Energise your career, accelerate a net-zero future - #Renewablesjobs
The Opportunity
As a Grid Engineer, you will be responsible for providing support and expertise on all matters relating to a range of renewable energy projects and technology types. This includes maintaining competency and knowledge of both distribution and transmission connection requirements.
Location; Flexible across the UK
Pay, benefits and culture
At EDF Renewables we’re dedicated to doing good things and we take pride in tackling the world’s biggest challenge – climate change. We do this by embracing new ideas to create an innovative and open-minded culture, a culture where we trust the best versions of ourselves to make good things happen.
Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits, and employee discounts to help you thrive across all aspects of your life. You can spend your flexible fund on the benefits that matter to you, whether that’s an electric vehicle, private healthcare, or additional holiday.
We’ll offer you the flexibility, freedom and responsibility to make an impact in your role; whether that’s on-site, in the office or hybrid working from home.
We’re committed to championing diversity representation across gender, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and more. This applies to all our roles, underpinned by our Everyone’s Welcome inclusion programme.
We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.
What you’ll be doing.
You’ll assist in the management of the grid connections process for multiple projects from concept through to delivery in addition to;
- Review Programme submissions for both internal and external stakeholder ensuring they capture all grid connection milestones and validate the viability.
- Ensure all grid Connection costs are clearly understood and captured in modelling and assumption books; this would include all Capital and revenue cost.
- Manage the liabilities and securities for multiple projects, ensuring the contractual position is clear and security submissions are carried out in accordance with the CUSC.
- Prepare and Communicate contract documentation, scope(s) of work, technical requirements, design requirements and specifications.
- Prepare and submit G99 and/or transmission applications ensuring they are deemed technically competent and clock start has been achieved.
- Participate in contractual negotiations where appropriate.
- Attend industry forums, seminars and meetings as required to ensure an up to date understanding of the grid system status and issues.
- Discuss and resolve any technical, legal or commercial queries found within connection offer documentation.
- Ensure that any accidents, incidents and near misses are dealt with and reported in accordance with the internal Health and Safety policies and procedures.
- Prepare documentation for variations involving changes to scope, cost or schedule. Ensure all grid connection risks are understood, communicated and captured in the risk registers.
- Review technical drawing and designs in accordance with project milestones for the grid connection.Update the weekly reports and project management tools for the allocated projects
What do you need to be great at this role?
As a suitably qualified and experienced Engineer ideally with a technical background in the Renewables industry, you will have a good working knowledge of renewable generation and associated equipment such as controllers, transformers, cables and switchgear and a technical understanding of High Voltage engineering.
In additional to this you will be able to demonstrate:
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or similar.
- Competency and experience in the grid connection of renewable energy projects.
- An understanding of the design processes for electrical systems
- Basic knowledge of the preparation of preliminary electrical designs (e.g. single line diagrams, schematics, general arrangement drawings)
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation with respect to electrical systems
Closing date for applications: 21st April 2024
Why EDF Renewables?
At EDF Renewables UK & Ireland we’re committed to tackling climate change. Our rapidly growing team of 500 talented people share an ambition to create a net zero future where clean, green, energy powers all our lives.
It’s a huge ambition and time is of the essence if we are to play our full part in meeting the UK and Ireland’s challenging net zero targets. With our unique mix of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery storage and green hydrogen we are the UK & Ireland’s most diverse generator of renewable energy.
To achieve our goal of generating a massive 10GW of renewable energy by 2035, we’re working with stakeholders and communities throughout the UK and Ireland to unlock the enormous potential of the low carbon energy sector.
If you’re passionate about tackling climate change to create the cleaner, greener future we all want, we would love you to come join us.
Join us, and let’s do good together.
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