In today’s interconnected global economy, offshore job opportunities have become a significant aspect of many industries, and especially in the offshore renewables sector. Offshore jobs are often located in remote or overseas locations and offer unique career paths and experiences.
There are many job profiles in this sector that you probably don’t know about. But everybody has a place in it, regardless of gender, age or ethnicity.
FLORES career awareness materials focus on different, interesting and potentially unusual job profiles that contribute to offshore renewable development. And these job profiles can be found across the lifecycle of offshore renewable projects. Some are performed mainly at sea (offshore), for example the job of a diver, while others are performed on land (onshore). Some require office or laboratory work – a marine biologist for example. And some others combine both work at sea and on land, for example a cable installation manager.
Some examples of ORE jobs
- Digital surveillance manager: A digital surveillance manager designs special software for his/her clients who operate offshore. This software allows operators to oversee the wind farm or other offshore project that needs surveillance but also can be used for different purposes, such as to track people working at sea, ensuring their safety or provide 5G network to the whole wind farm.
- Cable installation manager: With his/her engineering knowledge, a cable installation manager is responsible for the design, purchase and installation of submarine cables that connect the wind turbine to the offshore substation. He/she is monitoring progress of the cables when they are in the production phase by visiting the cable factory and checking the quality of the cables. During the installation of the cables, he/she goes offshore to oversee the activity.
- Marine biologist: A marine biologist is investigating marine life, how the organisms in sea are interacting with each other, but also how human beings are interacting with nature. Offshore renewables come with the construction of infrastructure at sea and that means that there will be an impact on the marine environment. This is why marine biologists are involved at the beginning of an offshore project to investigate the extent of this impact either it is negative (for example underwater sound produced during construction) or positive (for example creation of new habitat or shelter for marine species).
- Diver: A diver is a builder, a worker that performs the work under the water. As in onshore constructions, offshore projects require some regular work like welding, installing or repairing cables but underwater. Divers are trained to do all these under the surface.
- Maritime spatial planning expert: Before starting an offshore project, someone should tell us where a project can be developed. Where the project doesn’t cause problems to citizens, nature, birdlife etc. That requires an excellent planning. And this is the job of the maritime spatial planning expert who helps usually the governments to map the sea and make a plan on how to use the sea for different activities, like travelling by sea using the best shipping routes, fishing or developing offshore renewable energies structures. All while protecting biodiversity and the marine environment
Learn more about these jobs
Check out the materials developed within the FLORES project to discover more details about jobs in offshore renewable energies.
