Electrical Lead Grid Connection Owners Engineer

Mace; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is seeking a senior electrical engineer to lead grid connection and electrical infrastructure workstreams for renewable energy projects within the Owner’s Engineer team in Ireland. You will provide technical oversight, delivery leadership, and commercially aware advice across projects, coordinating design reviews and client communications.

Ideal candidates will have 10–15 years in the power sector, with strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities, and will support pipeline

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering degree required.
• Approximately 10–15 years in grid connection, electrical infrastructure, or renewable energy projects.
• Proven ability to lead client, contractor and stakeholder interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Deliver grid connection and electrical infrastructure owner’s engineer workstreams for renewables.
• Act as contact for EirGrid and ESB; manage interfaces with system operators.
• Provide senior technical oversight of IPP design, grid connection docs, and commissioning interfaces.
• Manage day‑to‑day client engagement, focusing on risks and outcomes.
• Offer commercially aware design and delivery advice; support pipeline growth.

Skills

Lead multidisciplinary teams

Strong communication

Delivery leadership

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Job description

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The electrical lead will support the delivery of grid connection and electrical infrastructure services for renewable energy projects within the Owner’s Engineer team. The individual will be a senior electrical engineer with significant experience in grid connection delivery, providing technical oversight, delivery leadership and commercially aware advice across assigned projects. They will manage complex technical and stakeholder interfaces, coordinate design reviews, support high-quality client outputs and contribute to the growth of the owner’s engineer services through bid support, knowledge sharing and internal capability development.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Managing the delivery of grid connection and electrical infrastructure owner’s engineer workstreams for renewable energy projects.
• Acting as the point of contact for EirGrid and ESB matters, maintaining strong working relationships with the system operators and driving critical interface issues to resolution.
• Providing senior technical oversight of IPP electrical design, contestable design submissions, grid connection documentation, commissioning interfaces and project delivery risks.
• Managing day-to-day client engagement on assigned projects, ensuring communication is clear, proactive and focused on risks, decisions, actions and outcomes, while supporting strong client satisfaction and escalating strategic relationship matters as required.
• Providing practical, commercially aware advice to clients and project teams on the resolution of design, interface, commissioning, contractual and delivery issues.
• Overseeing key grid connection processes, including submissions to EirGrid/ESB, schedule of tests checklists, asset transfer processes, outage interfaces and commissioning programme coordination.
• Reviewing project progress through contractor reports, programmes, meetings and site visits, identifying emerging issues and driving timely intervention where required.
• Contributing to the growth of the owner’s engineer service by supporting pipeline development, strengthening internal capability and sharing knowledge across the team.

You’ll Need To Have

• The successful candidate should hold an electrical engineering degree with approximately 10-15 years’ experience in grid connection, electrical infrastructure, renewable energy or related power sector projects.
• Candidates should have a proven ability to lead multidisciplinary project teams, manage day-to-day client, contractor and stakeholder interfaces, provide senior technical judgement and coordinate specialist input where required.
• They should be proactive, commercially aware and confident in taking ownership of complex issues through to resolution.
• Strong communication skills, sound judgement, delivery leadership and the ability to build trust and confidence with clients are essential.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.