Grid Specialist

Hamilton Barnes ?; Badajoz; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes is seeking a Grid Specialist for the Badajoz region to support grid connections for data centre projects. The role involves assessing grid capacity, coordinating with grid operators and internal teams, and tracking milestones and documentation.

The successful candidate will have 3–6 years in grid connections or related technical environments, a degree in Electrical/Energy engineering, and fluency in Spanish and English.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Experience with grid connection applications, utility interfaces and studies.
• Familiarity with grid connection processes and transmission/distribution interfaces.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Fluent Spanish and professional English.

Responsibilities

• Assess grid connection opportunities and review capacity, connection points, constraints and development plans.
• Maintain grid trackers, application records, milestone registers and technical docs.
• Coordinate grid requirements with internal development, land, planning, engineering, and permitting teams.
• Communicate with grid operators, utilities and external technical stakeholders.
• Review technical studies, grid impact assessments and offers, identify key risks.
• Monitor milestones, deadlines and dependencies, escalate issues when needed.
• Integrate grid requirements into broader project timelines.

Skills

Grid connections

Electrical infrastructure

Project coordination

MS Office (Excel)

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Spanish language

English language

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Energy/Industrial engineering degree

Tools

GIS

Electrical modelling

Reporting tools

Job description

Grid Specialist - Badajoz

A world-leading AI infrastructure company is expanding its data centre portfolio in Spain and is looking for a Grid Specialist to support the management of grid connections for its data centre projects, based in Cáceres or Badajoz.

This is a great opportunity to join the largest data centre project in Spain, with direct influence over assessing grid capacity and connection points, tracking applications and milestones with grid operators and utilities, reviewing technical studies and connection offers, and coordinating with the development, land, engineering and permitting teams. If you'd like to be part of a team that ensures grid connection requirements progress in an orderly and accurate way to support the viability of high-performance data centre projects.

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Responsibilities

• Support the assessment of grid connection opportunities, reviewing capacity availability, potential connection points, technical constraints and network development plans.
• Maintain grid-related trackers, application records, milestone registers, technical documentation and status reports.
• Coordinate grid requirements with internal development, land, planning, engineering, legal and permitting teams.
• Support communication and information exchange with grid operators, utilities, technical consultants and other external stakeholders.
• Assist in reviewing technical studies, grid impact assessments, connection offers and associated documentation, identifying key assumptions, requirements, risks and dependencies.
• Monitor grid connection milestones, deadlines, constraints and project dependencies, escalating issues to the Senior Grid Manager where required.
• Support the integration of grid connection requirements into wider project development plans and timelines.
• Contribute to improving grid information management, reporting templates and coordination processes across the Spanish development portfolio.

Required Skills

• 3–6 years of relevant experience in grid connections, electrical infrastructure, utilities, energy development, renewable energy, data centers or related technical project environments.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience supporting grid connection applications, utility interfaces, connection studies or electrical infrastructure development.
• Good understanding of electrical grid connection processes and transmission and distribution network interfaces.
• Familiarity with connection applications, technical studies, capacity assessments and utility coordination.
• Ability to review, organise and interpret technical documentation, project milestones, risks and dependencies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and a structured approach to managing technical information.
• Effective communication and stakeholder coordination skills, with the ability to work across internal teams and external technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with project tracking, GIS, electrical modelling or reporting tools would be advantageous
• Fluent Spanish and professional English.