Offshore Operations & Maintenance Commercial Modelling Placement

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Offshore Operations & Maintenance Commercial Modelling Placement

Join us at RWE Offshore Wind for a year in industry placement and gain invaluable insight into this truly unique and innovative sector. We’re one of the largest developers of offshore wind globally and we’re on a journey of significant growth driven by our Growing Green investment strategy and commitment to net zero. With 10 operational offshore wind farms across the UK, and multiple development projects in the pipeline, there has never been a more exciting time to join us.

We can offer you:

• A chance to work alongside world leading experts as a core member of the team
• Real, hands-on experience, assisting us to solve complex problems – we will value your innovative and fresh thinking
• A chance to be embedded in projects from day one, enabling you to apply your knowledge and rapidly acquire new, marketable skills
• An attractive salary (circa £22k pa) and an extensive range of benefits
• Support, training and mentoring to get the most from your time with us – we’ll work with you to understand your career interests and ambitions

Your opportunity

At the heart of our UK operations effort, our Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Implementation teams combine engineering knowledge with commercial and analytical skills to keep our wind farms effectively maintained and operating at maximum efficiency, powering hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the UK, using a variety of modelling tools and scenario planning techniques to provide expert advice to the business on how to optimise output and profitability.

This is a rare opportunity to apply your current academic knowledge in a new and highly valuable way; drawing on the expertise and support of colleagues you’ll rapidly expand your skill set and will:

• Learn how to use a variety of in-house commercial modelling tools and concepts and understand how they can be used to support effective commercial choices in our sector
• Take the lead on your own development project, enhancing one of our tools or creating a new model
• Assist the team across a variety of different offshore energy generation projects, undertaking modelling work and contributing to team and stakeholder meetings

We’ll also provide you with plenty of opportunity to visit our operational sites, giving you a first-hand view of the impact of the team’s work and a useful insight in the day to day of O&M in offshore wind. 

About you

• It’s likely you’ll be an undergraduate studying for an engineering degree or another highly numerate discipline – any study related to renewable energy would be a real bonus
• You have an option to undertake a full year in industry placement in your penultimate year, or perhaps you’re coming to the end of your current programme and can commit to a 10-12 month placement before pursuing a higher level degree. We’re looking for people on track to gain a 2.1 or higher
• Highly analytical and enjoy getting into the detail, you can also think creatively
• You’re confident in your communication skills – both written and verbal
• You’d rate your MS Excel skills as at least intermediate, and you’re confident you could expand them quickly
• Ideally you will already have some python skills, whether self-taught or as part of your degree

About RWE Offshore Wind

Our future is in your hands. Join us at RWE Offshore Wind UK & IRE to gain valuable insights into this rapidly growing, exciting and innovative industry.

You’ll become part of a truly progressive global energy company. A subsidiary of RWE Group, we are leading the way towards a more sustainable future. Already the second largest developer globally of off-shore wind - with 10 operational wind farms in the UK and numerous projects in the pipeline - we plan to increase capacity from 3.3GW to 8GW by 2030, investing several billion euros. There’s never been a more exciting time to consider a career with us and join the race to net zero.

We have placement opportunities across a variety of engineering, environmental and business support roles, but all will offer you a chance to work alongside world leading experts as a core member of the team gaining real, hands-on experience whilst helping us solve complex problems.

You’ll benefit from a chance to be embedded in projects from day one, enabling you to apply your knowledge and rapidly acquire new, marketable skills whilst earning a competitive salary (circa £22k pa). We'll help you to network with graduates and placement students across the globe and access unique learning and development opportunities.

No two days in Offshore Wind are the same, but we will always provide a collaborative feedback-oriented culture with lots of opportunities for growth. Backed by a supportive and diverse team environment, we know we can offer you a truly unique experience.

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