Senior Project Engineer

Envision Energy; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Envision Energy in Paris, hybrid role, seeks a Senior BESS Design Engineer to establish engineering design processes and lead project delivery. You will interface with customers and internal teams to define scope, ensure design compliance, and drive successful outcomes across DC, AC and control products.

You will coordinate with cross-functional teams and the global product solutions unit to deliver documentation and design packages, supporting multiple projects in diverse markets.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems or related discipline.
• 8+ years of extensive experience in leading utility scale BESS project engineering design. Experience in completing projects across different countries is a plus.
• Experience in defining design engineering processes and strategies.
• Experience in commissioning phase is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a creative approach to engineering challenges.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively interface with internal teams, external stakeholders, and project partners.

Responsibilities

• Support pre-contracts and global product solutions teams from BAFO stage to oversee technical ER, local design compliance, grid code compliance and scope of design deliverables for DC, AC and control products.
• Participate in customer communications, bid technical support, and related work.
• Provide technical support for DC and AC products during the pre-sales phase.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams to develop competitive solutions for non-standard project requirements (RMT).
• Take ownership of product solution from NTP until manufacturing design freeze.
• Coordinate with global product solutions team to issue project-specific documentation.
• Support country level project technical leads across projects to ensure design topics are achieved on time (grid modelling, HAZID, HAZOP, FRA, ERP and ESR).
• Develop and maintain standard design packages to optimize design freeze with BESS BoP.
• Drive standardisation of design processes, templates, and submission protocols.
• Lead and execute detailed design activities for large-scale projects in new markets with no local technical team presence.
• Work closely with PPC/SCADA supplier for project specific documentation and features.
• Continuously improve processes related to product solution management to enhance competitiveness.

Skills

BESS design leadership

Global project experience

Problem solving

Communication & collaboration

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems or related discipline

Job description

Envision Energy Paris, Île-de-France, France (Hybrid)

About Envision:

Envision Energy is a world-leading green technology company that provides renewable energy solutions for global enterprises, governments, and institutions. Encompassing three major business sectors - Smart Wind Turbines, Energy Storage, and Green Hydrogen Solutions, Envision Energy collaboratively constructs comprehensive solutions for energy transformation.

Envision Energy has received several accolades for its sustainability performance, including the EcoVadis Gold Medal and the CDP “A-List”. It was also recognized in Fortune's “Change the World” list and ranked among the top 10 smartest companies by the MIT Technology Review.

Today, Envision Energy leverages its global network of R&D and engineering centres across China, the United States, UK, France, Germany, Denmark, etc. to continuously lead global green technology development. Envision Energy joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and committed to achieving the \"Business Ambition for 1.5°C\" in 2021. It has achieved carbon neutrality across its global operations by 2022 and will achieve carbon neutrality throughout its value chain by 2028.

About the role

In the role of this BESS Design Engineer you will play a key role establishing engineering design processes within the BESS project delivery organization. Besides leading the process definitions, you will be at the centre of a key aspect of the project delivery requirement interfacing directly with the customer, internal teams and other project stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the pre-contracts and global product solutions team from the BAFO stage to have the overall oversight of the project’s technical ER (Employer Requirements), local design compliance, grid code compliance and determine the scope of agreed design deliverables in contracts for the DC, AC and control products
• Participate in customer communications, bid technical support, and other related work
• Provide technical support for DC and AC products (DC Container, PCS, LV/MV transformers, switchgears) during the pre-sales phase.
• Support in coordination with cross functional teams to develop competitive solutions in response to project non-standard requirements (RMT)
• Take ownership of product solution from NTP until manufacturing design freeze
• Coordinate with global product solutions team to issue project specific documentation
• Support country level project technical leads across projects to ensure design topics are being are achieved on time across projects (grid modelling, HAZID, HAZOP, FRA, ERP and ESR topics)
• Develop and maintain of standard design package to optimize reaching design freeze with BESS BoP (Balance of Plant), adhering to Envision's engineering standards and guidelines
• Drive the standardisation of design processes, templates, and submission protocols
• Leading and executing detailed design activities for large-scale projects in new markets with no local technical team presence
• Work closely with PPC/SCADA supplier for project specific documentation and features
• Continuously improve processes related to product solution management, to enhance product solutions competitiveness

Qualifications:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems or related discipline
• 8+ years of extensive experience in leading utility scale BESS project engineering design. Experience in completing projects across different countries is a plus
• Experience in defining design engineering processes and strategies
• Experience in commissioning phase is a plus
• Strong problem-solving skills and a creative approach to engineering challenges
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively interface with internal teams, external stakeholders, and project partners