Iberdrola Renewables
Senior O&M Engineer
The salary range for this position depends on experience level ranging from $119,530 to $149,413.
Job Summary The Sr. Mechanical Engineer is a critical role within the O&M Department of Avangrid’s Offshore Wind business focusing on the delivery of O&M scope of works for offshore wind projects in the USA. This role will work with Contractors, Multinational Joint Ventures and multiple departments within Offshore O&M, Avangrid Offshore business, and Global Services to ensure that Avangrid’s long term asset value and production revenue is maximized.
Belonging to the Offshore Operations Engineering team and reporting to the Manager, Structural and Mechanical Engineering, the Sr. Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for defining O&M strategies and plans, tendering (technical), and overseeing multi-million offshore O&M campaigns/installations. This includes management of contractors and interfaces, and ensuring quality, best practices and excellent HSE performance are applied.
The Structural and Mechanical team is required to provide technical advice & expertise at all stages of the project lifecycle including construction, operation, and retirement. The team also provides technical support to the O&M package/site managers to ensure that delivery is to design & quality standards have been met.
Key Responsibilities
Technical/engineering support of multi-million dollar offshore O&M campaigns/installations with multiple interfaces and coordination to manage within one or more of Avangrid’s offshore projects in the USA; ensure that support allows delivery within time, to budget and quality following industry best practice, HSE, regulatory and legal compliance.
Provide key and strategic advice, assessment and recommendations to the business giving input and support to the projects throughout the life cycle (development to decommissioning) with a focus on the mechanical systems within Balance of Plant wind farm assets (e.g., lifting equipment such as cranes, HVAC, cooling systems, safety systems, tanks and generators).
Implement offshore standards, procedures, tools, best practices and quality requirements.
Evaluate O&M solutions / risk levels affecting technical integrity or asset performance and provide mitigation recommendations to O&M Department Managers to ensure cost effective O&M solutions are identified, fully evaluated and the risk profile can be reduced appropriately by the O&M teams.
Define the detailed maintenance required for contracts to be placed on turbine foundations, offshore substations and associated equipment; ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory bodies.
Support management in defining the R&D strategy in relation to O&M to reduce costs of energy and lead or provide resources for such R&D projects.
Evaluate the best course of action for technical interventions and present the case to internal Managers or external contractors based on asset integrity status, electricity production and other KPIs.
Provide key and strategic advice, assessment and recommendations to the business giving input and support to projects throughout the life cycle.
Work with the HSE team to develop HSE strategy for O&M works and ensure a high standard of health and safety awareness is maintained.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
Significant experience (5 years minimum) in either Offshore Wind or Oil & Gas
Sound knowledge in lifting equipment, HVAC equipment, safety systems, generators and the inspection and maintenance activities of these assets
IT literate with the ability to operate MS Office systems and other IT based project management tools
Eligible to work in the US
Flexible to travel around the US and overseas
Experience in contributing to highly skilled teams
Strong communication skills
Ability to scrutinize complex engineering problems, carry out root-cause analysis, and propose engineering solutions
Self-motivated with a flexible approach to work; independent and autonomous; able to adapt quickly to a rapidly changing environment and demonstrate a positive approach to change
Ability to climb steel structures to perform engineering inspections of wind turbine and offshore substation foundations and other equipment
Ability to occasionally lift items weighing up to 50 pounds
Ability to complete GWO basic safety and sea survival training
Ability to complete Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET)
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent
Experience with Offshore Wind development and operations
Foreign language abilities (Spanish, French, German)
Competencies
Growth & Continuous Improvement
Initiative & Change
Focused on Results
Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
Communication
Collaboration
Leadership (people managers/leaders)
Disclaimer AVANGRID is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. AVANGRID is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics or conditions protected by law.
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and, in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRID Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables.
Job Posting End Date: November-14-2025
Mobility Information: Please note that any applicant who is not in the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at careers@avangrid.com.
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The salary range for this position depends on experience level ranging from $119,530 to $149,413.
Job Summary The Sr. Mechanical Engineer is a critical role within the O&M Department of Avangrid’s Offshore Wind business focusing on the delivery of O&M scope of works for offshore wind projects in the USA. This role will work with Contractors, Multinational Joint Ventures and multiple departments within Offshore O&M, Avangrid Offshore business, and Global Services to ensure that Avangrid’s long term asset value and production revenue is maximized.
Belonging to the Offshore Operations Engineering team and reporting to the Manager, Structural and Mechanical Engineering, the Sr. Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for defining O&M strategies and plans, tendering (technical), and overseeing multi-million offshore O&M campaigns/installations. This includes management of contractors and interfaces, and ensuring quality, best practices and excellent HSE performance are applied.
The Structural and Mechanical team is required to provide technical advice & expertise at all stages of the project lifecycle including construction, operation, and retirement. The team also provides technical support to the O&M package/site managers to ensure that delivery is to design & quality standards have been met.
Key Responsibilities
Technical/engineering support of multi-million dollar offshore O&M campaigns/installations with multiple interfaces and coordination to manage within one or more of Avangrid’s offshore projects in the USA; ensure that support allows delivery within time, to budget and quality following industry best practice, HSE, regulatory and legal compliance.
Provide key and strategic advice, assessment and recommendations to the business giving input and support to the projects throughout the life cycle (development to decommissioning) with a focus on the mechanical systems within Balance of Plant wind farm assets (e.g., lifting equipment such as cranes, HVAC, cooling systems, safety systems, tanks and generators).
Implement offshore standards, procedures, tools, best practices and quality requirements.
Evaluate O&M solutions / risk levels affecting technical integrity or asset performance and provide mitigation recommendations to O&M Department Managers to ensure cost effective O&M solutions are identified, fully evaluated and the risk profile can be reduced appropriately by the O&M teams.
Define the detailed maintenance required for contracts to be placed on turbine foundations, offshore substations and associated equipment; ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory bodies.
Support management in defining the R&D strategy in relation to O&M to reduce costs of energy and lead or provide resources for such R&D projects.
Evaluate the best course of action for technical interventions and present the case to internal Managers or external contractors based on asset integrity status, electricity production and other KPIs.
Provide key and strategic advice, assessment and recommendations to the business giving input and support to projects throughout the life cycle.
Work with the HSE team to develop HSE strategy for O&M works and ensure a high standard of health and safety awareness is maintained.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
Significant experience (5 years minimum) in either Offshore Wind or Oil & Gas
Sound knowledge in lifting equipment, HVAC equipment, safety systems, generators and the inspection and maintenance activities of these assets
IT literate with the ability to operate MS Office systems and other IT based project management tools
Eligible to work in the US
Flexible to travel around the US and overseas
Experience in contributing to highly skilled teams
Strong communication skills
Ability to scrutinize complex engineering problems, carry out root-cause analysis, and propose engineering solutions
Self-motivated with a flexible approach to work; independent and autonomous; able to adapt quickly to a rapidly changing environment and demonstrate a positive approach to change
Ability to climb steel structures to perform engineering inspections of wind turbine and offshore substation foundations and other equipment
Ability to occasionally lift items weighing up to 50 pounds
Ability to complete GWO basic safety and sea survival training
Ability to complete Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET)
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent
Experience with Offshore Wind development and operations
Foreign language abilities (Spanish, French, German)
Competencies
Growth & Continuous Improvement
Initiative & Change
Focused on Results
Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
Communication
Collaboration
Leadership (people managers/leaders)
Disclaimer AVANGRID is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. AVANGRID is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics or conditions protected by law.
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and, in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRID Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables.
Job Posting End Date: November-14-2025
Mobility Information: Please note that any applicant who is not in the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at careers@avangrid.com.
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