RWE

Effectively Engaging and Enabling a Future Renewable Energy Workforce

The East of England is a hugely important region in the rapidly growing offshore wind sector. One of these projects is the Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone (NOWZone), which upon completion, will provide enough power for over 4 million UK homes. Such projects are only possible if we can recruit more people to work in offshore wind.

You will be based at the Norwich office with the Stakeholder and Community Engagement team. You will get the opportunity to join them on site visits and meet organisations across Norfolk in the project supply chain.

Aims:

We want you to explore how NOWZone engages people who could work in offshore wind. As a young person, your work here will be invaluable in bettering our engagement. You will look at the following:

• Understanding the job needs of NOWZone
• Mapping out where the future workforce are located.
• Are we engaging enough with these people and at the right time?
• Are these engagements meaningful enough?
• How can we make our engagement more meaningful?

You will present your findings of the project to members of the Norfolk Zone team, and potentially at events such as the East Wind and EEEGR conferences. You will also write a report, using the CREST award criteria as framework.

Key skills and interests

• Strong interest in energy and climate change
• Keen to develop communication skills, both written and visual
• Well organised and motivated
• Inspiring to others and passionate about sharing knowledge
• Good knowledge of IT, example Microsoft Office suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Project management

Host company information

RWE is the largest power producer in the UK, and a leading renewable generator supplying around 15% of UK electricity with a diverse operational portfolio of wind, hydro, biomass and gas. RWE directly employs around 3,100 people in the UK, plus many more indirectly.

The UK plays a key role in RWE’s strategy to grow its renewables portfolio and to become carbon neutral by 2040. Between 2024 and 2030, RWE has an ambition to invest €8 billion net in developing new green technologies and infrastructure to support the energy transition in the UK.

Key contact: Sam Cook

Address: Suite 5b, Rosebery Court, Central Avenue, Norwich, NR7 0HS

Please visit the NOWZone website for more information about the company

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