Senior/Principal Electrical Engineer - BESS & FlexGen

Mint Selection Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mint Selection Ltd on behalf of a leading renewables IPP is seeking a chartered Electrical Engineer to join the Engineering team in London. You will design, develop and deliver across BESS projects and substations up to 400kV, with autonomy to act as Client and Principal Contractor.

You will lead design co-ordination, document control, site communications and review contractor designs, supporting future battery and gas peaking projects.

Qualifications

• 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).

Responsibilities

• Design Co-ordination for one or more projects: co-ordinate the design inputs from all contractors on site; lead design co-ordination meetings; manage design register and updates; manage contractor due dates and deliverables.
• Document Control for one or more projects: manage drawings and calculations; ensure latest revisions are used.
• Communicating Design Information between Contractors and Site Team: regular site visits and support to project management on design issues.
• Design Development of future projects: support engineering team developing designs and evaluating contractors for future battery and gas peaking plants.
• Undertaking an Owners Engineer role from an electrical point of view: review of designs and calculations, earthing designs, protection, fault levels, grid studies; high level specification of electrical equipment.

Skills

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Power & energy project knowledge

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Mint Selection are partnered with one of the UK's leading renewables IPPs that are seeking a chartered 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 escape 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
• Manage contractors’ due dates and ensuring contractors deliver their required 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 to assist project management team in 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
• Earthing designs
• Protection
• Fault levels
• Grid studies - P28, G5/4, load flow analysis

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

• Transformers, switchgear etc

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)