Metocean Engineer

• Start date : as soon as possible
• Report to : Offshore site expertise manager
• Type of contract : CDI 
• Location : France, The Hague, London, Houston, Boston, Singapore

EOLFI is a company specializing in the renewable energy sector for floating offshore wind, onshore wind and photovoltaics, developing its own ENR solutions, on behalf of third-party investors or in partnership with local authorities. EOLFI is an operator with a global offer and manages projects in France and abroad. Since December 2019, EOLFI has joined the Shell Group.

Job description

• Metocean analysis and delivery of full range of metocean design and operational criteria for floating and bottom-fixed offshore wind developments
• Management, processing and QC of metocean data for offshore wind developments
• Involvement in the planning and execution of metocean survey campaigns, including HSSE and technical aspects of contractor management
• Maintain productive relationship with wind resource and optimization team as needed
• Continually enhance personal skill set in the field of metocean
• Develop competence across selected areas of related discipline scope, such as: geoscience; wind yield; floating systems; foundations; transportation and installation; operations and maintenance
• Development of technical skills in appropriate areas outside traditional O&G metocean discipline
• Develop communication and networking skills needed for business development in the global wind development group
• Manage work priorities to deliver timely results to stakeholders

Profil

Clear understanding of the metocean requirements for concept selection, detailed design, installation and operational phases of offshore wind project development.

Experience working in the full range of Opportunity Realisation Processes or Project Development Frameworks.

Experience in scoping/defining and managing metocean measurement campaigns, with experience in floating LiDAR deployments an advantage. Demonstrated commitment to HSSE, particularly operational safety and management of risks on site. Contractor management an advantage.

Drive to share and be involved in improvement of technology, processes and standards, with an open approach to learning and development.

Experience in development of metocean operational statistics and design criteria, and clear understanding of how the following deliverables are produced, when they are used and the theory behind the full range of approaches:

• Weather windows, persistence and other operational statistics
• Independent, directional, associated and response-based extreme criteria
• Spectral analysis
• Fatigue analysis
• Typical outputs for each phase of a wind project development, such as Normal and Severe Sea States, wind and wave offset

Skills in analysis of numerical data in Matlab, Python, or a similar platform. 

Experience in quality control and assurance of measured wind, wave, oceanographic and atmospheric parameters.

Excellent in communication, both verbally and in writing.

Ability to work on detailed problems and address high-level questions.

An ability to link business drivers to deep technical understanding and vice versa.

A proven strong team player, able to work with virtual team, whilst also able to act autonomously.

Basic knowledge in relevant aspects of wind farm development, engineering, construction and operation of wind farm projects