Renewables Control Room Operator - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Wood Plc

Wood Plc

Verified Company

Glasgow, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Overview / Responsibilities:

Wood is recruiting for a Control Room Operator to join our Asset Management and Operational Services (AMOS) team within our Renewables division based in Glasgow.

This position will work Monday to Friday but will also be required to cover shifts for annual leave and any other absences across the control room team.

Join a culture of innovation, pushing the boundaries of what is possible to seek the best solutions for our clients.

The Role
This will be an excellent opportunity to develop your career within the growing Renewables industry.

We are looking for someone who has great IT skills, a good telephone manner, a diligent approach to Health and safety and the ability to keep calm in a safety critical environment.

Full training will be provided on the core duties and responsibilities.

The Operational Controller will have the responsibility for operational decision making and will ensure that all operational activities across the Wood portfolio of wind and solar farm sites within the UK are co-ordinated, controlled and monitored in accordance with Wood procedures and in accordance with regulatory requirements.

As such, the Operational Controller is essential in ensuring the safety and efficiency of operations across the different sites within the UK.

To be successful in this role you do not have to have lots of previous experience in a control room setting - although previous renewables experience or knowledge would be an advantage.

Our Clients and Projects

It's

a future for all of us. We aspire to shape a better tomorrow by unlocking solutions that address the biggest challenges facing our clients and our society.

Wood's Asset Management and Operational Services (AMOS) group consists of multi-disciplined service lines that provides project management and technical consultancy services and solutions to wind energy clients which includes developers, owners and operators for projects worldwide.

Our teams consist of Analysis which provides wind measurement and accredited analysis services for power performance testing, bankable energy yield assessments, and Engineering and Operations teams that provide asset management services including meteorological mast and wind lidar for pre and post construction onshore and offshore wind energy projects.

With a dynamic and experienced group of project managers, engineers, scientists and technical consultants, we can support our clients goals throughout the entire project life cycle.

What

we can offer
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Meaningful and interesting projects** delivered to leaders of industry across renewables and emerging energy sectors
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Commitment to Diversity and I
nclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
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Competitive
salary** with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
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Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
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Commitment to c
ontinued d
evelopment; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
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Global c
onnections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

If all of this

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Typical responsibilities

Familiarise with processes and systems in relation to shift responsibilities, including major dynamic site issues such as TOC, grid outages, HV works, site curtailment requests from National Grid and weather safety alerts
Assist the Supervisor/Senior Operational Controller with training of new Operational Controllers and their integration into the control room when on shift
Decision maker during communications with National Grid to ensure compliance with the UK Grid Code and associated obligations as well as escalation responsibility to management team if required
Identify issues with existing procedures/methods associated with the operational activity to ensure best practice is maintained across the portfolio
On shift decision maker relating to the management of Wind Turbine Generation (WTG) remote reset protocols to maximise energy capture
Perform fault logging to ensure contractual availability and fault trends can be accurately assessed
Perform the real time updating of the energy trading IT systems
Perform daytoday data population, maintenance and integrity checks
Compliance with all Health and Safety (H&S) and Quality legislation, company and any specific site requirements by the teams and reporting of any incidents to the PM updating and maintaining relevant systems
Ensure system information is accurate to avoid excessive rewriting during the team audit process
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