Generation Control Specialist - Offshore Wind

Join us in this role where you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the power control team, ensuring adherence to QHSE standards and regulatory requirements. You will play a crucial role in operating our Generation Assets, gaining and holding specialist technical knowledge, and ensuring the safe execution of power control operations.

 

Welcome to Generation team in the UK West region
You’ll be part of Power Control where you, together with your colleagues, will ensure the highest standards of safety and performance in power control operations.

As a team, we foster a proactive safety-first culture and collaborate effectively to achieve our operational goals.

 

You’ll play an important role in:

  • safely operating all of our Offshore Wind Generation Assets, adhering to QHSE standards and contractual/ regulatory requirements
  • ensure the safe execution of the power control scope, including Control Point and HV Control tasks
  • manage customer and regulatory queries, ensuring they are answered within operational timescales
  • gain and utilise specialist technical knowledge across regions/platforms to perform your operational tasks.

 

To succeed in the role, you:

  • have experience in a power generation/ transmission control room
  • have an electrical background e.g, electrician/ electrical engineer
  • have experience operating SCADA applications
  • have knowledge of REMIT and Grid Code regulations
  • have knowledge of control point services, alarm handling processes, and electrical safety rules
  • possess great communication skills and are fluent in English.

 

Please note, we have 2 open vacancies for this role. Both roles are in our office in Barrow-in-Furness.

 

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

 

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

 

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.

 

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position

About the job

Application deadline:  24 May 2025
Location: 

Barrow-in-Furness, GB

Field of work:  Operations and technicians
Employment type:  Permanent
Work hours:  Full-time
Workplace:  Office-based

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted

- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America. 

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years. 

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing. 

 

An inclusive team

Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.