Transmission Infrastructure Project Engineer

OW Ocean Winds; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy firm in Edinburgh is seeking a Project Engineer to manage design and optimisation for the Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm project. The ideal candidate should have a solid technical background in infrastructure and networks within the power sector. They will play a key role in developing engineering strategies and support the project through its consenting processes. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a major offshore energy project that connects to the UK’s national electricity transmission system.

Qualifications

• Solid technical background in infrastructure/networks projects.
• Experience in the power/energy sector.
• Understanding of offshore transmission regimes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate design and optimisation activities for transmission assets.
• Develop and implement engineering strategy for the project.
• Support leasing and consenting processes.

Job description

General Description

Ocean Winds is looking for a Project Engineer with a solid technical background in infrastructure / networks projects within the power / energy sector to coordinate design and optimisation activities for the electricity transmission assets for the Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm project. In accordance with the UK offshore transmission regime, Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm intends to construct the transmission assets that will connect the Project to the national electricity transmission system.

Reporting to the Senior Transmission Infrastructure Project Manager, the Project Engineer will be a key member of the engineering team, working across all transmission infrastructure technical packages and taking a leading role in developing and implementing the engineering strategy for the Caledonia transmission assets, providing support to leasing and consenting / permitting processes while defining and refining the project from a technical perspective.

Main Accountabilities

Support the Head of Engineering and Senior Transmission Infrastructure PM in multi-disciplinary design and optimisation activities related to delivery of the engineering strategy and development of the consented design envelope including site characterisation, infrastructure layout onshore and offshore export routing, civils and sub...