Site Manager Sweden

As a vital member of the Asset Management Team, reporting to the Area Manager and Head of Asset Management for the allocated area, you will oversee the safe and optimal performance of renewable energy assets. The role involves managing contractors to execute planned and corrective maintenance within specified time, quality, and cost parameters across your designated region. As Site Manager, you will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of wind power plants, ensuring that internal procedures are followed and that suppliers are in line with the best practices within the sector, promoting health and safety at work.

Job Description:

Location:

This is a remote role. The candidate must be based in CentralSweden, near of Umea.

Key Responsibilities:

HSQE (Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental):

• Ensure the safety of all personnel on site, adhering to regulations and legislation.
• • Uphold effective HSQE standards across the wind farm portfolio under your management.
  • • Conduct regular audits and inspections of contractors for QHSE compliance.
    • • Document safety incidents promptly, investigate as needed, provide recommendations and ensure the implementation of the agreed improvements.
      • • Lead emergency planning with regular exercises to verify its effectiveness.

        • Technical:

          • Oversee and coordinate site O&M service activities, ensuring the reconciliation of O&M reported metrics and the respect of QHSE standards
          • Operate the plant(s) with a focus on availability maximizing the generation.
          • Monitor the asset KPIs and provide daily notice and structured info about the asset operational status, maintenance plans and downtime events to all the relevant internal stakeholders
          • Troubleshoot andor support the investigationRCAs of complex technical issues; activate all the required internal stakeholders to ensure proper specialized engagement to reduce turbine downtimes and proper reaction. Participate with fault finding and rectification were possible.
          • Perform frequent site quality inspection on a selection of the installed machines and relevant equipment; generate reports and punch lists also for QHSE and service quality tracking purpose; ensure the follow up and implementation of remedial works. When required and with the support of the specialists available in the other COO areas: operate the systems and the relevant equipment installed on site (especially HVLV equipment) and perform minor corrective maintenance activities to improve asset performance
          • Obtain authorisation under HV safety rules and coordinate component exchanges
          • Plan and implement preventive maintenance on site leveraging on the inputs provided by Asset Maintenance department, manage the statutory checks and the corrective maintenance (especially the major correctives if outside the scope of the general contractors), minimizing the asset or generation unit downtimes.
          • Plan and implement all the performance improvement actions with active support for the delivery of the projects.
          • Identify and mitigate risks that could impact performance targets.
          • Investigate major outages to prevent reoccurrence and ensure lessons learned.
          • Collaborate actively in valueadded projects to monitor asset efficiency, ensuring the correct installation and operation of equipment.

          • Commercial:

            • Deliver works on site within defined budgets while maximizing profitability
            • Generate PRsPOs for goods and services ensuring business continuity, in line with company procedures, with the support of the Procurement department and through the corporate systems and platforms.
            • Manage wind farms in line with budgetary expectations, identifying and communicating variances.
            • Provide inputs to annual budgets for operating and capital expenditures
            • Focus on performance improvements to enhance wind farm profitability without compromising safety or quality.

            • Contractor Management:

              • Maintain high standards in contractor performance and stakeholder engagement
              • Implement work plans for all sites, emphasizing the efficient generation of each wind turbine.
              • Foster good relationships with key stakeholders through regular communication.
              • Conduct frequent contractor audits on site to ensure governance against contract deliverables.
              • Oversee project management to ensure ontime, onbudget delivery with minimal impact on site performance.

              • Reporting:

                • Produce monthly operational reports detailing Asset Management activities and site performance.
                • Collaborate with Operational Analysts to address turbine performance issues.
                • Provide inputs for written business cases to support initiatives and for special reports describing technical issues to be used for “sharing knowledge” purposes and improvement of the internal technical specification.

                • Competencies & Behaviours:

                  • Health and Safety focussed with knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and guidance.
                  • Ability to make effective, informed decisions in pressured situations.
                  • Good written and verbal communication skills with both technical and nontechnical audiences.
                  • Independent, ideally with experience working remotely from other team members.
                  • Adaptable and flexible to changes in priorities or schedules.
                  • Keen to learn and develop new skills and knowledge.

                  • Skills & Knowledge:

                    • Clear and concise written and verbal communication at all levels.
                    • • WTG analysis of faults and participation with corrective action planning
                      • • Strong scheduling and planning skills for timely task completion.
                        • • Previous experience with O&M service companies and HVLV equipment knowledge.
                          • • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

                            • Relevant Experience:

                              • Experience managing onshore wind farms 25 years’ experience
                              • • Knowledge of information documentation, monitoring, and reporting industry best practices.

                                • Education & Qualifications:

                                  • Educational background in a field of Mechanical, Electrical or Civil construction
                                  • • Project Management skills and experience
                                    • Fluent in English and Swedish

                                    • Travel Requirements:

                                      Travel regularly (dailyweekly) within allocated area with potential European travel for training

                                      Location:

                                      Wind Farm

                                      Time Type:

                                      Full time

                                      Worker Subtype:

                                      Regular