WTG Electrical Engineer

Edinburgh City Football Club Limited.; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Edinburgh City Football Club Limited seeks an WTG Electrical Engineer for a major offshore wind farm project in Scotland. You will prepare electrical scope of works, lead turbine electrical design reviews and manage interfaces between turbine and foundation, ensuring compliance with contractual and industry standards.

The role requires experience with HV and LV electrical systems, offshore construction preparations and strong regulatory knowledge, coordinating with permitting authorities and

Qualifications

• Experience in substation layout design, primary equipment specifications and testing up to 400 kV.
• Good technical knowledge and experience of renewable electricity generation or transmission.
• Knowledge of engineering legislation and industry good practice relevant to substation designs, primary plant and protection.
• Commercial awareness to understand implications of engineering activities and decisions.
• Experience with offshore construction phase preparations and regulatory requirements, frameworks and legal framing.
• Ability to interface with permitting authorities, environmental regulators and relevant statutory stakeholders.
• Experience engaging constructively with authorities, consultees, NGOs, communities, representatives and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of electrical scope of works and Client requirements for offshore turbine and foundation contracts.
• Lead on wind turbine electrical design review and approvals.
• Front end engineering design works for turbine foundation electrical systems.
• Manage electrical interfaces between turbine and foundation.
• Collaborate with supplier to ensure design, manufacturing and installation meet contractual and industry standards.
• Knowledge of HV systems within turbines (converters, transformers, switchgear) and LV electrical and cable systems.
• Develop electrical contract documentation including management and preparation of substation and electrical balance of plant contracts and works.

Skills

Substation design

Renewable energy knowledge

Engineering standards

Commercial awareness

Offshore construction

Regulatory interfaces

Stakeholder engagement

Permitting

Risk management

Contracts management

Job description

WTG Electrical Engineer for a major offshore wind farm in Scotland

Responsibilities

• Preparation of electrical scope of works and Client requirements for offshore turbine and foundation contracts.
• Lead on wind turbine electrical design review and approvals.
• Front end engineering design works for turbine foundation electrical systems.
• Manage electrical interfaces between turbine and foundation.
• Close collaboration with supplier to ensure that the design, manufacturing and installation process comply with contractual and industry design and quality standards.
• The role will require knowledge of HV electrical systems within the turbine, such as converters, transformers and switchgear and will also require knowledge of LV electrical and cable systems
• Develop electrical contract documentation including management and preparation of substation and electrical balance of plant contracts and Works

Experience Required

• Experience in substation layout design, primary equipment specifications and testing up to 400kV
• Good technical knowledge and experience of renewable electricity Generation or Transmission
• A good working knowledge of engineering legislation and industry good practice relevant to substation designs, primary plant and protection
• Thorough understanding of commercial awareness to understand implications of engineering activities and decisions
• Experienced with preparations for offshore construction phase as well as construction and related regulatory requirements, frameworks and legal framing
• Act as an interface with permitting authorities, environmental regulators and relevant statutory stakeholders
• Experienced in engaging constructively with authorities, consultees, NGOs, communities, representatives and other stakeholders
• Ability of understanding complex permit-related issues that have high level of detail and cross-disciplinary interrelationships
• Ensure permit conditions and environmental commitments are embedded in project requirements, contractor scopes, compliance plans and operational controls
• Develop and maintain integrated permitting strategies, consent schedules, deliverable plans and approval registers aligned with project milestones and business objectives
• Identify permitting and environmental risks, dependencies and opportunities; define mitigations and communicate impacts to schedule, design, procurement, contracts and construction planning
• Commercial awareness and experience managing consultants, scopes of work, budgets, contracts, schedules and interfaces