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Senior Site Operations Manager (m/f/d) - Europe/Responsable Opérations site Europe Senior (H/F)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Degree in an engineering discipline, or equivalent professional education/apprenticeship in a technical discipline with extensive experience
  • Significant experience in offshore wind operations or maintenance operations
  • Proven ability to work in a cross-functional, global environment with remote teams
  • Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead safe offshore site operations, ensuring work is delivered to quality standards, on schedule, and within budget
  • Track key performance indicators, report progress and deviations, and implement mitigation actions where required
  • Champion the GE Vernova Way by promoting innovation, Lean practices, accountability, and a one-team culture
  • Oversee all offshore wind operations-related activities across European wind farms, with accountability for SQDC performance

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Leadership
  • Innovation
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Teamwork

About the company

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GE Vernova

Energy Technology

Building on over 130 years of experience, GE Vernova is leading a new era of energy – electrifying the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryEnergy Technology
Company size10001

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Job description

Job Description Summary

The Senior Site Operations Manager (m/f/d) - Europe leads offshore wind operations across assigned wind farms, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient execution in line with Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery (SQDC) targets. This role provides leadership to the Projects Delivery team, drives collaboration with customers and internal stakeholders, and supports high-performance operations across European sites. The position is based in Nantes, France or Hamburg, Germany, with international and offshore travel required.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead safe offshore site operations, ensuring work is delivered to quality standards, on schedule, and within budget.
  • Track key performance indicators, report progress and deviations, and implement mitigation actions where required.
  • Champion the GE Vernova Way by promoting innovation, Lean practices, accountability, and a one-team culture.
  • Lead implementation of response plans in line with Operator and GE policies, including support for incident investigations.
  • Oversee all offshore wind operations-related activities across European wind farms, with accountability for SQDC performance.
  • Serve as the primary contact for customer representatives and prepare monthly customer reports.
  • Coordinate administrative and planning activities, including technician levels, service schedules, requisitions, documentation, and availability tracking.
  • Lead the Production-Based Availability operational plan to strengthen collaboration with the operator and improve availability.
  • Monitor production-based availability metrics and ensure accurate reporting to customer and GE Vernova management.
  • Approve rotation plans and resource deployment to support scope delivery and manage risks to SQDC targets.
  • Drive continuous improvement, knowledge retention, and feedback loops across the business.
  • Lead issue resolution, process improvement, and cross-functional business initiatives.
  • Support recruitment, talent development, and technician competence development.
  • Ensure all resources, including technician authorization panels, are in place to support site operations.
  • Lead development and continuous improvement of systems, processes, and Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Support budget creation and ensure adherence to approved budgets.
  • Collaborate with support functions to establish supplier agreements and contracts.
  • Define clear roles and responsibilities across all capabilities in scope to ensure successful site delivery.

Qualifications:

  • Degree in an engineering discipline, or equivalent professional education/apprenticeship in a technical discipline with extensive experience.
  • Significant experience in offshore wind operations or maintenance operations.
  • Proven ability to work in a cross-functional, global environment with remote teams.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems in a structured manner.
  • Experience leading projects and technician teams.
  • Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and cloud-based collaboration platforms.
  • Fluency in English.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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