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When Renewable Infrastructure Demands Specialists, Vital Delivers.
Hornsea 2 – a 1,400 MW offshore wind development around 100 km off the Yorkshire coast – needed a workforce to match its scale. They reached out to Vital. We stepped in with the specialist people who could deliver in rigorous offshore and onshore environments. We supplied full crews of supervisors, chargehands, mechanical technicians, fitters and wiremen. All competent, all trained, all ready for the next level.
1,400 MW Output. 100 km Offshore. Zero Compromise.
From green-field ambition to worker readiness.
Hornsea 2 will eventually generate clean power for more than 1.3 million homes annually and supports the UK’s goal of delivering 15 % of its energy from renewables.
Vital’s role spanned:
- Supply of offshore & onshore substation personnel for both day and night shifts.
- Technicians competent in transformer work, high-voltage panels, SF6 systems, gas works and more.
- Workers trained for offshore transfer, including helicopter training and GWO certification.
When the project required specialist resource with real offshore readiness, Vital delivered a workforce built to operate under demanding conditions.
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How we made it work.
Expert people. Rigorous training. Offshore-grade readiness.
Expert people. Rigorous training. Offshore-grade readiness.
- We tapped into our offshore resource pipeline – supervisors, chargehands, mechanical and electrical technicians – all experienced in substation, transformer and HV environments.
- We ensured each worker held all relevant offshore and substation certifications, including GWO, helicopter transfer and specialist HV authorisations.
- We aligned with Hornsea 2’s shift patterns (including night work), offshore team logistics and onshore/offshore hand-over demands, ensuring seamless roster integration.
- We integrated compliance and competency checks into the supply chain — every worker authorised for HV panels, SF6 handling, gas works and fit-out.
- We collaborated with Hornsea 2’s management and offshore operations team to anticipate peaks, plan for continuous coverage and protect critical timelines.
This wasn’t simply placing technicians. It was supplying a deployment-ready offshore workforce tailored to renewable energy infrastructure at scale.
Results that deliver confidence
From onshore substations to offshore transfers.
- Vital supplied the specialist on- and offshore substation workforce required to support Hornsea 2’s build-out of 1,400 MW capacity.
- The workforce met strict offshore transfer and competence requirements, enabling Hornsea 2’s substation build-up to progress without resource-driven delay.
- By providing day/night shift coverage and high-calibre technicians, we helped maintain project momentum in a demanding maritime and infrastructure environment.
Hornsea 2’s power-generation target of 1.3 million homes served aligns with our support, underlining the scale where our labour supply matters.
Partners since 2023
Lessons that shape the future.
For large-scale renewable infrastructure, especially offshore, the workforce is not just a supply chain: it’s a strategic asset.
- Specialist training (GWO, helicopter transfer, HV competence) matters just as much as technical skill.
- Offshore shift patterns and logistics impose constraints, matching resource to regime is critical.
- Integrating labour supply into project timelines, not just reacting, keeps build-out on track.
- In high-stakes infrastructure, the partner who brings readiness, compliance and scale wins.
Because when energy generation is the outcome and the environment complex, you don’t just find workers – you deploy reliability. Vital delivers that.
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