Team Supervisor

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation, together we are working on a fossil-free future. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

140 wind turbines, 25 kilometres off the coast near Noordwijk, will generate 1.5 gigawatts of electricity. Clean, safe energy that will help us achieve our goal: fossil-freedom in one generation. 

Will you take the lead in keeping these impressive devices up and running? 

What will you do? 

The Team Supervisor WTG / BoP supports the Operations Manager in organizing daily maintenance and operation of the Windfarm. 

Support in ensuring a safe, cost efficient and compliant execution of maintenance and site operations. 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Maintain a strong focus on and work towards a positive HS&E culture and act as a role model  
• Responsible for and participate in morning brief, toolbox talks and performance meetings, when on shift.  
• Deputy for Operations Manager in the case of absence 
• Participate in Emergency Response and incident management as directed by Site Manager  
• Track the progress and keep site management informed of all O&M activities e.g., retrofits, inspections, service, jack-up etc.  
• Accountable for directing vessel/helicopter and SOV movements to optimize time and reduce fuel consumption  
• Line management and development of Technicians and Supervisors, this includes performance talks (start, mid and end year), disciplinary actions, approving hours/absence etc. and regular 1:1 dialogue  
• Technician resource management and management of associated budget  
• Manage improvement initiatives, ensuring owners are assigned and regular updates, focus and cross portfolio sharing is achieved, e.g., increasing productivity, people performance or safety.   
• Support Planning function with any technical questions and allocate the relevant resources related to the plan and schedules, as well as how work can be bundled to improve efficiency 
• Translate planes into execution and generate daily transfer/pax lists 
• Ensure that work plans are developed to ensure passenger/material transfers are executed in accordance with safe working practices and take relevant procedures into account 
• Liaise with the scope responsible on projects to ensure that all technicians, contractors and third parties going offshore have the correct certification and competences to carry out the planned work 
• Inform about the progress and keep stakeholders informed on progress of all activities, including retrofits, inspections, service jack-up etc. performed on site 
• Update various databases to comply with reporting obligations 
• Lead morning brief, de-brief in the evening, toolbox talks, performance meetings etc. if required 
• Supervise teams of internal and external Technicians carrying out scheduled maintenance/troubleshooting and ensuring a consistent high level of quality, efficiency and safety 
• Ensure review of relevant back reporting. Process as required, collaborate with technical authorities to finalize and evaluate back reporting. 
• Work close together with the Planning function optimizing the yearly plan 
• In SAP (Maintenance tool), release and inspect service work orders, ensuring hours, explanation and use of spare parts (technical complete), before they are closed (business close) by the O&M Coordinator 
• Receive and collect all incoming notifications from the technicians. Evaluate the priority of works, convert notifications into work orders and schedule accordingly. Pull in Associate Technical Expert – HV/Region for support if needed 

Location: 

Your base is the ‘hub’ in the port of IJmuiden. There we monitor the entire wind farm of more than 200 km2 with a team of 30 technicians. The site office consists of office space, a jetty for the crew transport vessels and the warehouse with spare parts. 

Who are you? 

You will be comfortable in this role if you bring: 

• Mechanical and or Electrical B.Sc. or similar  
• Min. 5-year experience as leader in Offshore Wind Business  
• Leadership and communication skills  
• Knowledge about WTG in electrical and mechanical areas or Experience from the wind business or other power generation preferred  
• Strong drive and business mind set  
• Fluent English language skills  
• Operation & Maintenance knowledge preferred  

In addition, the following points are really important. You are: 

• in possession of a driving license B 
• living within commuting distance of IJmuiden (max 45 min by car)
• in possession of good IT skills (MS-office applicati. ons and SAP system)

What we offer 

Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.   

  

More Information   

We welcome your application in English, as soon as possible for you. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.   

   

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Thijs Suurmond via email: t[email protected].   

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.  

We look forward to receiving your application!