Head of Offshore Wind, Technical Advisory Services - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Verified Company

Glasgow, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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At UL, we know why we come to work:

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security, and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries.

UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection, and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth.

The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission.

We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future.

Our science is your advantage.

Our comprehensive portfolio of renewable energy solutions helps stakeholders plan, design, finance, build, invest, operate, maintain, and manage wind both on land and offshore, and solar throughout the project lifecycle and across the value chain.

Working at UL means you will be part of a team delivering proven science, expert engineering, and innovative solutions that address the unique challenges of these industries.

What you'll learn & achieve:

The Head of Offshore Wind will responsible for leading and growing UL's global offshore wind business to become a major player in the offshore wind industry.

Strategic Global Business Management

Provide strategic direction and focus to UL's efforts to develop and grow UL's global offshore wind business.
Work to a global growth target and develop regional strategies for development of services.
Work with different internal teams to identify strengths and skills gaps.
Collaboratively develop and be responsible for implementing strategy to grow UL's offshore wind business to become a significant player in the global offshore industry, including P&L and team leadership responsibility.
Work with lenders, developers and investors as the main client interface for UL. Attend client meetings with lenders and developers as needed.
Prepare proposals detailing a scope of work, team, budget and schedule for completion to satisfy client expectations.

Tehcnical Advisory and Team Leadership

Work with responsible Project Managers to manage and schedule internal and external resources to ensure project deliverables stay on time, on target, and on budget.
Oversee communication plans and related project status reports as the project director. Facilitate and lead regular status meetings with internal project team, sponsors, and stakeholders.
Review project contracts and financial models.
Work with multidisciplinary team to identify project risks, barriers, and issues and propose possible solutions and mitigation strategies.
Manage multidisciplinary teams executing high profile projects for Independent Engineering/Lender's Technical Advisory, Technical Advisory, Certification and Engineering work on offshore project development, engineering, certification, financing, and mergers & acquisitions of offshore wind projects and portfolios.
Lead teams in compiling and completing work to ensure a high quality of work that meets and exceeds client expectations.

What makes you a great fit:

Minimum 8 years of experience in Offshore Wind, preferably in a consultancy/developers background
University/Bachelor's degree in Renewables energy
Experience in analysing Independent Engineering/Lender's Technical Advisory, Technical Advisory report sections
Strong team player who shares the company's ambitions and cultural values; ability to work in a global matrixed organization
Have an entrepreneurial spirit and be a selfstarter
Have commitment and a personal style for working within a fastpaced, highgrowth environment while building a successful business for the future.

What you'll experience working at UL:

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Mission:

For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn't new.

Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 125 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.

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People:

Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you'll almost always hear, "the people." Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL.

We're able to deliver the best because we employ the best.
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Interesting work:

Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers' create. We're inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.
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Grow & achieve:

We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for ap