Distributed Generation Site Manager, South West Region

at  ESB

Vacancy Number: 25534
Engineering - Other
Job Type: Full-time
ESB is a purpose led company striving to create a brighter future for the customers and communities we serve, leading the transition to reliable, affordable, low-carbon energy. Today, we operate one of the most progressive electricity systems in the world, with activities spanning electricity generation, transmission, distribution and supply in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and an international energy consulting business.
With almost 8,000 employees we invested €1bn in infrastructure last year, contributed over €2bn to the economies we operate in and distributed over €2m across a range of community initiatives. This requires us to bring the best of our capabilities together to deliver innovative and value-driven solutions that enable our customers to live low-carbon lives. ESB strives to foster an effective and inclusive culture where people engage, challenge and feel connected to our purpose, colleagues, customers and community.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Renewables Operations & Maintenance (O&M) is a department within ESB Generation and Trading with responsibility for the management of the operation and maintenance of ESB’s Onshore wind and distributed generation asset portfolio.
As part of delivery of the Net Zero by 2040 Strategy it is our ambition that we will generate 70% of our electricity generation from renewable assets by 2030 with 1.7GW of offshore wind, 3.5GW of onshore wind, 900MW of solar and to also incorporate 500 MW of renewables enabling flexible generation assets including battery energy storage systems, peaking plants, and grid support devices such as synchronous condensers.
Due to the projected significant expansion of the Onshore wind and distributed Generation portfolio over the coming years, ESB is seeking to appoint a Site Manager within the Renewables O&M Site Operations team in the south-west region.
The role of the Renewables Site Manager is to represent the O&M interests of ESB as the asset owner of operational sites and to contribute to the mobilization process of projects under construction to ensure the safe and smooth transition of projects from energization into commercial operations. The operational and new sites will be a combination of both renewable and renewable enabling technologies. This position offers candidates an exciting opportunity to join an expanding business area and gain significant site and commercial experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for onsite operations for Wind farms and Synchronous Condenser plant in the South Clare/ North Kerry/South Limerick area and will act in a backup site manager capacity for other renewables sites in the south-west region.
This is a challenging and autonomous role, and the successful candidate will be a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines. They should have a demonstratable ability to communicate and relate effectively with staff at all levels of the organization.
Responsibilities will be as per business needs and flexibility to adapt to these needs will be a core requirement of this role.

The Key responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to the following:

• Management of site safety, site operations and control of access to Renewable O&M Generation assets.
• Ensure safety and environmental obligations are met for efficient operation of plant on those sites, including local onsite operation of plant and electrical switching duties as required.
• Implement and maintain plant procedures, site policies and safety programs.
• Provide a timely site response capability in the event of an issue developing on a site that is remotely monitored. It is a requirement of this role that the Renewables Site Manager would participate in an on-call Rota. Requirement to respond to alarms and events on the site during normal and outside normal working hours.
• Management of service providers and contractors onsite including performing inductions and setting to work as required.
• Manage, administer, and ensure compliance with the ESB Safety Rules in operation. Perform role of Work Controller (WC) and Safety from the System Coordinator (SSC) in accordance with the ESB Generation & Trading Safe System of Work (SSoW) Safety Rules after successful training, assessment, and approval in the position.
• Management of warranty issues associated with Renewable O&M Generation assets.
• Support optimization of lifetime O&M and asset management planning and costs within budgets.
• Undertake ad hoc projects as assigned in the O&M area.
• Outage and project management as required.
• Support other Site Managers as required.
• Support asset transfer and integration of renewables assets into the existing operational portfolio during project construction and mobilization phases where required.
• Support Renewable O&M Generation asset re-powering/lifetime extension projects as required.