Deliverables

• Clear visibility for Operations of the operational, technical, and reliability risks associated with asset transfer.
• Reviewed and challenged assumptions and dependencies, including Operations input to relevant Assumption Books.
• Operations input to Integrity Issue Cases, with operational impacts and required actions clearly understood.
• A structured assessment of snags, punch-list items, incomplete works, and outstanding defects, including their operational consequences and risk exposure.
• Identification of handover-documentation gaps and missing technical deliverables.
• Technical recommendations supporting informed assessment of WTG handover readiness.

Project Documents

• Project Assumption Books and associated assumption or dependency logs.
• Integrity Issue Cases and supporting technical assessments.
• Snag lists, punch lists, incomplete-work registers, and outstanding-defect records.
• WTG handover packs, technical records, and documentation-gap trackers.
• Risk registers, action logs, meeting outputs, and handover-readiness review records.
• Supplier qualification and main component upgrade documentation, where applicable.

Decision Authority / Responsibility

• Represent Operations and customer interests within handover working groups, project meetings, workshops, and technical reviews.
• Challenge assumptions, technical positions, and risk assessments constructively from an Operations perspective.
• Provide technical recommendations and escalate unresolved operational, integrity, reliability, defect, or documentation concerns to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Support informed asset-transfer decisions by ensuring material risks, dependencies, and outstanding actions are visible and understood.

Requirements

Preferred Experience

• A proven background as a Commissioning Engineer or Commissioning Manager, Technical Project Manager within wind energy, experience in Operations Readiness, Asset Management or Construction-to-Operations handover role.
• Strong technical understanding of wind turbine systems.
• Experience working across multiple stakeholders and organisations.
• Experience with Siemens Gamesa D11 and/or D14 turbines is an advantage but not required.

Key Competencies

• Ability to challenge constructively and represent customer interests.
• Strong risk management and problem-solving skills.
• Structured, proactive, and able to work independently.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Equipment and IT Requirements

• The consultant must provide their own PC and/or iPhone.
• Privately owned equipment used for the assignment, including PCs, mobile phones, and iPads, must be kept up to date with the latest operating system releases.
• The consultant must allow installation of mandatory security and device management software on any iPhone or iPad used for assignment work.
• The consultant must grant approval for removal of applications, data, and access from privately owned equipment in case of a security or GDPR-related risk, loss/theft, or contract ending.
• On leaving the assignment, the consultant must contact the IT Service Desk to ensure all proprietary applications and data are removed from personal equipment.
• The IT Service Desk supports privately owned equipment only in relation to the mandatory security and management software.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the successful transition of wind turbine assets into Operations and help ensure the long-term reliability and performance of renewable energy infrastructure. If you thrive in a technically demanding and collaborative environment, we would like to hear from you.