Operational Performance and Compliance Manager

Goldwind Australia is a leading renewable energy solutions provider, having installed approximately 2 GW of renewable energy across Australia. Goldwind established in Australia in 2009 to deliver solutions to the Australian and New Zealand renewable energy markets.

With “innovating for a brighter tomorrow” as our mission, Goldwind is a leader in providing clean energy, energy conservation, and environmental protection solutions, contributing over 134 GW of sustainable energy solutions globally. Goldwind operates on 6 continents in 38 countries and has more than 10,000 employees.

About the role:

Reporting into the General Manager (Service), the Operational Performance and Compliance Manager is responsible for developing and leading Goldwind Australia’s service operations planning framework, whilst ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, and internal standards.

The role will play an important part in optimizing maintenance scheduling, resource allocation, and operational risk management across wind farm sites to support safe, efficient, and reliable service delivery.

In addition, the role will oversee High Voltage (HV) and Low Voltage (LV) electrical compliance, as well as warehousing and inventory control for turbine components and supplier coordination, ensuring all operations are conducted safely, efficiently, and are compliant.

What you will be doing?

• Lead long-term maintenance forecasting, outage planning, and capacity modelling aligned with OEM requirements and customer agreements.

• Develop and maintain integrated planning for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance across Goldwind wind and solar farms.

• Coordinate resource planning (technicians, tooling, spare parts) to meet contractual obligations and minimize operational downtime.

• Oversee HV and LV electrical compliance across Goldwind sites, including HV switching authorizations and licence verification.

• Manage warehousing operations for turbine components and critical spare parts.

• Support site teams to comply with GWA Document Management Systems.

• Conduct system and process audits, and actively participate in prestarts, toolbox talks and safety walks.

• Implement and maintain compliance with WHS/OHS, environmental obligations, and Goldwind internal policies.

• Ensure ongoing adherence to ISO certifications (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001) and contractual compliance requirements.

• Track, analyse, and report operational KPIs. including availability, downtime, maintenance completion rates, inventory accuracy, safety compliance, and audit outcomes.

• Collaborate with Site Managers, HSE, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and OEM technical teams to align planning and compliance priorities.

• Drive operational excellence across service operations, ensuring efficiency, governance and compliance.

• Establish and monitor key service metrics to benchmark performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Lead continuous improvement programs focused on safety, compliance, and operational performance.

• Maintain oversight of governance framework for service operations, ensuring operational integrity, regulatory compliance and contractual requirements.

• Oversee operational risk and business continuity plans.

What does your background look like?

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.

• HV Switching Authorization and/or relevant electrical licences (highly desirable).

• Previous experience using ERP/CMMS systems (SAP, Maximo, or similar).

• Strong stakeholder engagement, leadership, and communication skills.

• Demonstrated data-driven decision making capability, including advanced reporting and dashboarding.

• Knowledge of ISO 9001, IOS 14001 and IOS 45001, as well as Australian electrical standards (AS/NZS 3000, 3017, 61439).

• 5+ years in operations planning or compliance within energy, utilities, or heavy industry (wind preferred).

• Demonstrated experience across HV / LV systems, including switching operations, audits, and inventory management for large-scale industrial components.

• Demonstrated safety leadership, with a strong commitment to safe systems of work and compliance.

Goldwind Australia offers all their employee’s excellent benefits, career development pathways, support and ongoing training. As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion.

Please reach out and contact me for a further conversation to learn more about this great opportunity!