Substation Coordinator

~ E.ON is a privately-owned international energy company. ~

Our 40,000 colleagues in 13 countries work daily towards the improvement of technical innovations and user-friendly customer solutions for the new energy world. We are the first large energy company to focus more heavily upon the energy of the future through our three business areas of energy networks, renewable energies and customer solutions.

E.ON Climate & Renewables:

E.ON is a leading global renewable player and has invested over 10 bn Euro in the renewables business. We play a leading role in the development of the renewables industry worldwide and currently operate over 5 GW of renewable capacity. We plan to expand this portfolio by 2.4 GW until 2020. We focus on onshore, offshore and photovoltaic business in Europe and North America.

This means we employ a highly diverse range of talents. Engineers, project managers, business developers, HR professionals - our business is home to all these and more, dedicating themselves to generating energy from onshore and offshore wind technology, photovoltaic.

E.ON Climate & Renewables is responsible for E.ON Group’s global activities in industrial-scale renewables.

Position Overview

E.ON is currently seeking a Substation Coordinator.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the highest level of health and safety practices on the assigned wind farm(s).
• Assure operations performance targets (availability, dispatch, power vs. wind performance, budgets, etc.) are achieved for the assigned wind farm(s).
• Ensure operation and maintenance of the wind farm is in compliance with contracted requirements and performance targets.
• Ensure that all maintenance activities, including those performed during scheduled outages and overhauls, are accurately recorded and documented to identify the failure history, mean time between failures and root causes.
• Train and motivate personnel assigned to his/her wind farm.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual site O&M budget and recommend capital improvements/enhancements.
• Manage the spare part inventory for the assigned wind farm.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly operations reports are prepared and submitted on time.
• Ensure compliance with all local, state and federal regulatory requirements.
• Interface with landowners, local and state authorities and the general public, where required.
• Provide back-up support for work on other wind farms, including required nights and weekend operations coverage on a rotating basis as needed.
• Travel up to 10% of the time.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of work experience in operations and/or maintenance in power generation, transmission and/or distribution, including at least 2 years in the wind industry, and including at least 1 year in a lead position. 

Substitution Clause:

• A 2 year or 4 year college degree from an accredited school, other than correspondence or on-line, in Business or a technical hard science (engineering, physics, power, or closely similar) may substitute for 2 years of experience.
• A current journeyman or master electrician license may substitute for 2 years of experience.
• A wind technician certificate program can substitute for 1 year of experience.

Additional Information

• Position is open until filled.
• No Expat arrangement available.
• Required- Valid US Driver’s License.

~ E.ON is committed to equal opportunities and actively promotes diversity, equality and flexibility. ~