Project Engineer Interface

Project Engineer Interface

Location(s):

London, City of London, GB, EC2R 8HP

Copenhagen, 84, DK, 1620

Swindon, Wiltshire, GB, SN5 6PB

RWE Renewables UK Management Ltd.

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Engineering

The Engineering Management Team within RWE Renewables Offshore Wind is looking for Project Engineer Interface with a solid technical background in offshore wind to manage project-level design, interfaces and optimisation activities, plus other multidisciplinary engineering workstreams in our UK projects.

About the role

Manage multi-disciplinary / multi-department activities ensuring clear communication and alignment is maintained safeguarding safety by design alongside deliverability, project commercial drivers and other design constraints

Identification of technical interface issues and the facilitation of their resolution

Develop, apply and maintain interface management tools and monitoring processes

Maintain documentation relating to design decisions with supporting evidence for inclusion in the project design decision log

Communicating interface risk to the Engineering and Package Managers and other relevant project stakeholders

Ensure the compatibility of technical specifications and scopes throughout the design phase, in supply contracts and during manufacturing

Coordination of regular interface meetings with suppliers

Where nominated, represent the Engineering Manager on relevant engineering consultancy contracts - i.e. attend meetings in lieu of and/or be the nominated contact through which project communication is made

Plan and implement works contracts such as mock-ups, test pieces and trials required for design development

Coordinate interfaces across engineering disciplines and work streams as well as between internal company departments, OEMs & contractors

Provide support for the design review and approval process, participating in Design Safety Reviews (including constructability and operability)

In addition, you will support the Engineering Manager in other project tasks and phases:

Execute project engineering activities to deliver competitive, optimised design decisions. In particular, co-ordination of: Project-level design and optimisation activities (including project capacity, footprint and layout selection); Energy production estimate activities; Project consent envelope; Integration of innovation workstreams

Development of project schedule, technical risk evaluation & mitigation actions

Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and industry and company best practice

Ensure HSE&S considerations are fundamental inputs to the design process

Promote continuous improvement within workstreams; with a particular focus on safety, project economics, inclusion of any innovation or auction specific requirements

Design optimisation activities: develop best practice strategy / methodology, identify design constraints and targets, co-ordinate engineering cost modelling activities (including design studies and optimisation exercises), deliver technical reviews, identify key design levers. Administrate and review inputs across disciplines of the consent project description and envelope definition

For innovation management: manage integration of innovation workstreams, coordinate feasibility assessments, business case inputs, and documentation as required to deliver adoption decisions and drive the maximum value into projects

You will aim remain well-informed of technological innovations and practices through regular contact with other teams, projects, departments, industry and academic experts