drives a culture where everybody thrives, has fun and feels excited by each day. Our financial stability also means you’ll have the freedom to act with conviction and courage as we pivot to new technologies – and continuously improve, together.