About the Role
Regional Manager - Onshore Wind
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The opportunity
As a highly experienced expert in renewable technical operations, you’ll take charge of the maintenance, safety, and day-to-day running of an assigned onshore wind region. You’ll lead Area Managers and oversee everything from turbines and high-voltage systems to facilities and access tracks, currently across ~20 sites.
You’ll be a key player in the Asset Operations directorate and the wider virtual business unit, collaborating across teams to drive forward EDF’s strategy. Your leadership will help grow and operate our wind portfolio to industry-leading standards, making a real impact on the UK’s journey to net zero.
Pay, benefits and culture
If you’re looking to join a company where you can work hard, have fun, and help to create a Net Zero future – then you’re in the right place!’
Our passion for embracing new ideas and being open-minded to change helps us continue to grow successfully.
We’re committed to helping all of our people thrive during their time with us, recognising and rewarding every person for their hard work and commitment.
Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, business use vehicle, and market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits and employee discounts to help you thrive across all aspects of your life. You can spend your flexible fund on the benefits that matter to you, whether that’s an electric vehicle, private healthcare, additional holiday or one or more of our other benefits.
We’ll offer you the flexibility, freedom and responsibility to make an impact in your role; whether that’s on-site, in the office or hybrid working from home.
We’re committed to championing diversity representation across gender, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and more. This applies to all our roles, underpinned by our Everyone’s Welcome inclusion programme.
We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.
What you’ll be doing:
- Lead and coordinate highly technical operational teams across the region in all aspects of operation and maintenance of wind turbines within the portfolio.
- Effective and efficient delivery of the services and performance levels which set out in the Operation and Maintenance Agreements (OMAs) for the various windfarms in the region.
- Financial planning and management for the region, responsible for revenue and costs in order to achieve the commercial objectives of the business unit and directorate.
- Recruit and sustain a high performing and motivated team, with an open and positive working environment, and a culture of collaboration and trust.
- Work directly with the Planning team, OEMs and Portfolio Management team to deliver effective and safe preventative and corrective maintenance across all wind farms in assigned region with well planned and efficiently deployed resources.
- Working with Training experts, ensure that all aspects of the Regional team’s training is planned and executed to support safe, compliant and effective operations.
What's in it for you?
- A chance to lead in one of the UK’s most diverse renewable energy portfolios
- Be part of a mission-driven team accelerating the transition to net zero
- Access to cutting-edge technology and training
- Opportunities for career progression and development
- A supportive, inclusive culture where your ideas matter
What do you need to be great at this role?
You’re an experienced professional with a qualification in electrical or mechanical engineering (HND level or equivalent experience). You bring a solid grasp of engineering principles and a strong safety mindset, ideally with IOSH or NEBOSH certification.
You’ve worked in wind turbine environments and understand the risks and challenges involved. You’re confident managing budgets and third-party service contracts, and you’re familiar with UK Wind Turbine Safety Rules and HV operating procedures. Above all, you’re a collaborative leader who thrives on building high-performing teams and delivering results.
You’ll need positive leadership and excellent communication skills, a strategic mindset, and the ability to manage complex operations across multiple sites. You'll role model our values showing passion, resolve and openness and we’ll work together as one team in our ambition for growth.
Your technical expertise will be matched by your ability to inspire teams and drive performance.
Location: England and Wales. You’ll be regularly visiting a number of our keys sites including Durham, Carlisle, Aberystwyth and Peterborough.
Why EDF power solutions?
At EDF power solutions UK & Ireland we’re committed to tackling climate change. Our rapidly growing team of 500 talented people share an ambition to create a net zero future where clean, green, energy powers all our lives.
It’s a huge ambition and time is of the essence if we are to play our full part in meeting the UK and Ireland’s challenging net zero targets. With our unique mix of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery storage and green hydrogen we are the UK & Ireland’s most diverse generator of renewable energy.
To achieve our goal of generating a massive 10GW of renewable energy by 2035, we’re working with stakeholders and communities throughout the UK and Ireland to unlock the enormous potential of the low carbon energy sector.
If you’re passionate about tackling climate change to create the cleaner, greener future we all want, we would love you to come join us.
Ready to Make a Difference? Apply now and join us as a Regional Manager - Onshore Wind
Join us, and let’s do good together.
