Recruiting MetOcean Installation Anaylsts for Offshore Wind!

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Chris Stupack

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Nov 30, 2021, 1:12:23 PM11/30/21

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Good Morning Everyone,

ERSG USA are currently recruiting for two (x2) Installation Analysts to work on the Vineyard Wind and Park City Wind offshore wind farm projects, located off the coast(s) of Massachusetts and Connecticut.

We are working closely with Avangrid Renewables to recruit two Installation Anaylsts for the project, working as part of the civil and ocean engineering teams to deliver the country's first major offshore wind project - powering hundreds of thousands of homes with renewable energy!

Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), is a leading developer, owner and operator of renewable energy facilities in the United States with an eight-gigawatt portfolio of onshore wind and solar projects across 22 states. Avangrid Renewables’ offshore wind business is pioneering this new industry with a development pipeline of five gigawatts off the East Coast. Our offshore portfolio consists of the first-in-the-nation joint venture project Vineyard Wind, which will deliver 800 MW of clean energy into Massachusetts starting in 2023; Park City Wind, an 804 MW project to serve the state of Connecticut; and Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind that has the potential to deliver 2,500 MW of clean energy into Virginia and North Carolina. We aspire to be the employer of choice by providing purposeful and challenging work revolutionizing the renewable energy industry in the United States. This role will be part of a team developing, designing, constructing and operating large scale offshore wind projects which will provide affordable, clean energy and will have a transformational impact on local communities. Avangrid Renewables’ offshore business is located in Boston, Massachusetts.

Avangrid is part of the IBERDROLA Group, a global energy pioneer with the largest renewable asset base of any company in the world. Avangrid employs approximately 7,000 people and has been recognized by Forbes and Just Capital as one of the 2021 JUST 100 companies – a list of America’s best corporate citizens – and was ranked number one within the utility sector for its commitment to the environment and the communities it serves. The company supports the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2021 for the third consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute.

We are looking for applicants with a solid background and experience on Metocean Analysis and (preferably) offshore installation works, competent to specify, evaluate and supervise installation works, as well as to integrate a strategy for multiple activities and interfaces (WTG foundations, substation, subsea cables, WTG erection, etc.) while ensuring quality, best practices and excellent safety performances.

Scope & Responsibilities:

Support Installation Engineering for the projects for specific transport and installation (T&I) works: Foundations T&I, Offshore Substation T&I, Subsea Cables, WTG’s installation.
Produce weather downtime estimates for all offshore installation activities, using business tools.
Participation in the production of the project’s Installation Strategy. Including Evaluation of the compliance of the tenders and contracts within the Installation Strategy, focused on programme compliance in regard to weather downtime.
Support to project construction phases with routine updates to milestone completion projections taking into account actual activity durations and assessing float on components to be installed.
Provide technical support regarding Metocean analysis to the project
Implementation of offshore standards, procedures, tools, best practices and quality requirements.
Support to the Installation Management Team to produce specifications, processes, procedures, guidelines, libraries, training, etc.
Participation in the knowledge transfer processes of Lessons Learnt.
Support the assessment of the projects’ site conditions and characteristics for the identification of available and suitable installation means and methods.
Programme and budget estimates for offshore installation works.
Support technical evaluation of the bids for the different installations.
Update installation strategies during construction phases.
Identification, evaluation and estimation of projects’ risks.
Comparison of installation and logistics concepts (e.g. different types of vessels, number of vessels, marshalling ports, installation equipment).
Provide input for installation sequence definition and optimisation.
Internal reporting.
General project management activities.
Support to the Installation Management Team and Business as required.

Who We’re Looking For:

Ideally a minimum of 4 years’ experience in offshore and/or maritime works (negotiable within reason).
Degree in relevant engineering discipline, preferably Civil Engineering or Naval Architecture.
PE Preferred or advanced degree with relevant content of Metocean conditions.
Proficient user of Matlab and/or Python
Demonstrated experience in working with a large team or similar

If you are interested in this position or knows someone who is, please do not hesitate to reach out to me personal, either via email (using my personal for this post, but feel free to send enquiries to my work email – chris....@ersg-global.us) or call our office on 617-939-9381.

These positions are based on Boston, MA but are also open to those who are local to Bridgeport, CT.