Offshore Wind Engineer - Expression of Interest

Scope of Work:

At Kent we are constantly growing and evolving, and we're always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team. While we may not have an immediate opening that suits your skills right now, we'd love to stay connected with you for future contingent worker opportunities. By expressing your interest, you’ll be the first to hear about exciting new roles as they become available.

We are seeking highly experienced offshore wind professionals capable of acting as technical leads across consultancy and design scopes, particularly for WTG foundations and offshore substations. Individuals should be able to provide technical oversight, lead delivery teams, and contribute to the development of our engineering capability.

Key Requirements: 

• Act as a Lead Engineer on a project, performing duties with no direct supervision and with agreed quality, schedule and budgets.
• Lead resolution of complex, high-risk or novel technical issues, including coordinating internal and external expertise. 
• Responsible for the delivery of high-quality deliverables, ensuring compliance with relevant codes and standards and internal procedures.
• Interface directly with clients, including presentation of technical solutions, design justification and risk positions.
• Engaging with existing technical network to support the innovation and development of our designs, design tools and client offerings.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring and quality oversight to engineers and senior engineers.
• Significant related experience of working for engineering/client organisations in the offshore wind industry.
• Proven experience delivering FEED and detailed design projects for offshore fixed bottom foundations 
• Specialist expertise in one or more key disciplines – engineering management, primary steel design, secondary structures design, grouted connections, geotech and ground modelling 
• Ability to significantly influence design decisions and manage technical risk
• Strong working knowledge of relevant international design codes and certification processes (DNV, IEC, Eurocodes)
• Knowledge of safety and quality procedures and best practice

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process. Please contact us confidentially at recruitment.uk@kentplc.com to find out how we can support you.

 

About you:

Join us. Unleash your energy within.

If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.

Our purpose and beliefs:

As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.

It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

We PLAY BIG
We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us:

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:

We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.  

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.