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LEAD O&M NETWORK ENGINEER is required by our Client, within the Renewables industry for permanent position, based in Boston, MA

POSITION SCOPE

The role of the Lead O&M Network Engineer manages all aspects of the Company IT/OT/Telecom for offshore operation as well as assigned areas of networks and associated equipment to ensure compliance with applicable standards and requirements. Responsible for the management of the asset performance and technical integrity for a group of equipment within the different systems. The focus of the role will be to maintain healthy information and operational technology (IT/OT), together with the telecoms systems and support with the O&M requirements for future projects. Responsible for the definition and delivery of a scope of works for O&M including the management of contractors and associated interfaces, and ensuring quality, best practices and excellent H&S performance are applied. 

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead Technical/engineering delivery of O&M scope of works with a number of interfaces and coordination to manage within one or more of offshore projects, providing O&M engineering support (e.g. L1, L2, L3 engineering and architecture or lifecycle of hardware), assistance and recommendations to ensure delivery of O&M work within time, to budget and quality following industry best practices and observing the maximum focus on Health, Safety and the Environment to ensure regulatory and legal compliance.
• Define and lead the necessities, improvements and maintenance strategy of the Telecommunication and Networks in the US Offshore Hub, to guarantee the highest assets availability, the compliance with the regulatory requirements and the best service quality following the best industry practices and standards.
• Identify the business technical risks related to the telecoms, networks and systems/equipment and propose the necessary actions/plans to mitigate those risks as much as reasonably possible.
• Implement and supervise the required corrective and preventive maintenance activities to maintain/recover the assets availability/reliability either on his/her own or through contractors.
• Assess any technical issue related to the networks and telecom systems, including F.O., Ethernet, radios, WAN/LAN, etc., carrying out the Root Cause Analysis and proposing/implementing the necessary action to avoid any re-occurrence.
• Deploy the necessary actions to comply with any regulatory requirements that may apply.
• Coordinate the related maintenance activities with the offshore site technical teams to guarantee the right execution timescales and works quality as long as the compliance of the applicable H&S rules.
• Extend any lesson learnt and the identified best practices to other offshore projects and offshore hubs.
• Define, alongside the new Offshore project teams and the SCADA and Cybersecurity Manager, the best technical solutions for the new offshore projects under development and construction to guarantee the best performance and maintainability condition after the Commercial Operation Date starts.
• Coordinate the maintenance strategies for the Networks and Telecom systems with the other Offshore O&M Hubs (UK and Europe) so that uniformed, global, and standardized solutions are implemented.
• Prepare scope of works and suppliers’ technical evaluations, playing and active role during the procurement processes to make sure that the most technically qualified providers are selected
• Manage efficiently the maintenance contracts which she/he is responsible for, striving to reduce the maintenance costs and contributing to maximize the business results.
• Broad range of technical scopes and complex problems to understand, assess and assist in managing.

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

• A degree or equivalent in telecom, computer science, information systems or an engineering discipline.
• +7 years’ experience in managing Telecoms/Networks.
• +5 years’ experience in engineering industry. Renewables/power generation or electric utility preferred.
• Highly skilled in IT/OT, telecom circuits and Networking.
• Experience in leading projects related to Telecoms and Networks.
• Experience in Networks for SCADA applications.
• Advanced knowledge of a relevant area of technical specialty; Telecoms, IT/OT.
• Experience and understanding of technical due diligence.
• Lead management of Suppliers and contractors to ensure scope of works/contract delivery.
• Complex problem solving – dealing with conflicting requirements and overcoming obstacles.