Technical Director, Europe

Datacenter People LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Datacenter People is partnering with an investment and advisory practice specialising in Power, Energy and Digital Infrastructures across Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and Central/South America. The client seeks an electrical engineer to review grids, advise on connections, and manage grid applications for data centre projects in Europe.

You will lead tendering for HV substations, review delivery designs, and contribute to master planning including generation, storage and distribution for data

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• 7+ years of experience in electrical design/construction.
• Knowledge of UK/EU substation design practices/principles.
• Experience running tenders for HV Substations (technical & commercial).
• Experience managing HV delivery contractors during design and delivery (RIBA stages 3/4 to 5/6/7).
• Knowledge of HV Substation Testing & Commissioning.

Aufgaben

• Review and assess DSO/TSO grids across Europe to identify optimal connections.
• Advise on grid connections based on client requirements.
• Prepare grid applications and manage the connection process from application to energisation.
• Advise on DSO/TSO tariffs and electricity prices including PPAs.
• Produce substation design packages and integrate with power opportunities.
• Provide input to master planning for data and energy centres, generation and storage.

Kenntnisse

Project management

Tender management

HV substation experience

Technical report writing

Contract management

Client management

Risk management

Ausbildung

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

MS Office

BIM

Jobbeschreibung

London, UK

The Client

Datacenter People is partnering with an investment and advisory practice specialise in Power, Energy and Digital Infrastructures across Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and Central/South America.

What The Job Involves

• Review and assessment of both DSO and TSO electricity grids across Europe to identify optimal connection opportunities (mostly demand focused).
• Advise on appropriate grid connections based on end Client requirements.
• Make grid applications and manage the grid connection process on behalf of clients from application stage through to energisation.
• Advise on DSO and TSO tariff structures in European markets. Advise on electricity prices including negotiation of PPAs.
• Production of RIBA Workstage 2 substation design packages which shall include integration with identified temporary power opportunities.
• Technical and commercial input to development (Data Centre and Energy Centre) master planning, including generation, storage, and site wide energy distribution considerations.
• Tender for delivery of substation infrastructures. Review and recommend preferred bidders to end Client based on technical and/or commercial tender return assessment.
• Review of substation delivery partners designs in accordance with RIBA Workstage 2
• Complete power strategy reviews for clients depending on their DC requirements (based on country, voltage level, required dates, revenue mechanisms, end customer requirements).
• Design reviews against Hyperscaler specifications and sustainability and ESG targets.
• Client and workload management to anticipate bottlenecks and manage internal and external risk.

We Are Looking For Someone With

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent, from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum 7 years' of experience in Electrical design and/or construction required.
• Knowledge of UK/EU substation design practices/principles.
• Experience of running tenders for HV Substations including scoring and review of tender returns (Technical and Commercial).
• Experience of management and technical review of HV delivery contractors during the design (RIBA stages 3/4) and delivery (RIBA stages 5/6/7) project phases.
• Knowledge of HV Substation Testing and Commissioning.
• Strong working knowledge of HV distribution systems and alternative power generation technologies.
• Technical report writing.
• Knowledge of Revit, AutoCAD, MS Office, BIM.
• Awareness and Experience of Generation (engine and or turbine) selection and delivery.
• Project Management.
• Contracts management (FIDIC and NEC as a minimum.

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge each one. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for interview we will contact you within the next seven days.