Renewables technical consultancy OWC has appointed Scott Sutherland to the new role of director of major projects, in charge of growing project management services for fixed and floating wind projects.
Sutherland, is a “highly experienced” senior project manager educated in both engineering and law, and with over 16 years’ experience in the renewable energy sector.
Sutherland’s main focus over the past 10 years has been in the offshore wind sector working on several projects throughout the UK and Europe.
His last position, prior to joining OWC, was at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm where he was project manager for the demonstrator project comprising of two monobuckets.
At OWC he has been project manager at the Erebus wind floating wind project, whilst supporting OWC projects in Scotland.
Sutherland said: “As project manager of large offshore wind projects, you must understand all the technical, legal, financial and contractual aspects of the project, plus the sum of all the parts.
“The result is reduced risk for developers. This is the type of competence we will continuously refine as part of OWC’s major projects unit.”
Sutherland, who is based in Edinburgh, UK, joins the OWC senior management team where he will report to managing director Will Cleverly.
OWC has recently undertaken project management services on numerous large offshore wind developments across UK, Germany, Poland, US, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan.