Site Manager - Offshore Pre-Assembly

Requirements

The responsibilities for the Site Manager position are listed within three primary areas of responsibilities:

Administration

• Responsible for being the primary contact hub on site.
• Responsible for reporting of safety issues.
• Responsible for preparing documentation for work to carried out.
• Responsible for day to day reporting and communication to customer site team.
• Responsible for timely reporting to the Project Manager on progress, challenges, non-conformities and helping to initiate and implement corrective and preventive actions, progress views, snagging lists.
• Responsible for preparing GWS and customer required documentation on site.
• Responsible for recording all waiting time, standby time, additional work outside contractual scope.
• Responsible for all On site GWS equipment (PPE, tools, cars etc.).
• Responsible for providing HSEQ incident reports for GWS’ as well as client systems.

Operational

• Responsible for all HSEQ at site including monitoring and implementing relevant measures.
• Responsible for daily coordination and supervision of the execution of the work.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable safety regulations, contract and other obligations throughout the project.
• Responsible for all work to be completed in an organized way according to the contractual scope (time, finance and result) and according to the
• Responsible for working towards the highest safety standards as described in GWS’ safety policies, procedures and instructions.
• Responsible for planning the on-site work.
• Responsible for performing daily site meeting (“toolbox talk”) before commencing the work.
• Responsible for participating in Toolbox meetings / safety meetings held by the customer.
• Responsible for optimizing project execution and methods.
• Responsible for performing final walk down of turbines and hand over to the client site management.
• Responsible for initiating the necessary actions for implementation of improvements of health & safety, environment and quality.
• Responsible to ensure that Safety & Quality performance remain on a high level while the main site manager will be replaced or will be covered during rotation.
  • o A written and verbal handover between the site managers need to be in place where all site related topics are covered (f.e. Safety, Quality, progress, open discussions etc.)
  • o An interim Site Manager will act and behave as if it is his own site and don’t act that “it’s not my problem”

People

• Responsible for preparing employee assessments.
• Responsible for supporting and guiding the team leads on site, in regards to their administration, operational and people responsibilities.
• Responsible for the overall team performance on site.

Essential skills to be trained and developed for the Site Manager position:

Technical skills

• Technical knowledge on the specific wind turbine generator platform, and know their functions.

Leadership skills

• Understanding of motivational factors within teams and individuals.
• Understanding of interpersonal conflicts, and ability to handle basic conflict management on the site.
• Understanding of the different personality types in teams, including personal preferences.
• Ability to foster an open, effective and respectful communication on the site.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback to individuals and teams.
• Ability to assign and delegate tasks to teams and individuals on site.

Task Management skills

• Ability to plan the overall workload on site, and a daily and weekly basis.
• Ability to brief and delegate to site organization and team leads.
• Ability to execute the task according to the plan.
• Ability to debrief the teams, capture and share vital lessons learned, for the site and for GWS database.

Additional personal skills

• Basic IT knowledge (MS Office)
• Language (English, project specific)
• Understanding of PM processes

Qualification required

• Mechanical or Electrical background, good knowledge of the wind turbine generator platform and assembly.
• Global Wind Organisation - Fire awareness.
• Global Wind Organisation - Working at Height.
• Global Wind Organisation - Manual Handling.
• Electrical Awareness.
• Global Wind Organisation - First aid.
• Manufacturer-specific training.
• Medical certificate.
• Lift User Training.

Drivers license, passport and certificate of conduct