Performance Lead

Inch Cape Offshore Limited•Montrose, CO

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Performance Lead (O&M) is responsible for the monitoring, analysis, optimisation, and assurance of the operational performance across the windfarm during the O&M phase. The role turns operational data into engineering and commercial insight, supporting safe operation, high availability, accurate reporting, improved turbine and balance of plant performance, and long-term shareholder value for the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm. The Analyst is expected to: Analyse SCADA and high frequency turbine data Identify technical and operational issues affecting performance Support continuous improvement and corrective action tracking Improve tools, automation, and reporting processes Provide performance evidence for operations, asset management and wider business function This role is therefore both an engineering performance role and a business-critical assurance role, ensuring that the windfarm is not only generating safely and reliably, but that its performance is properly measured, challenged, and improved. The role sits within the O&M organisation and acts as the focal point for technical and operational performance analytics. It supports the interface between field operations, turbine engineering, SCADA/OT, asset management, commercial teams, and senior leadership. There are three main focal points of the role: Working directly with wind turbine SCADA, condition monitoring, and high frequency data to detect underperformance, degradation, and repeat issues. Supporting continuous improvement and operational readiness, including tool development, process automation, and new asset onboarding. Commercial and Regulatory validation such as generation reporting, market interface checks, subsidy/certificate support, or other data driven obligations that affect revenue and compliance.

Requirements

Strong analytical judgement grounded in evidence
Ability to convert data into practical engineering action
Clear communication from technical teams to Board level
High standards of data governance and reporting discipline
Commercial awareness of how technical performance drives value
Collaborative style across operations, engineering, and commercial teams
Continuous improvement mindset
Experience in operational analysis, performance engineering, reliability engineering, asset analytics, or similar work in offshore wind, onshore wind, power generation, utilities, or another safety-critical industrial environment
Experience handling SCADA, historian, metering, or condition monitoring datasets
Experience identifying underperformance trends, interpreting operational events, and supporting corrective action
Experience producing structured reports, dashboards, and analytical outputs for technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to work effectively across engineering, operations and commercial functions
Degree, HND, or equivalent higher qualification in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Data Analytics, Renewable Energy, or a closely related technical discipline
Strong analytical grounding in operational data, performance metrics, and root cause investigation

Responsibilities

Lead routine monitoring of turbine and windfarm performance using SCADA, historian, condition monitoring, metering, and related operational datasets
Validate, cleanse, and analyse operational data to identify underperformance, abnormal trends, availability losses, derates, recurring faults, and early-stage component degradation
Perform turbine level and windfarm level performance assessments, including power-curve analysis, event analysis, downtime categorisation, loss accounting, and reliability trending
Distinguish between, technical losses, operational constraints, environmental impacts, and data quality issues to ensure accurate root-cause attribution
Support engineering teams with evidence-based recommendations to improve turbine, electrical, and balance of plant performance
Conduct proactive data-led analysis to identify opportunities to improve availability, reliability, maintainability, and energy yield
Track repeat defects, transient issues, and degradation patterns, and work with site teams to convert findings into corrective and preventative actions
Maintain and improve performance KPIs, dashboards, and action registers to support structural improvement plans
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that reduced forced outages, improve mean time to repair, and enhance energy production
Support benchmarking of asset performance against expected technical and operational baselines and, where appropriate, against wider fleet or market comparators
Own or support the integrity of performance data used for operational, management, contractual, and shareholder reporting
Develop and maintain robust processes for data validation, exception handling, calculation governance, and audit trails
Produce regular operational performance reports covering technical availability, production losses, alarms, downtime drivers, energy yield, campaign effectiveness, and emerging risks
Ensure performance reporting is sufficiently controlled to support internal governance, lender / insurer queries, and external contractual interfaces where relevant
Challenge data anomalies arising from meter, SCADA systems, historian platforms, reports, or interfaces, and coordinate corrective action with technical and commercial stakeholders
Work closely with offshore operations, turbine engineering, HV engineering, SCADA/OT, and asset management teams to interpret events and prioritise improvement actions
Contribute to site meetings by highlighting performance concerns, recommending interventions, and tracking action closure
Provide analytical support for inspections, serving campaigns, defect elimination plans, and major maintenance activities
Support operational readiness for new assets, service transitions, and in-housing activities by ensuring performance tools, processes, and reporting frameworks are established and functional
Provide concise technical insight to senior management, the Board, shareholders, lenders, insurers, and other key stakeholders as required
Develop and improve analytical tools, automation workflows, dashboards, and models that increase the speed, quality, and scale of performance insight
Support integration of multiple data sources across SCADA, PI/historian systems, metering, work management systems, and commercial reporting tools
Improve repeatability and governance of core analytical outputs through standardised methods, version control, and documented assumptions
Promote adoption of industry leading analytical techniques and digital methods where they improve decision making and asset value
Support future digitalisation, predictive maintenance, and advanced analytics initiatives
Support the validation of data used for revenue critical and compliance related processes, such as generation reporting, metering reconciliation, performance guarantees, and market interface submissions where these sit within the assets operating model
Provide analytical support for contractual obligations including, where relevant, PPAs, subsidy/certification processes, and system operator interfaces
Ensure performance data and associated calculations are accurate, timely, and auditable were used for external settlement, claims, or compliance purposes
Work with commercial and regulatory colleagues to understand how technical performance affects project economics and contractual outcomes
Maintain appropriate governance for calculations, KPIs, data sources, assumptions, and performance methodologies
Escalate material performance risks promptly, including recurring losses, missing or unreliable data, reporting control weaknesses, or emerging asset degradation
Support incident investigations, warranty or contractor discussions, and management of change processes where performance data or analytical conclusions affect decisions
Ensure the role’s output remains transparent, reproducible, and suitable for audit and assurance purposes