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Reports to:
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Head of Technology Acceleration
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Purpose and scope of the role:
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To help deliver and grow Carbon Trust's activities in offshore renewables, with the aim of driving down the cost of offshore renewable energy. The activities include
- Joint industry projects involving industry and Government aiming to reduce cost (e.g. Offshore Wind Accelerator)
- Technology support to Government and EU offshore renewable programmes that provide support to the most promising innovations
- Consultancy to industry to develop offshore wind corporate strategies
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Main duties and responsibilities:
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- Leading technology and strategy projects related to offshore renewables, planning activities, procuring and managing consultants, and delivering on time and to budget
- Designing new initiatives (commercial models, demonstration projects, etc.) to amplify the impact of Carbon Trust offshore renewable projects
- Providing technical insight into factors that influence the cost of offshore renewables, e.g.
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- Marine operations - for installation, O&M
- Civil engineering - for foundation design and serial fabrication
- Naval architecture -for assessing vessel performance
- Electrical systems - for reducing losses and optimising design
- Providing strategic direction for the Carbon Trust to improve the delivery and increase the impact of offshore renewables projects
- Coordinating closely with Carbon Trust experts, industrial partners and Government stakeholders to ensure the projects are implemented
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Key Performance Indicators:
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- Impact delivered (e.g. tangible impact to offshore renewable cost reduction, new insights into offshore renewables, strengthened and extended Carbon Trust offshore renewable activities)
- Projects delivered on time and on budget
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Key skills:
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- Project management experience
- Technical knowledge related to offshore renewables and to commercialising innovations
- Good interpersonal and influencing skills
- Good communication skills (written and oral)
- Good problem solving skills
- Ability to work effectively in a complex team environment
- Ability to work on standalone basis
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Qualifications and experience:
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Required
- Significant relevant experience in commercial, engineering or project management, at an engineering, manufacturing or technology related business, or a high-end engineering consultancy
- Degree educated (at least 2:1) ideally in a science/engineering discipline
- Ambition and passion to drive the development of the offshore renewables industry
Desirable
- Experience in wind energy (preferably offshore) or marine energy
- Experience in technical disciplines influencing cost of offshore renewables (e.g. marine operations, civil engineering, manufacturing engineering, naval architecture, oil and gas)
- Experience of structuring commercial models
To apply please send a CV (no more than 2 sides) to human.resources@carbontrust.co.uk
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Closing Date: 31 October 2012
