Electrical Engineer - BESS

Mint Selection | B Corp; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Mint Selection are partnered with one of the UK's leading renewables IPPs seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our client's Engineering team. You'll design, develop and deliver across a portfolio of BESS projects and substations up to 400kV, working with a multi-disciplinary team.

From late-stage development through energisation, you'll have an autonomous role acting as both Client and Principal Contractor, coordinating design inputs, managing drawings and calculations, and ensuring on-time

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in design and construction of power and energy projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Working towards chartered status (IEng/CEng).

Responsibilities

• Design coordination for multiple projects, coordinating inputs from contractors and maintaining design registers.
• Document control: manage drawings and calculations and ensure latest revisions are used.
• Communicate design information between contractors and site teams; regular site visits.
• Support design development for future battery and gas peaking plants.
• Act as Owners Engineer: review contractor designs and calculations, protection, grid studies.

Skills

Design coordination

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Electrical design

Education

Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Mint Selection are partnered with one of the UK's leading renewables IPPs that are seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our client's Engineering team. Working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, you would be responsible for the design, development and delivery across a portfolio of BESS projects and associated substations (up to 400kV).

You'll have exposure to the full lifecycle from late-stage development through to energisation, and benefit from an autonomous working environment where you’ll act as both the Client and the Principal Contractor.

Key Responsibilities

Design Co-ordination for one or more projects:

• Co-ordinate the design inputs from all contractors responsible for design on site
• Proactively identify design issues early and resolve these issues or elevate to the head of engineering
• Lead design co-ordination meetings between all contractors responsible for design
• Manage design register and provide regular updates to the project team
• Ensure contractors meet due dates and deliver design deliverables correctly and on time

Document Control for one or more projects:

• Manage all drawings and calculations required for the project
• Ensure correct and latest revisions of all drawings and calculations are used by all contractors in the design, development and construction of the project.

Communicating Design Information between Contractors and to Site Team for one or more projects:

• Regular site visits to review design developments with site-based team and assist project management team with any design related issues that arise during construction

Design Development of future projects

• Support the engineering team in developing designs and specifications and evaluating contractors for future battery and gas peaking plants

Undertaking an Owners Engineer role from an electrical point of view, providing review of electrical design work undertaken by contractors for both their own and other projects constructed by the team, in particular:

• Review of contractor designs and calculations
• Protection
• Grid studies – P28, G5/4, load flow analysis

Providing high level specification of electrical equipment (with technical input from specialist designers)

Representing the company in meetings with TOs, suppliers and on site

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of design and construction of power and energy projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ideally, working towards chartered status (IEng/CEng)

If interested, please click ‘Apply’ if you have an up-to-date CV or alternatively, email [e-mail] to arrange a confidential, exploratory chat.