Engineering Leader, Renewables Asset Advisory EMEA

JOB DESCRIPTION
UL's global expertise in energy and asset advisory services, due diligence, testing and certification, and software applications in solar, wind and offshore wind provides the expertise for product or project certification, early-stage feasibility and design, project development and financing, managing operational wind and solar projects, to extending the life of those projects.
As our global footprint continues to spread across the world, we are looking for an Engineering Leader to lead our Wind Asset Advisory team in EMEA and help provide solutions to support wind farm operational success for our customers.

• You will be responsible for the growth and profitability of your service area and will report to the Global Director of UL Renewables.
• You will manage a team of 17 engineers and technicians and will be involved in various commercial activities towards prospects and customers to bring technical support to the EMEA Sales team in the generation of leads and opportunities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage multi-disciplinary teams executing high profile projects. Optimize team schedules to meet customers' expectations, working closely with other teams within the region and globally to optimize team utilization and shortest delivery times, ensuring the team performance in terms of combined project profitability and billable time.
• Collaborate with the Sales Team and participate in online and face-to-face customer meetings to bring technical expertise. Support the preparation of proposals on the technical aspects when required. Showcase technical topics within articles, online publication, customer trainings or live events to promote UL expertise in line with the Renewables development strategy, representing UL at trade shows and technical conferences.
• Take an active part in providing the best customer experience by providing best-in class project delivery, respecting project timeline, channeling internally improvement areas.
• Full budget and P&L responsibility. Including developing annual revenue and business plans and identifying specific growth areas in EMEA for our services.
• Assist with any other duties as assigned within Renewables advisory activities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master of Science degree in a quantitative field (Physical Science, Engineering, Data Science or Statistics, Renewable Energy) from an accredited University or Engineering School 6 to 10 years' experience in the wind energy sector in the European or EMEA market
• Prior experience leading teams, ideally globally
• Ability to promote services to technical and commercial decision makers, owners, operators, lenders as well as to investors.
• Strong customer focus and strong interpersonal skills to establish trustful relationships, ability to sell and to close orders.
• Prior experience working in a matrix organization.
• Excellent communication skills in English and French or Spanish
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PPT)
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Strong team spirit and proactive attitude
• Ability to work under deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge in solar would be appreciated.
• Significant business travel and work outside of the office is required.

What you'll experience at UL:

• Mission: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn't new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 130 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.
• People: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you'll almost always hear, "the people." Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We're able to deliver the best because we employ the best.
• Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers create. We're inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.
• Grow & achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.

Learn More:
Working at UL is an exciting journey that twists and turns daily. We thrive in the twists and revel in the turns. This is our every day. This is our normal.
Curious? To learn more about us and the work we do, visit https://www.ul.com/software/renewable-energy-software-solutions
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ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
ABOUT THE TEAM
We solve our customers' problems. Within Software & Advisory (S&A) services, UL Solutions' Enterprise Sustainability business focuses on solving some of the most pressing world challenges - renewables, energy transition, sustainability, health & wellbeing, return to work and people safety. We do this through Renewable Energy Advisory and Digital Services, Environmental, Health and Safety Software & Learning programs, best in class Sustainability and ESG reporting software with UL 360, advisory services, subject matter experts and Healthy Buildings testing and verification.