Field Expert Technician (Offshore, Fire Systems)

Do you want to work to make Power for Good?

We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We're guided by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy.

We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why we continually invest in them.

RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Our competitive package offers rewards and benefits including pension schemes, flexible working, and top-down emphasis on better work-life balance. We also offer private healthcare, discounted green travel, 24 days holiday (with an additional discretionary day given by the company) with options to buy/sell days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year so you can make an impact somewhere else.

The Position

Reporting to an Operations Manager, the primary responsibility of the role is to deliver O&M services to offshore renewable energy assets. Assets include offshore meteorological masts, wind turbines, offshore transmission assets including onshore and offshore substations, foundations and subsea cables. The Field Expert Technician role is to ensure that these services are delivered safely, on time, and in accordance with contractual requirements, standards and specifications. Due to the specific knowledge and experience of the Field Specialist Technician it is however expected that the focus of his/her site work will be predominantly based on the equipment is most knowledgeable about (eg. fire systems, incl. suppression systems). 

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery of operation and maintenance services, including but not limited to:
  • Delivery the onshore and offshore electrical & mechanical work
    • Inspection and planned maintenance of onshore and offshore assets
    • Reactive maintenance – depending on the type of fault, reactive maintenance may require onshore and/or offshore site visits at short notice
    • Housekeeping
  • Delivery of retrofits
  • Management & coordination of the site works including monitoring of RES’s contractors’ performance
  • Producing Risk Assessments and Method Statements
  • Compliance with site safety rules including escalation and reporting of any safety, environmental and operational issues
  • Inspection and maintenance of RES’s tools, equipment and PPE
  • Provision of relevant information for reports to issue to client
• Competency and skills to:
  • Deliver planned and reactive offshore activities
  • Work effectively alone and as part of a team
  • Maintain complex system involving difficult access
• On-Call: depending on your knowledge and experience, you may be expected to participate in a call out rota to provide emergency response outside of normal working hours.
• Due to the nature of the offshore environment the role requires a flexible approach to the working days and hours requiring working outside normal working hours
• The role also includes the following department responsibilities:
  • Support the production and review of procedures, processes and technical literature
  • Draft and/or provide inputs into proposals and related cost books

At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.