Senior Naval Architect Floating (d/f/m)

RWE Renewables GmbH, Hamburg,Deutschland (DE) or Coventry, Swindon, London, UK

To start on 01/10/2021 or To start as soon as possible, Full time, Permanent

Functional area: Engineering; Renewables

“Join us to help build the foundations of a sustainable future”

Inviting bright minds

Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop innovative sustainable solutions to challenging technical problems? You would be joining our Offshore Structures Team. This exciting team of experts support the entire offshore wind business within RWE. We work to build a renewable energy future and as a team to set the standard amongst our peers. We invite you to bring your experience into play as you help to deliver on projects throughout a wind turbine foundation’s life cycle.

Are you our new colleague?

Your key tasks and responsibilities:

• Technical lead role in the team developing RWE’s floating foundations
• Supporting the RWE demonstrator projects on design decisions and ensuring that the experience gained is transferred into subsequent projects to achieve savings potential
• Transferring the experience gained from demonstrator projects into future full scale development projects
• Leading RWE’s knowledge expansion through novel research activities and participation in wider Joint Industry Projects
• Market engagement with key suppliers to track the development of key technologies.
• Assessment of the risks and benefits of floating foundation types and separate technologies throughout the lifecycle, from design through to operation and decommissioning.
• Providing technical expertise to the operational teams on maintaining the structures through life.

You may be required to perform the following activities:

• Support the wider structures team on issues associated with offshore engineering.
• Ensure that all lessons learned from our operating fleet are incorporated into future projects and support to Procurement, Quality, and HSSE departments
• Work closely with internal stakeholders and external design houses and fabricators to produce cost effective and value-added solutions

Your profile:

• A degree in naval architecture, or equivalent experience
• Have strong experience in offshore engineering, preferably floating wind structures
• Project management experience and experience of fabrication
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
• Good communicator and excellent team player
• Fluent spoken and written English

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Any questions? Ann-Kathrin Große (Recruiting), Mail: Julia.Wonneberger@rwe.com

We look forward to meeting you!

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RWE Renewables GmbH, based in Essen, Germany, is RWE’s youngest subsidiary and one of the world’s leading companies in the field of renewable energies. Our total capacity of more than 9 gigawatts results from onshore and offshore wind parks, photovoltaic plants and battery storage. These technologies allow us to advance the expansion of renewable energies in more than 15 countries on four continents. We are drivers of the energy transition – and provide electricity for a sustainable life.