Solar Recruitment
Electrical Engineer - Technical Development
Are you ready to elevate your career in the renewable energy sector? Join a dynamic team where your expertise will drive the future of onshore wind and solar projects across the UK. This role offers a unique blend of technical challenge and professional growth, perfect for those passionate about sustainable energy solutions.
Why This Role Stands Out:
- Impactful Work: Contribute to the development and construction of renewable energy projects that are shaping the future of sustainable energy.
- Professional Growth: Engage in a variety of tasks from early-stage site design to managing engineering inputs, offering a comprehensive development experience.
- Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a multi-disciplined team, enhancing your skills in project management and technical engineering.
- Cutting-Edge Projects: Be at the forefront of renewable energy technology, working on innovative projects involving PV, wind, and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
Key Responsibilities:
- Screen development sites and provide inputs to financial modelling.
- Perform early-stage site design and procure site studies.
- Liaise with grid operators and monitor grid connection costs and requirements.
- Conduct preliminary design and optimisation, including electrical design of PV, wind, and BESS projects.
- Manage engineering input for projects, incorporating other engineering disciplines.
- Develop employer requirements for EPC contracts and provide technical input into EPC contracts and terms.
- Review tenders during the procurement phase.
- Perform or subcontract Basic Design and Detailed Design studies for PV plant sub-systems.
- Support through construction with critical document review and owner’s engineer work.
- Integrate electrical equipment, SCADA, and IT.
- Perform technical qualifications of key equipment and technical audits of key equipment manufacturers' factories and facilities.
- Support testing, commissioning, and handover of projects.
Required Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:
- Degree in Engineering, a similar subject, or equivalent work experience.
- Experience in concept design for solar PV or wind sites.
- Commercial awareness of the impact of losses, CAPEX, and OPEX on overall project economics.
- Experience in project management and operating as part of a multi-disciplined team.
Preferred Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent electrical engineering competence and understanding of renewable generation assets.
- Experience in load flows for solar and design of electrical infrastructure for wind farms.
- Experience in design of BESS and network calculation studies.
- Knowledge of SCADA systems and IT architecture for operational technology.
- Experience in dispute management/resolution and performance assessment of solar.
- Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Proactive, self-motivated, and accountable.
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to explain complex issues in a simple and diplomatic way.
Step into a role where your skills will make a tangible difference. Apply today to be part of a team that is driving the renewable energy revolution.
