About Your New Employer
A renewable energy company operates a full-service, utility-scale solar and storage platform, managing projects from origination to operational asset management across the UK, Australia, and Ireland. With over 12GW in solar and storage projects, they completed the UK's largest solar PV transaction in 2022, selling 519MW of projects to Scottish Power Renewables. Additionally, they delivered 21 solar projects, totaling 230MW, by 2017 under the UK's Renewables Obligation scheme.
About Your New Job
- Responsible for technical assessment and optimization of designs, supporting the expansion of the PV and storage portfolio.
- Collaborate with Project Engineers, Project Managers, and various teams during the project delivery phase, providing crucial engineering information.
- Set and regularly update minimum functional specifications for all projects, ensuring compliance through constant auditing.
- Evaluate new technologies and designs, and draft technical documentation for procurement purposes.
- Design and manage PV and BESS electrical systems, including MV/HV connections, with a focus on constructability.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders like utilities, manufacturers, and contractors.
- Provide electrical design inputs for conceptual and feasibility studies, and ensure design standardization to reduce CAPEX and OPEX.
- Prepare and review electrical works requirements, oversee TDD, risk assessment, and grid connection agreements.
- Mentor and coordinate junior engineers, ensuring high-quality electrical designs are delivered on time.
- Engage with external consultants, engineers, and government agencies to provide technical assistance during project development and construction.
What Skills You Need
- A minimum BEng qualification in electrical engineering.
- Minimum 5 years of work experience in the design and construction stages of renewable power generators.
- Technical understanding of grid connections for generators.
- Proficient in electrical design software packages (AUTOCAD, PowerFactory , etc.)
- In-depth familiarity with PV and BESS industries components including modules, inverters, transformers, mounting structures, cabling, etc.
- Experience in PV and BESS plant design optimization targeting the lowest LCOE.
- Proficiency in translating engineering issues into CAPEX and OPEX assumptions.
- Experience in developing/reviewing electrical schematics
- Knowledge of international electrical standards related to PV and BESS.
- Experience with grid connection procedures and grid code compliance.
What's on offer
- Salary range up to 100k + 10% bonus
- Pension
- Healthcare from Day 1
- Death in Service
- Income Protection
- 25 days’ annual leave (extra days at Xmas)
- They have various events like pizza day on a payday, yoga, Pilates, bi-weekly social events, and many more ( for instance All August employees in the office can work from anywhere in the world).
What’s happened next
Apply now by clicking the “Apply Now" button or call Patrycja Glab at +353 21 235 9142/+353 87 709 4355. If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for something similar, please get in touch as we also have multiple Temp, FTC, and Contract jobs available.
