General Manager Technical Wind

**Job no**: 516913

**Work type**: Full Time Fortescue Employee

**Location**: Perth

**Categories**: Technical & Engineering, Technology, Vertically Integrated Supply Chain, Green Industry

**_At Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) we are leading the global energy transition by developing a portfolio of renewable energy and green hydrogen projects._**

**_ Our large scale, low-cost hydropower, geothermal, solar and wind assets will support establishment of green energy and green product industries around the world._**

**_ FFI is committed to building thriving communities by delivering social, environmental and economic benefits._**

**General Manager Technical Wind**

**Work Location**:Perth

**Roster**:Monday to Friday

The General Manager Technical Wind is a senior leadership role with responsibility for a critical function in Fortescue’s growth agenda and decarbonisation pathway. Reporting to the Director of Green Industry, the General Manager Technical Wind will have overall responsibility for product development and engineering, as well as owning technology road map for the Wind business. The General Manager Technical Wind would also lead the research into the best methodologies and technologies for wind turbine manufacturing and deployment wind power generation suitable for utility-scale deployment aligned to FFI schedules.

**Key accountabilities will include**:

- Development of 6-7MW low-cost onshore wind turbine including Nacelle, Hub, Blades, and Tower
- Take the lead in developing the manufacturing strategy including the development of relevant partnerships
- Develop and implement vision for wind technology and R&D
- Develop and deliver the cost and performance roadmap over short term as well as long term
- Value based leadership to create and maintain differentiation
- Accountable for a comprehensive technology road map
- Prioritise and develop partnerships and technologies for nacelle, towers and blades
- Build Technology and R&D team from ground up ensuring human capability and capacity for rapid growth
- Drive outcomes to achieve FFI schedules
- Establish Wind Technology and R&D fit for purpose systems and processes
- Communicate technical Wind and R&D detail to non-technical stakeholders and decision makers
- Provide financial forecasts indicative of Risk and FFI schedules
- Attract, retain and develop talent in the wind technology organisation
- Build and lead the engineering team
- Develop and deploy a technology strategy and roadmap for the wind power sector that delivers profitable growth and market penetration
- Drive the culture of ownership and accountability in formulating and implementing the technology plans
- Manage and build key relationships with key research centres, academic institutes, and reputed laboratories in the wind power sector
- Introduce new approaches to technology development that will significantly impact growth
- Assess, analyse, and adapt new technology platforms in the sector that could further enhance Fortescue’s competitive advantage

**Qualifications and skills required**:

- Deep experience and competence in wind technologies and turbine manufacturing
- Experience in leading wind technology design and modifications
- A thorough understanding of innovative manufacturing solutions to meet demand ramp, such as hybrid and self-jacking towers, segmented blades and composites
- Familiarity with analytical methods to ensure quality
- Ability to deliver commercialization from concepts
- Develop processes and technologies and provide complete turnkey solution
- Assess risk and develop risk adjusted development plans
- Ability to quantify commercial value to drive decisions
- A strong commercial awareness that will impact and influence the performance and effectiveness
- Tenacity to deliver difficult projects and judgment to terminate unproductive projects
- General understanding of the Renewable Energy domain to make proper decisions within a larger energy ecosystem
- Track record of building and developing successful teams
- Proven ability to drive R&D outcomes to achieve schedules
- Develop Wind Technology and R&D fit for purpose systems and processes
- Ability to communicate technical Wind and R&D detail to non-technical stakeholders and decision makers
- Good knowledge of financial forecasting reflecting technology specific risk and commercialisation schedules

**Leadership Skills**
- **Setting the vision and strategy**: an ability to define a relevant commercial strategy for the rapidly growing power needs of Fortescue
- **Delivering commercial outcomes and results**: a track record of commercial success and setting stretch goals and achieving breakthrough results
- **Leading & Building teams**: a proven ability to provide leadership and people management skills to diverse teams of relevant scale
- **Stakeholder management**: a proven ability to manage a wide range of internal and external parties
- **Driving results to schedule**:a proven ability to deliv