Offshore Wind Technical Manager
- Location: Republic of Korea
- Salary: £72k - 78k per year
Offshore Wind technical manager
Spencer Ogden is looking for a highly motivated and skilful professional to strengthen its client's offshore wind project development team in Korea.
Role description:
· Manage the technical issues and communicate with the technical team , e.g. management of all technical functions and work; focal point for technical discussions and its commercial impact; resource planning
· Responsibility for definition, optimization and integration of the project design with due regard to the project commercial drivers, schedule and budget;
· Manage the engineering input into the Project Description, Pre-FEED, permits and statutory consents during the project development phase
· Deliver the project design basis at appropriate stages through the project
· Promote a consistent and inherently safe design, and ensure that design safety risks are demonstrable. Log any residual hazards for future transfer to the relevant project phases.
· Ensure design integrity, compliance and technical risk management in line with applicable regulations.
· Input to negotiation strategy with suppliers, creation of necessary pre-bid tender documents and its offers, approval of engineering documents and invitation to tender technical specifications
· Oversight and responsibility for maintenance of data about project site conditions and GIS information
· Development supporting of project schedule, technical risk evaluation & mitigation and oversight of technical LCOE & innovation measures.
· Support collation of relevant cost inputs for technical elements of the project (e.g. CAPEX and OPEX);
· Contribute to bid strategy and development of technical requirements of initial work packages such as; preliminary site investigations, technical solution scope (incl. options like battery, green hydrogen, innovation).
Desired qualifications:
· Engineering (civil/ mechanical / electrical) or other technical university degree
· At least 5 years of relevant experience in development & construction of offshore wind or large infrastructure projects
· Strong track record in successful engineering management and good knowledge of offshore wind development areas and their interdependencies.
· Results-oriented and Commercial mindset, ability to analyse 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
· Interdisciplinary project management experience
· Sound understanding of Korean offshore wind market dynamics & market specific challenges incl. local regulation impacting technical design parameters
· High degree of specific offshore wind expertise (technical, development, project management and commercial)
· Fluent in spoken and written English and Korean
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Job Description: Manage procurement operations in India with guidance from the Category Head.Assist in annual price negotiation, e-bidding, and framework contract negotiation with suppliers.Coordinate between HQ and local teams for project order creation and maintenance.Support supplier management in the Indian market category, optimizing the supply pool through regular evaluations and improvements.Achieve annual quality, delivery, and cost targets for the assigned category and support new product development.Based in India and adaptable to travel as needed. Job Requirements: Major in mechanical engineering or related fieldMinimum 5 years of experience in sourcing or project execution (e.g., wind turbine tower factories, wind turbine OEMs)Strong expertise in strategic sourcingFamiliarity with supplier access process and supplier management methodologyEffective communication and coordination skillsQuick response execution abilityExcellent oral and written English communication skills Apply today or contact Jax on jax.ng@spencer-ogden.com for a confidential discussion!
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