Senior Technical Manager Offshore Wind

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, Netherlands

Job Family Group:

Projects

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

June 15, 2022

Business unit:

Integrated Gas

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

Where you fit in

Shell’s ambition to become a leading player in offshore wind is progressing and with several sites into development and moving towards real projects and FIDs, assurance and expertise is required to understand wind specific risks and opportunities from the industry and bring that to our projects. This is done by various consultants. However, seeing confidentiality of many of these projects and the challenges of exchanging knowledge between various Joint ventures, a Senior Offshore Wind Technical Manager will be recruited to support the various projects in Shell’s portfolio to identify key risk, support key decision making, enable portfolio growth and act on behalf of Shell in the various DRB’s and technical advisory committees.

This person will furthermore provide strategic steering and coach various employees on the specifics of offshore wind, and where needed will support projects and work alongside project teams.

He or she will be providing technical oversight throughout Shell’s offshore wind portfolio (tenders & leasing rounds, acquisitions, design, development and execution planning) ensuring decisions, interfaces and outcomes meet project-specific requirements now and towards innovative approaches for the future. The ideal candidate has hands on and significant technical and project management experience across the full range of offshore wind disciplines and can therefore act as the highest technical assurance for many of decisions that require sponsor review.

The role holder will use their extensive experience in offshore wind developments, network, and stakeholder management to drive technical due diligence, bid preparation and sign off of project assumptions, and provide technical support as part of internal FID processes. The role will also have a focus on innovation, ensuring new designs or techniques are applied to Shell offshore projects, maintaining commercial competitiveness and breaking new markets. The role holder has a responsibility to ensure Shells competitiveness is maintained, including representing business interests at senior levels during partner negotiations, acquisitions and exploration of new markets.

The key focus area will be on acquisition, initial development, design and construction of offshore wind farms, flagging risks and working with the various project and leadership teams to come up with mitigation measures and solutions.

Shell is growing its Renewable Generation and offshore wind portfolio through development of new business opportunities or buy into projects and assets. Particularly in NW Europe, but also in new markets such as the US and APAC regions, the market is increasing in size and competitiveness. With this maturation, the landscape is changing and will require a fresh look on project development, both technically and commercially.

Opportunities will be developed in partnerships; with different types of partners (including contractors) and different delivery models. Interplay between (project) financing requirements, changing project ownership, supplier agreements, operational trading requirements, and risk appetite of these various stakeholders, will all have an influence on the project execution strategy.

What’s the role?

You will have the responsibility to:


Act as one of the highest technical authorities in offshore wind, assuring key technical design decisions.
Represent Shell’s technical interests on relevant project peer reviews and JV steering/advisory committees with a profound understanding of the breadth of technical issues and with a key focus on ensuring an integrated project delivery.
Ensure HSE is at the core of all that we do.
Lead Shells work in assessing new delivery models and technical innovations for the delivery of offshore wind.
Provide oversight to ensure project risks and design decisions are managed effectively and safely, ensuring robust assessment, management and mitigation
Secure progress, optimisation and alignment with regards to the delivery and technical scopes of the project developments, ensuring that;
a value decision making ethos, focusing on the asset life cycle is established
actively manage peer review and knowledge transfer activities
Balance the retention of flexibility for value and setting decisions and direction for delivery
Ensure all engineering, construction, commissioning and operational interfaces across the portfolio are identified, assessed and controlled
Coach and train Project Teams & team members in offshore wind, implementing lessons learned from the industry into Shell’s wider offshore wind portfolio


What we need from you?

We’re keen to speak from individuals with relevant (technical) work experience within the offshore wind industry and proven experience experience in team and departmental leadership roles including operating in a matrix (JV) organization. You’ll also call on your degree in Engineering or equivalent.

We also hope you possess the following skills and experience:


Strong personal leadership in HSE and Quality
Demonstrable experience in building, developing and leading high-performing multidisciplinary teams
Direct first-hand experience in offshore wind project acquisition, development, and delivery in NW Europe and growth markets such as APAC and the US
Broad and profound knowledge (and assessment capability) of technologies and services in the market including track record in valuing and applying new innovations into offshore wind projects.
Proven experience to represent Shell in technical discussions in support of both existing projects & new acquisitions and with both internal & external stakeholders
Excellent interpersonal & communication skills. Strong network to bring results. Strong commercial orientation, ability to understand the commercial implications of different technical options and of their team’s design recommendations.
Strategic & innovative thinking, Making decisions under conditions of uncertainty and time pressure. Ability to prioritise numerous competing tasks to ensure high quality of results.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple people from all types of fields of expertise globally.
Continuous improvement mindset
Highly motivated, self-starter, ability to work well with others and be a good team player.
Knowledge of Office 365; MS Project application, Visio, MS Access, Word, Excel, SharePoint and PowerPoint.


In addition to the technical and project management skills described above, the successful candidate will need to be a strong team player with effective communication and relationship skills and strong analytical and problem-solving skills, when influencing and liaising with a multitude of different stakeholders, both inside and outside the project.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Shell Nederland BV is a platform for international collaboration, with Shell offering direct employment to around ten thousand people in the Netherlands alone, including roughly 2,800 non-Dutch employees from around 80 countries. Diversity is key at Shell Nederland, and our employees reflect the innovation that stems from a diverse workforce. By joining Shell Nederland, you will benefit from an unrivalled industry-leading development programme that will see you tap into a pool of expert knowledge that will help propel your career. Shell Nederland is the holding company of most Shell companies operating in the Netherlands. Shell Nederland also has an advisory and coordinating role in numerous areas.

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