Senior Solar PV & Battery Storage Electrical Engineer - England

Role: Senior Solar PV & Battery Storage Electrical Engineer

Salary: £55,000

Location: Remote (UK)

MDE has partnered with a global industry leader in the development, engineering, financing, building, operation, and maintenance of large-scale solar PV and energy storage projects.

Due to their rapid expansion, they are currently looking for an experienced solar PV & battery storage electrical design engineer to help with their growing solar and storage pipeline.

Benefits:

• Car Allowance
• KPI-based bonus
• Pension ERs contributions up to 6% after 3-month probation
• Full health coverage
• 4 x Life cover after 3-month probation
• 33 days off, including holidays
• Mobile
• PC
• PPE

Role and Responsibilities:

• General electrical design for solar farms and energy storage projects
• Substation layouts, SLD preparation, wiring schematics, cable sizing calculations, earthing layouts, protection system creation, etc.
• Complete engineering designs on time
• Reading specs and drawing
• Evaluating tender technical specifications and reviewing risks and implications
• Identify, analyse, and resolve project difficulties using engineering and technical expertise
• Attend engineering progress meeting
• Work with Technical Advisor on development sites and ad hoc requests
• Support sales and purchasing with technical details, datasheet validation, BO
• Construction department support during project implementation
• Close communication with layout, buying, project development, project management, and subsidiary colleagues
• As-built drawings and calculations
• Project-end technical documentation
• Work with the sales team and other engineers to incorporate specifications into designs.
• Support company goals and act properly
• Follow all company policies/procedures, corporate ethics codes, and QHSE policy.

Requirements:

• Decarbonization, renewable energy enthusiasm
• HNC/HND minimum; BSc, BEng preferred
• Experience in the renewables industry, energy storage, or another engineering area.
• International and UK electrical standards knowledge
• Electrical design software knowledge (eplan or similar)
• AutoCAD skills (desirable)
• Pursuing IEng or CEng (desirable)
• Earthing design knowledge (desirable)
• G99 experience (desirable)
• PV Syst simulation software knowledge (desirable)
• PV design experience (desirable)
• Knowledge of developer-EPC-TA relations in utility-scale PV project development
• Modelling and modelling PV industry assumptions. Single-axis trackers and bifacial panel
• Energy storage knowledge
• Experience working across jurisdictions and time zones, including travel
• Industry knowledge (TAs, Investors, EPC, third-party labs, etc.
• Originality
• Ambiguity and problem-solving skills
• Ability to create relationships with important stakeholders across organisational levels
• Communicating and presenting well
• Organised work method
• Clean licence
• Applicants must be visa-free to work in the UK