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Tim Norford

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Senior Project Manager - Renewable Energy
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute’s Renewables team is partnering with a leading EPC with a commitment to professional development and sustainability to recruit a Senior Project Manager to join their team, managing large-scale Battery Storage and Solar PV projects.   The Senior Project Manager role comes with an excellent salary with a great package, car allowance and genuine remote working.   If you’re a Senior Project Manager and are looking to work for an organisation that is growing and is very well-respected in the global market, then submit your CV to apply today.      Responsibilities and duties    Reporting to the Senior Project Manager you will:   
  • Lead full lifecycle turn-key EPC projects, ensuring timely, budget-conscious, and high-quality delivery.
  • Mentor and share expertise with the Project Management team to enhance project effectiveness.
  • Conduct site visits for construction feasibility assessments, progress monitoring, and quality review, identifying deviations from Scope of Work.
  • Supervise site acceptance and commissioning tests.
  • Represent the employer with key stakeholders such as clients, ICP’s, DNO’s Subcontractors and other relevant parties.
  • Uphold HSQE standards and ensure CDM regulations compliance.
  • Maintain project documentation and escalate any risks to budget, program, or quality.
    Professional qualifications     We are looking for someone with the following:   
  • Degree qualified in an engineering discipline or equivalent.
  • Strong technical understanding of project design.
  • Demonstratable experience of project delivery across Renewable Energy, preferably including Battery Storage.
  • Proven experience managing multiple projects at one time with successful delivery on time and in budget.
    Personal skills     The Senior Project Manager role would suit someone who is:   
  • Flexible to travel to sites when required, with potential overnight stays.
  • Self-starter with a passion for renewable energy.
    Salary and benefits of the Process Senior Project Manager role    
  • Salary up to £80,000.
  • Car allowance.
  • KPI driven bonus.
  • Private healthcare.
  • Life insurance.
  • Remote working.
  • Mobile and computer/laptop. 

Control Room Technician
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute’s Renewables team is retained by a market leading O&M provider and project developer within the solar sector to recruit a Control Room Technician for its Bristol site. The Control Room Technician role comes with a package up to £34,000, company pension, life assurance and a healthcare scheme. If you’re a Control Room Operator/Technician and are looking to work for an organisation that values your progression routes and quality services for the renewable energy sector, then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Control Room Manager, you will:  
  • Monitor solar sites through SCADA systems (upto 70MW capacity) and coordinate operations and maintenance teams for routine and reactive maintenance activities.
  • Act in a first line point of call for troubleshooting/diagnostics and analysis of faults/alarms.
  • Remote troubleshooting of inverters and utilisation of relevant softwares.
  • Weekly reporting of asset performability.
  • Operate and maintain CMMS systems and tracking equipment.
  • Any other reasonable task as requested by a Manager, Partner, or Director of the business.
  • Interact with Operations and Maintenance teams and Portfolio Managers.
    Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  
  • Experience in either the solar sector or as a Control Room Operator/Technician in the power industry (power stations, solar, wind, oil & gas etc).
    Personal skills The Control Room Technician role would suit someone who is:  
  • Organised and strong attention to detail
  • Computer literate
  • Experience working with SCADA/CMMS systems.
    Salary and benefits of the Control Room Technician role  
  • A salary upto £34,000
  • Annual bonus
  • Weekend and holliday allowances
  • A shift rotation including earlies, standard working hours, and late shifts.
  • Healthcare scheme
  • Life assurance
 

Electrical Technician - Wind Turbines
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
This is for onshore wind turbines only.   About the role: Astute’s Renewables team is partnering closely with a Wind Turbine OEM who’re looking for an Electrical Technician / Wind Turbine Technician to join them. We’re looking for people who are either from the wind industry already, or those who want to make their first steps into the industry. We’re looking for people with an excellent, diligent attitude to their work and for people who’re wanting to stay with a business and grow with them. This Electrical Technician for onshore wind turbines comes with a starting salary just shy of £33,000 and with a comprehensive benefits package too. If you’re wanting to work for a genuine major player in the global energy space who will give you specific product training, please apply below.                     Responsibilities and duties: Reporting to the Area Manager you will:
  • Carry out electrical fault-finding and diagnosis on wind turbines
  • Installing ad retrofitting key components as per a PPM schedule
  • Tracing faults and issues, reporting on common ones found
  • Looking for continuous improvement opportunities on the turbines
  • Adhering to all, key H&S measures when climbing and working in the turbines
  • Climbing up and down wind turbines
  • Producing digital reports of the service and maintenance work carried out
  • If authorised, carrying out HV duties or be willing to learn and become authorised to do this
  • Assisting with mechanical issues when required
  • Working in a regional capacity from Inverness
    Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:
  • A minimum level 3 electrical qualification
  • Previous turbine experience preferred but not essential
  • Fault-finding and diagnostic experience
  • A H&S qualification is preferred by not essential
      Personal skills: The Electrical Wind Technician role would suit someone who is/has:
  • Proficient with IT skills
  • A reasonable level of fitness in order to climb up and down turbines
  • A valid UK driving licence
    Salary and benefits of the Electrical Technician role:
  • Up to £32,500 starting salary
  • Overtime available
  • Private healthcare
  • Life insurance
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
     

Wind Turbine Technician - Thurso
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Wind Turbine Technician / Electrical Technician – Onshore Wind

Thurso

£34,000 + overtime and allowances

 

Astute are exclusively partnered with a global OEM Renewables Business who are looking for a Wind Turbine Technician / Electrical Technician to join their business. The main purpose of the role would be to work in a team who will service and maintain their onshore wind turbines.

To be considered for this role you must have Level 3 Electrical qualifications and be from the wind industry, or you’ll be from another sector performing electrical maintenance in a heavy industrial environment.

Roles & Responsibilities

Reporting to the Field Area Manager, as a Wind Turbine Technician / Electrical Technician, you will be responsible for:

  • Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance on wind turbines
  • The installation and retrofitting of key electrical components
  • Fault diagnosis and rectification
  • Generating detailed reports on the work completed
  • Covering multiple sites in your region when required, perhaps staying overnight and having periods away from home
  • Working at heights
  • Other duties as required

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for an Electrical Technician with the following:

  • A level 3 electrical qualification is essential
  • 18th edition hugely desirable
  • Commercial or industrial experience and the desire to work in renewable energy
  • A full UK driving licence is essential
  • Excellent health and safety awareness and the ability to work at heights (full training to be provided)
  • A cracking work ethic and the flexibility to stay away when required

Salary & Package

What’s on offer for this exciting role:

  • A salary of £34,000 which will increase with training, plus allowances and overtime
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Life Insurance 4 x salary
  • Employee wellness programme for you and your family
  • Company van (for work use), PPE and Tools
  • Excellent training and career development with courses provided
  • 8 days on, 6 days off rota

 

If you are interested in this position, please send a CV and Cover Letter to [email protected] or ring 02393 910068 and ask to speak to Jack Atkinson who can tell you more. INDREN