Principal Consultant - Power Systems

WSP; Bengaluru; Remote; INR 11,447,000 - 16,535,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Principal Power Systems Consultant to join our Power Systems Consulting team in the United Kingdom while working remotely from India. The role involves delivering a range of projects, supporting bidding and winning work, and writing technical reports and business proposals for clients.

Ideal candidates will have strong English communication skills, an ability to learn new technical skills quickly, and excellent organisational abilities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in power systems studies and reporting.
• Client engagement and technical report writing.
• Strong communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Steady studies: load flow, fault level and reactive compensation.
• Dynamic studies: frequency and voltage stability.
• Harmonic analysis, power quality, filter design.
• Transient overvoltage and insulation coordination simulation studies (switching/lightning).
• Control interaction studies.
• Earthing studies.
• Protection coordination and Arc Flash studies.
• Grid connection support to onshore and offshore developers.

Skills

Power systems

Grid studies

Dynamic studies

Harmonic analysis

Protection coordination

Arc flash

Grid connection

Job description

Consulting teams delivering services to clients, typically in the utilities sector. We are seeking a Principal Power Systems Consultant to be part of our Power Systems Consulting team in the United Kingdom while working remotely from India. The position will include delivering a range of projects within the Power Systems team and supporting with bidding and winning work. As part of the role, you will be involved in writing technical reports and business proposals as well as engaging directly with clients, therefore, excellent verbal and written communication skills in English are essential for the role. An ability and enthusiasm to learn new technical skills is essential. The work is fast paced and, as a result, excellent organisational skills are also required. The types of work delivered within the Power Systems team currently include:

• Steady studies such as load flow, fault level and reactive compensation
• Dynamic studies such as frequency and voltage stability;
• Harmonic analysis/ power quality/ filter design;
• Transient overvoltage and insultation coordination simulation studies (switching/lightning);
• Control interaction studies;
• Earthing studies;
• Protection coordination and Arc Flash studies; and
• Grid connection support to onshore and offshore developers.

We have a wide range of clients including onshore developers, offshore wind developers, Distribution Network Operators (DNOs), Transmission Owners (TOs), Electricity System Operator (ESO) and industrial clients. As well as standard power systems studies, our power systems analysis work often informs innovation and other leading-edge projects.