This role shapes and manages a portfolio of technical innovation projects linking offshore wind development with sustainability and biodiversity needs. The work focuses on turning emerging technologies into practical pilots and solutions for RWE Offshore Wind, with a particular interest in marine monitoring and nature-inclusive infrastructure such as scour and cable protection.
The broader purpose is to help offshore wind projects address effects on sensitive marine and coastal species and habitats while meeting consent requirements and supporting project decisions. This work connects ecological evidence with engineering, development and operational needs, and may contribute to biodiversity-positive solutions across RWE’s project portfolio.
This suits someone who can bridge technical project delivery and marine ecology, with at least five years of experience and the judgement to assess evidence, costs, risks and commercial relevance. Clear communication with specialist teams, senior decision-makers and external research partners will matter.
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What are the main missions and responsibilities of this role?
The role would shape and manage a portfolio of sustainability and biodiversity innovation projects, from selecting promising ideas to delivering pilots and supporting their use in the business. Priority areas include nature-inclusive scour and cable protection, and emerging underwater monitoring approaches.
It would also connect biodiversity specialists with Development, Engineering, Consents and Operations, manage project budgets and suppliers, and provide decision-ready advice to senior stakeholders. Collaborative research, knowledge transfer and evidence-based external representation are part of the remit.
Key learning opportunities for this job
The role could deepen expertise in offshore wind biodiversity, including marine monitoring technologies, nature-inclusive infrastructure and concepts such as Nature Positive and Marine Net Gain. It also offers exposure to how ecological evidence informs consents, auction criteria and offshore project decisions.
Managing a portfolio from research and pilots through to business implementation could build experience in technical innovation, commercial assessment, project governance and intellectual property. Collaboration with chief engineers, sustainability colleagues and external research programmes may broaden understanding across disciplines.
How does the ideal candidate look like (experience, skills)?
The posting asks for a university degree in engineering, natural sciences, ecology, marine biology or a comparable field, with at least five years of professional experience. Relevant knowledge includes sustainability trends in offshore wind and marine monitoring technologies; experience in offshore energy, marine biology or ornithology would be useful but is not essential.
A strong candidate would combine analytical and technical judgement with project management, commercial awareness and the ability to coordinate teams and networks. The role also calls for clear, business-fluent English, confidence advising senior stakeholders and an independent, results-oriented approach.
Advice to stand out and make a successful application
Show how you have taken a technical or research idea from assessment through a pilot and toward operational use. Give specific examples of project scope, delivery decisions, budgets, partners and outcomes, while making clear what you personally owned.
For this role, connect your experience to offshore wind biodiversity priorities such as marine monitoring, habitat impacts or nature-inclusive scour and cable protection. Explain how you weigh ecological evidence alongside consent needs, engineering feasibility, cost and risk. If your background is adjacent rather than directly offshore, make the transferable link explicit.
What aspects of the company's sustainability is this role likely to focus on?
The role is likely to focus on understanding and improving offshore wind farms’ effects on sensitive marine and coastal species and habitats. Its innovation portfolio could support monitoring, nature-inclusive infrastructure and biodiversity-positive approaches.
This work also connects environmental evidence with consent requirements, auction criteria and RWE Offshore Wind’s broader sustainability priorities. The posting emphasizes practical innovation and business implementation rather than describing a separate company-wide reporting remit.
What are the main challenges someone in this role might face?
A key challenge could be translating emerging ecological research and monitoring technologies into solutions that work at offshore project scale. Evidence, engineering constraints, costs, consent conditions and delivery schedules may point in different directions.
The role also has to coordinate specialists across central teams, project development, engineering, consents and operations, while managing external partners and a portfolio of budgets, schedules and quality requirements. Senior advice will need to be concise even when the underlying evidence is uncertain or complex.
How could a typical day look like for someone in this position?
A typical day could combine reviewing a biodiversity pilot or technology maturation plan with discussions involving engineering, sustainability, consents and project teams. The person may compare research findings with project requirements, assess risks and costs, or agree next steps with an external service provider.
Other days could involve preparing concise recommendations for senior stakeholders, managing budget and schedule decisions, or representing RWE in a collaborative research programme. The balance would likely shift as projects move between assessment, piloting and business implementation.
What are the opportunities for professional growth and development in this role?
The role could build a distinctive combination of expertise in offshore wind, marine biodiversity and innovation delivery. Taking pilots from early assessment into operational use may also develop experience in investment decisions, portfolio management and applied environmental technology.
Working across engineering, consents, sustainability and external research programmes could broaden the candidate’s internal and industry networks. Further progression might involve wider responsibility for sustainability innovation strategy or a larger offshore portfolio, although the posting does not specify a formal promotion path.
The main stakeholders you might be interacting with
Internal stakeholders would likely include the Innovation & Industrialisation Team Lead, Sustainability Programme Manager, chief engineers and specialists in Development, Engineering, Consents and Operations. Their collaboration would connect biodiversity needs with project design, approvals and delivery.
External contacts could include research collaborators, technology providers and other participants in innovation programmes and pilots. The role would also communicate evidence-based technical positions to senior stakeholders and represent RWE externally on biodiversity matters.
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