Oceanographer

RWE Renewables UK Management Ltd.

To start as soon as possible, Full time, Permanent

Our ambition is to grow our Offshore fleet from currently 12 sites to 30+ sites with a Global coverage. Our Site Characterisation team is a major contributor to achieve our target and to bring clean energy to shore. As an Oceanographer within the team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to projects, from early development phase through design and construction and watch the projects you support emerge from an undeveloped site to a fully operational offshore windfarm. As an RWE Oceanographer you will have the opportunity to develop our offshore wind portfolio, and your own professional development through the support of the multi-disciplinary approach of the "Site Characterisation" disciplines within the team.

As part of the Site Characterisation and Ground Modelling Team, the metocean team responds to requests covering all aspects of the metocean topic, from desktop studies and hindcast models, through to metocean survey campaigns and forecasting services to support operations and maintenance activities and logistics.

Reporting to the Senior Oceanographer, your responsibilities will be to act as a technical contact for the projects you are involved in, liaising with colleagues from other engineering teams, in addition to developing and continually improving our metocean capabilities. You will be involved in study and survey design, specification, technical tender assessment and acquired data collation and review, ensuring our metocean surveys deliver high levels of quality and accuracy.

Alongside this you will bring proven experience on aspects such as metocean data processing and management, modelling, offshore operations, and an appreciation of the importance of metocean conditions to the design, installation and operation and maintenance of offshore renewables projects.

As an RWE Oceanographer you will have:

• MSc or equivalent in Oceanography, or in a relevant environmental science discipline
• Ability to QC varied metocean datasets, adding oceanographic context for individual project sites
• Proven background in metocean surveys
• High regard and good knowledge of current UK health, safety and environmental legislation
• Strong experience reviewing technical reports
• Familiarity with the standard metocean equipment used within the renewables industry, such as floating LiDAR buoys, wave buoys, ADCPs etc
• Familiarity with current and novel metocean and nearshore survey techniques
• Familiarity with specialist software such as ArcGIS, MATLAB, etc
• The ability to communicate metocean requirements to a wide audience
• Demonstrable competency in working within multi-discipline teams with a high level of communication skills at all levels
• A Willingness to travel within the UK and internationally
• Great communication skills as an excellent team player

Ideally, you will also have:

• Flexibility to work some time "out of hours" as part of a wider survey team to provide technical support to live survey projects would be desirable
• Good understanding of Industry Technical Codes, Process and Regulations
• Experience managing large technical datasets

Apply now with just a few clicks: ad code 79172, application deadline 22.12.2022

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RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world's leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.

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. With an international team of around 3,500 employees, we are drivers of the energy transition - and provide electricity for a sustainable life. Our total capacity of more than 9 gigawatts results from onshore and offshore wind parks, photovoltaic plants and battery storage. We focus on growth: on the American continent, on the European core markets and on new markets in the Asia-Pacific region.