Power / Renewables Risk Engineer

London/Flexible

£60 to £125,000PA + Bens

Insurance sector

Our client is a world leader in international Insurance provision to the high risk /high hazard sectors including energy, chemicals, marine, mass transport and power. The business, represented in over 50 countries globally, has a thriving and long-established office in London from where it supports EMEA. The team is growing in response to client demand and a further power specialist with significant experience of conventional, fossil fueled power generation and, ideally, renewables is now sought.

Main Responsibilities:

The role will be heavily client facing, surveying customers power generation assets, producing risk assessments, loss estimates and conducting training and benchmarking exercises. The role offers the opportunity to interact with senior client staff in risk management, operations, and engineering functions. The ability to communicate at all organisational levels is a critical competency.

Special Skills:

• Sound working knowledge of power & renewables technologies, especially gas turbines, combined cycle plants, hydro plants, wind turbines, and combined Solar & Power. An understanding of the varying maintenance and failure characteristics of differing turbine models is highly valued.
• Oversight and delivery of equipment overhauls and inspections of thermal power plant turbomachinery (gas turbines, aeroderivative gas turbines, steam turbines, turbine generators, and solar arrays).
• Exposure to risk assessed driven decision-making is essential - relevant to the field of expertise.
• Production management and execution of new thermal power plant projects with a principal contractor, OEM, or plant owner.
• Enhanced written communication skills, both for routine communications and for crafting the market survey reports.

          Experience, ideally, in offshore wind, either for a major contractor or consultant. Experience can     be in the operational area or in major project development and execution

·         Comfortable with 70 days international travel a year (when possible)

·         Available to attend our clients London offices 2/3 days a week when not travelling and when required

• Mechanical or Power Systems Engineering Degree.

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should forward a Word version of their CV and a brief covering letter to Mark Stracey at Mark Stracey Recruitment. E mail recruitment@markstracey.com

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