Operations Analyst
Job Title: Operational Analyst
Location: Minimum 3-days per week in Dublin office
Term: 6-12 months fixed term
This role, reporting to the Head of Asset Management, but with opportunities to provide support across the wider operational business, provides an excellent opportunity for an analytically-minded recent graduate or young professional interested in a career in the Renewables industry.
The role will be primarily to provide analytical support to the asset management side of the business, looking after our 350MW+ of operational wind assets in Greece, by gaining an in-depth understanding and use of existing software platforms used (such as secondary SCADA, lightning detection and monitoring and HSE Access/Egress SaaS) as well as bespoke analytics to provide insight into operational challenges through data collection, analysis and reporting.
To commence the role will be on a fixed-term contract but, as business needs clarify, has good potential to become a permanent position in a dynamic and successful independent power producer.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide analytical support to any part of the operational-side of the company – primarily in the appropriate collection, analysis, reporting of operational assets but also extended to procurement-support providing insight into market trends, spend analysis and more
- Collect, validate, quality-assure, maintain and improve accessibility of operational data from our windfarm assets in Greece.
- Monitor asset performance using data analytics tools and creating dashboards to identify trends, anomalies, and potential operational issues and support decision-making.
- Assist in the preparation of regular reporting and tracking of key performance indicators for internal stakeholders.
- Assist in investigating performance deviations (e.g. power curve, or yaw misalignment) and support root cause analysis efforts on ad-hoc issues that arise, investigating turbine downtime and sub-component failures
- Help co-ordinate snow clearance optimisation for maintenance crew access and ice fall mitigation strategies for HSE considerations
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives that enhance data management, reporting accuracy, and analytical capabilities.
- Stay informed about renewable energy technologies, industry trends, and analytical best practices.
Typical Skills Expected
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI).
- Programming and ability to lead the new development and maintenance of existing scripts (e.g. Python)
- Basic knowledge of data analysis tools.
- Attention to detail and high standards of data accuracy.
- Ability to communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Interest in renewable energy, sustainability, and energy markets.
Education and Experience
- Minimum high-quality Bachelor’s Degree in analytical or numerical based discipline such as Engineering, Maths, or Finance.
- Fluent in the English language
- Requisite working rights for Ireland