Adoption Manager

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

Job Description

Main Purpose of role 

The Adoption Manager will lead the adoption process on multiple district heating and cooling projects across the London Region. The role will verify assets in the project installation and commissioning stages, ensuring the assets meet Vattenfall’s quality, safety, and operational requirements. The role will be a critical input from early project stages, steering designs to set up for success in later commissioning phases, and inputting into construction plans to ensure appropriate consideration has been made for the handover of assets to Vattenfall. Here you will develop and implement procedures to manage the adoption of new heating and cooling assets and networks from external developers and internal project teams.

The Adoption Manager reports to the Head of Delivery and Operations. This role is both outward and inward facing. Internally, you will work in matrix project teams with colleagues from commercial, engineering, customer operations, and asset management functions. The role will be externally facing to our service providers, contractors and client’s. You will work  with and advise external developer teams, including 3rd party consultants and designers, and Vattenfall’s own major project teams. You will evaluate existing operational networks and assets against Vattenfall’s installation and commissioning standards.

You will have the benefit of connecting and building relationships across the Nordic heat businesses, and the wider UK heat industry. There will be opportunities for you to contribute and enhance the delivery practices and performance of the Heat UK business, in line with our strong promotion of continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities / Duties

• Asset receiver in the transition from Design to Construction, and from Construction to Operation.
• Working with the Customer Operations Manager, co-ordinate onboarding of new customers, and working with the Operations Manager, co-ordinate onboarding of new assets
• Provide inputs at the design stages by communicating clear operational and performance requirements.
• Participate as operational authority in HAZID and HAZOP workshops.
• Validate and confirm commissioning acceptance criteria.
• Co-ordinate activities and communications with the matrix project team on asset commissioning activities to successfully adopt assets into operation.
• Complete on site witnessing of the assets during installation and commissioning phases, confirming asset quality and installation is as per requirements.
• Complete any asset evaluation that supports network acquisition activity.
• Reinforce robust health and safety practices to achieve operationally ready assets.
• Asset installation and commissioning risk identification and resolution.
• Provide high standards of information communication making sure nobody is left behind or missing critical information.
• Establish and enhance internal and external stakeholder relationships at every level of organisation structure.
• Manage and ensure snags are closed off prior to operations.
• Conduct post-adoption follow-ups, reviews and lessons learnt for continual improvement and closure of any onboarded snags.

Qualifications

Essential requirements:

• Knowledge and experience of adopting assets; the processes and risks associated with process safety, the construction, commissioning, and operations and maintenance of plant and equipment.
• Good knowledge of relevant legislation and supporting regulations, including, CDM, DSEAR, PSSR, PUWER, LOLER, COSHH, L8, etc.
• Experience of interpreting technical design information
• Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to build rapport and take a diplomatic approach with colleagues and contractors. 
• Experience and comfort working  with digital technology.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills required to assess and resolve issues with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise and manage conflicting deadlines.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
• Competence with Office 365 sui