O&M Engineer Data Analysis

Job Title O&M Engineer Data Analysis

Location Glasgow or London

Salary from £46,000, up to 10% bonus and health cover

Flexible Working Pattern

Do you excel in pioneering innovative data solutions for Wind Energy Operations? Are you eager to leverage your mix of data science, analytical and technical skills in the Offshore Wind industry? Then we’d love to hear from you!

Help us create a better future, quicker

The O&M Engineer - Data Analysis plays a pivotal role within the Offshore Commercial Operations business, embedded in the Technical Excellence department. This position reports directly to the Data Analysis Team Lead and supports the Offshore Commercial Operations Department on a global scale.

The Data Analysis team champions the significance of DATA as a catalyst for the company’s Digital Transformation. The team is currently spearheading a strategy that aims to establish a strong data culture, democratize information, enhance data utilization, and eliminate data-related obstacles to advanced analytics. As part of this strategy, you will be involved in Data Management projects that focus on consolidating and standardizing data, both structured and unstructured, ensuring its accessibility, quality, and trustworthiness. Additionally, you will work on Advanced Analytics and AI solutions to empower key decision-makers. The team is leading the development and implementation of innovative, data-driven solutions to improve the performance, reliability, maintainability, and integrity of our offshore portfolio. This is achieved through an agile philosophy and a strong digital mindset.

In this role, you will collaborate with various stakeholders, including Technical and Commercial Asset Management, Site Operations, Global Technical, and IT Services, to maximize long-term asset value and production revenue. As a member of the global Technical Excellence department, you will be at the heart of the business’ Digital Transformation, actively engaging with peers across Europe, the UK, the US, and beyond.

What you’ll be doing

This role will support the Data Analysis Lead Engineer and participate in the following activities:

• KPI Reporting Support and Executive Report Management: Assist in reporting KPIs to track and measure Offshore Wind Farms Performance. Manage, generate, and present ad-hoc, weekly, and monthly executive reports.
• Interface with global counterparts to benchmark and support performance analysis across Iberdrola’s global portfolio of Renewable projects.
• Support the preparation of yearly production and availability budgets.
• Lead projects to consolidate and standardize data, both structured and unstructured, across the organization. Collaborate with IT Services for data consolidation and participate in the creation of ETL pipelines.
• Contribute to the Data Governance model, ensuring data accessibility, quality, and trustworthiness. Resolve data quality and reliability issues as they arise.
• Support and enhance the deployment and suitability of corporate Digital Tools.
• Develop and implement data-driven solutions to identify main drivers for underperformance and revenue losses in Wind Farm and WTG Performance.
• Support the analysis of operational data and maintenance records to understand main WTG reliability concerns and develop survivability models.
• Analyse large datasets to extract valuable insights and provide data-driven recommendations that inform management decision-makers at all levels, for risk management, accessibility conditions, maintenance scheduling and production optimisation.
• Support Commercial Asset management teams to monitor and validate Yield Warranty for wind farms in operation. Provide support to SMA negotiation and claims.
• Develop and maintain Business Intelligence (BI) reports that distil complex data into user-friendly visualizations and insights for management, prioritizing simplicity and clarity.
• Participate in the development and implementation of data-driven condition monitoring solutions, to support the Predictive Maintenance strategy of the Offshore business. Review regularly Asset Condition and Health and escalate issues and recommendations to Operations Engineering and Site personnel.
• Act as a champion for change and promote a data-centric culture.

What you’ll bring

• Degree in relevant Maths, Engineering, or Physical Science discipline is essential.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Significant analytical skills: collect and analyse information, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
• Developed report writing, presentation skills and ability to summarize parameters and drivers impacting the scope of works.
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages (Python, R, Quarto, Markdown, SQL)and BI tools (Power BI, Microstategy, Shiny, Streamlit) is essential.
• Knowledge of cloud computing and git repository services would be beneficial (GitHub).
• Good knowledge of SCADA data and communication protocols.
• Experience in SQL Database management.
• Experience in Big data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Algorithms.
• Good knowledge of renewables industry is preferred, especially Wind Farm Operations.
• Interest in new digital technologies.
• Flexible to travel around the UK and overseas.
• Foreign languages (Spanish, French, German) would be beneficial.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

Benefits

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.

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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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