Imagine a future where you join the operational power control team, ensuring safe and efficient power control operations.
Join us in this role where you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the power control team, ensuring adherence to QHSE standards and regulatory requirements. You will play a crucial role in operating our Generation Assets, gaining, and holding specialist technical knowledge, and ensuring the safe execution of power control operations.
Welcome to Generation UK
You will be part of Power Control where you, together with your colleagues, will ensure the highest standards of safety and performance in power control operations.
As a team, we foster a proactive safety-first culture and collaborate effectively to achieve our operational goals.
You will play a key role in:
safely operating all of our Offshore Wind Generation Assets, adhering to QHSE standards and contractual/regulatory requirements
ensuring execution of Control Point tasks including WTG/Windfarm control, power regulation, alarm handling, and regulatory reporting
supporting our HV execution teams by providing HV Control support (training and authorisation provided)
manage customer and regulatory queries, ensuring they are answered within operational timescales.
gain and utilise specialist technical knowledge across regions/platforms to perform your operational tasks.
To succeed in the role, you:
have experience in/knowledge of power generation.
have an electrical background e.g., electrician/electrical engineer.
have experience operating SCADA applications and using control systems.
have knowledge of REMIT and Grid Code regulations.
have knowledge of control point services, alarm handling processes, and electrical safety rules.
possess excellent communication skills and are fluent in English.
The role is based in our control room facility in Barrow-in-Furness and is a shift rotation covering 24/7.
You have read the above and can see you have some of the transferable skills, even though they do not match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.
Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We will be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we have found the right candidate.
As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.
Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We do not take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.
Position salary range:
48,960.00- 73,440.00 + pension + benefits
Pre-employment screening:
All offers of employment in the UK are conditional on successful completion of a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. Further details will be given at offer stage.
Ørsted is the global leader in offshore wind power and is one of the largest renewable energy companies in the world.
Within a decade, we transformed from being one of Europe’s most fossil fuel-intensive utilities to being ranked as one of the most sustainable energy companies in the world. Today, we’re guided by a clear vision: to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.
We provide countries, companies, and communities with sustainable, reliable, and cost-competitive energy solutions, including offshore and onshore wind, solar, renewable hydrogen, and energy storage. We built the world’s first offshore wind farm back in 1991, and with over 2,000 turbines at sea, we’ve installed more offshore wind capacity than anyone else. In total, we own or operate over 17 GW of renewable energy capacity across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
We know that to build renewable energy at pace and scale, we must build it right. We commit to developing and operating our assets in harmony with nature and in line with the need for science-based climate action. We prioritise integrity and safety in our operations, and we respect the human rights and diverse values of every employee and stakeholder.
As a global renewable energy leader, we leverage the curiosity and passion of our people to innovate and take new or existing technologies to scale, collaborating with governments, suppliers, and our industry partners to make green energy solutions a reality.
