Hub Leader – Wind

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Australia.

📋 Description

• Oversee the safe, dependable, and commercially responsible operation and maintenance of multiple GE Vernova wind farms within a designated Australian hub.

• Provide leadership, governance, and operational oversight to Site Managers and their respective teams.

• Achieve turbine availability, execute maintenance tasks, meet customer expectations, and fulfill contractual obligations.

• Implement uniform operating standards across various sites and ensure the effective allocation of personnel, contractors, materials, and specialized support.

• Serve as an escalation point for significant operational, safety, personnel, and customer-related issues.

• Promote a safety-first culture through leadership engagement, site visits, GENBA walks, safety discussions, and verification of critical controls.

• Supervise reporting, investigation, and resolution of incidents, near-misses, hazards, audit findings, and corrective actions.

• Govern operations of wind farms, including preventive and corrective maintenance, statutory inspections, major component work, retrofit campaigns, and planned outages.

• Collaborate with engineering, field performance management, technical support, and remote operations teams to enhance asset performance.

• Lead, mentor, and develop Site Managers while managing workforce planning, succession, recruitment, training, and compliance with competency standards.

• Handle employee performance, conduct, engagement, and workplace issues in conjunction with Human Resources.

• Oversee the delivery of full-service agreements, address customer concerns, manage contractual reporting, and implement corrective action plans.

• Take ownership of hub-level operational performance in relation to budgets, cost targets, and financial KPIs.

• Drive standardization, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, process enhancements, and operational governance.

• Report on safety, availability, maintenance, customer satisfaction, personnel matters, financial performance, and key risks to the Services Director.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven leadership experience in wind farm operations and maintenance, power generation, utilities, industrial field services, or a similar asset-intensive setting.

• Demonstrated ability to lead Site Managers or multi-disciplinary operational teams across various locations, including contractor management and performance accountability.

• Strong understanding of turbine maintenance, reliability, troubleshooting, and operational planning of electromechanical assets or similar.

• Proven expertise in EHS leadership, risk management, operational governance, and familiarity with Australian regulatory and industrial frameworks.

• Commercial insight, including budget management, resource allocation, KPI achievement, and adherence to service-contract obligations.

• Excellent communication, coaching, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

• Proficient in using enterprise maintenance, reporting, and standard business applications.

• Possession of a current valid driver's license.

• Eligible to work in Australia.

• Willingness and ability to travel regularly to assigned locations.

• Tertiary qualification in engineering, operations, business, or a related field, or an equivalent blend of technical qualifications and operational leadership experience.

• Experience in managing multiple wind farms or geographically spread renewable energy service operations.

• Background in electrical or mechanical trades, wind-industry training, or relevant technical certifications.

• Experience in implementing lean management, daily management systems, continuous improvement, ISO, 5S, or similar methodologies.

• Familiarity with major component programs, high-voltage operating environments, crane and rigging interfaces, and complex maintenance campaigns.

• Compliance with site induction, PPE, and fitness-for-work requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Relocation assistance is not available.

• Regular travel and occasional overnight stays are required.

• PPE and fitness-for-work requirements will be provided and are mandatory for site visits.