Location
Lowestoft

Hours
Shift work (hours not specified)

Salary
Up to £68,959 per year plus shift allowance, bonus up to 10% and health cover

About the Role
The Senior Offshore Windfarm Controller plays a critical role in supporting site operations by managing and coordinating the safe, efficient, and cost-effective transfer of personnel and equipment between the onshore base and offshore work sites via marine vessels. This includes ensuring all necessary conditions are met before transit, such as valid work orders and competent, authorised staff. The role involves remote monitoring and operation of turbine status via SCADA to identify and respond to issues promptly, maximizing generation efficiency.

The Controller acts as Operational Controller under the main contractor’s Wind Turbine Safety Rules (WTSR), managing asset control transfers after due diligence checks on authorisations, paperwork, and team composition. Working under site-approved High Voltage Safety Rules (HVSR), the Controller is solely responsible for managing and coordinating associated HV works, ensuring safety measures are always applied.

Key responsibilities include HV management of the wind farm, offshore work coordination, wind turbine management, and associated training. The role requires preparing switching schedules, coordinating HV switching operations, monitoring weather and sea conditions to make safe transit decisions, organising vessel audits, managing marine traffic, and initiating emergency response plans.

The Controller will also support the development and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures, report on KPIs, assist in maintenance planning, and work closely with contractors to optimise offshore logistics and operational expenditure while maximising health and safety performance.

This role offers a comprehensive training path towards achieving authorisations to manage High Voltage operations up to 66kV and includes bespoke marine training and emergency response training as required.

Experience
- Previous experience as a control room operator conducting HV switching operations and preparing switching schedules
- Authorisations under High Voltage Safety Rules as Control Person or Senior Authorised Person (SAP)
- Knowledge of SCADA systems, wind turbine generators (WTGs), HV equipment, substations, and auxiliary equipment
- Experience working with safe systems of work such as WTSR and HVSR
- Previous offshore wind industry experience or similar operational environments (e.g. Oil & Gas)
- Offshore marine or helicopter coordination experience is desirable but not mandatory
- Experience with VHF radio telecommunication systems
- Strong health and safety knowledge, ideally within offshore working environments
- Project planning or equivalent experience
- High level IT proficiency

About you
- Excellent communication skills to effectively liaise with stakeholders at all levels
- Strong interpersonal skills with a pro-active and diligent approach
- Ability to work independently, under pressure, and to tight deadlines
- Flexible and adaptable to changing operational requirements
- Commitment and enthusiasm for the role
- Respectful to internal and external customers
- Ability to work within international and multidisciplinary teams
- Willingness to learn and develop professionally

Qualifications
- Relevant HV Control Person authorisations or willingness to undertake training to achieve these
- Marine training competency and emergency response training as part of ongoing development
- Necessary offshore certifications and qualifications for personnel transfer and offshore work