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Senior Engineer – Foundations (Offshore Wind)

Senior Engineer – Foundations (Offshore Wind)

  • Location United Kingdom - South East - London, United Kingdom - South East - Sunbury
  • Travel required Yes - up to 25%
  • Job category Engineering Group
  • Relocation available No
  • Job type Professionals
  • Job code 145589BR
  • Experience level Senior
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Job summary

bp Offshore Wind Engineering is a fast-growing business and a key part of bp’s transition from an International Oil Company to an Integrated Energy Company. If this is a transition you’d like to lead, come and join us!

You will join us as a Senior Engineer – Foundations (Offshore Wind)of turbines and substations in the newly formed Offshore Wind division. You will lead the engineering of a Wind Farm Foundation package to achieve right first time engineering, fabrication, transport, installation and operation for the design life.

Senior Engineer – Foundations (Offshore Wind)
In this role You will:
  • Provide foundation package input to front-end project development
  • Define and lead technical studies to inform key project decisions
  • Develop the technical portion of the package requisition including technical specifications and information requirements and support supply chain engagement
  • Work closely with the Quality Lead to define test and inspection requirements.
  • Lead the technical bid evaluation
  • Performance manage contractor package engineering
  • Technical verification of contractor engineering including design reviews
  • Review and approve bp deviations
  • Verify supplier documentation and manage the document review process, inform inspector visits and support client verification of construction work
  • Support technical queries from other project functions, particularly operations and commissioning
  • Verify package technical close-out and recommend readiness to ship
  • Capture lessons at keys stages during the package management lifecycle to continuously improve portfolio technical knowledge
  • Deliver foundation innovation, technology and designs that optimise the LCoE of the portfolio
What You will need to be successful:
  • Engineering Degree. Desirable: Chartered Engineer.
  • Demonstrated technical competency in structural engineering discipline with broad understanding of the applicable codes and standards for the scope
  • Significant experience of all project stages (pre-FEED/FEED/detailed design, construction, installation and operations support). Desirable – technology development.
  • A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience of offshore structures
  • Understanding of the interfaces and interaction with supporting engineering disciplines for the scope of this package, particularly geotechnical
  • Understand technical risk identification and management processes to deliver safe and competitive projects
  • Understand Quality Management process for engineering, manufacture and installation
  • Understand technical aspects of competitive procurement process
  • Ability in performance management of others (including. 3rd party engineering services providers) to support timely decision making
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively across functions and within multi-disciplinary teams. Desirable – collaboration with Operations teams.
  • Fluent written and spoken English language

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