Parkwind NV

Parkwind develops, finances, and operates offshore wind farms. Since 2023 Parkwind has been wholly owned by JERA, the Japanese energy group that is one of the world’s largest electricity producers. It is now part of JERA Nex, JERA’s renewable energy subsidiary.
With more than a decade of experience and 1028MW under operational management worldwide, Parkwind is currently expanding internationally. Our team of 160 professionals works from Belgium (Leuven & Ostend), Germany, Ireland, Norway, Greece, Australia, and New Zealand, and is committed to making green energy available and affordable for everyone.

Parkwind as an employer At Parkwind, we want to create a better world for future generations by making offshore wind energy available to all. We are ambitious and set the bar high for ourselves with enthusiasm, not only today but also tomorrow. This is not a short-term job but requires a long-term commitment and vision for the future.
And we realize that changing the future starts with ourselves. Parkwind's real magic lies in people. We do business with people, for people. And that is why we find it essential to work together in an open and safe environment, where everyone feels welcome and can contribute optimally.

Your role:

Together with the O&M Team members you are responsible to:

• Define O&M strategies and targets as to allow Parkwind to implement the most efficient O&M set-up in new projects in the 3 to 5 years horizon.
• Trigger O&M strategy & improvement proposals to ensure the sustainability and durability of the current assets and projects, advising technical solutions towards the O&M colleagues as well as the wider Parkwind organization.
• Support our business development Team and tender projects to point them in the right direction given the developing O&M Support market as well as local needs and constraints.
• Assist in Parkwind`s mission to grow by cooperating in current and new R&D projects to determine how they can be translated to the business model of the O&M organization.
• Take the lead in detecting new opportunities, assure careful recommendation of viable projects to the management and where relevant bring them to implementation.
• Find insights in the success and fail factors of the specific strategy factors in order to determine the risk profile for Parkwind.
• Be an active partner in the internal educational and knowledge sharing process.
• Identify possible collaborations and partnerships in view of the longer-term growth of Parkwind. Assist with the careful analysis of such partnerships and assure successful implementation of chosen initiatives.

Flexibility (in both ways) will be a part of your function; you will need to maintain your trainings and competencies to occasionally work offshore. Travel in Belgium but also abroad will be expected in support of your tasks. You will be embedded in the O&M team under the responsibility of the Head of O&M.