​My client is looking for a highly qualified electrical engineer with significant experience in Grid Connections to take on a crucial role in facilitating the smooth integration of BESS. The selected candidate will become part of their expanding US team, leading the design, optimization, and execution of small, medium, and large-scale projects. These projects will primarily focus on battery installations, smart switchgear, and transformer upgrades, enabling customers to connect their large energy-consuming assets to various grid schemes.

Responsibilities:

• Offer technical guidance and expertise throughout all phases of the project, from the initial feasibility assessment to the site going live for both distribution and transmission connections.

• Conduct preliminary grid feasibility assessments.

• Create conceptual designs for interconnection facilities and associated costs.

• Compile and manage the grid connection application process.

• Evaluate utility interconnection studies (including feasibility, impact, and facility studies) and review connection agreements and designs.

• Perform system studies and design for hybrid generation solutions.

• Assess utility expansion plans to identify potential opportunities.

• Carry out initial designs for battery integration as part of the tender package.

• Create high-level tender packages and manage the tender process.

Utility Coordination:

• Provide planning for grid and transmission systems, as well as congestion analysis, to support development activities primarily in the USA.

• Prepare and manage the Utility Connection Agreement and Revenue Metering Plan.

• Interface with utility companies during the study period and facilitate SCADA interface requirements.

• Conduct consultations and reviews with relevant bodies during the permitting process.

Design Package Development:

Create a design package for pricing that includes:

• Connection agreements and support for third-party specialists.

• Specifications for BESS functionality, control, and metering equipment.

• Switchgear specifications for both LV and HV systems.

• Utility protection, transformer, earthing, and cabling details.

• Civil works requirements, including concrete slabs and fencing.

• Monitoring specifications and AutoCAD drawings.

• Compliance with relevant standards and directives.

• Scripts for Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and commissioning requirements.

Construction Phase Support:

• Provide design-related support to installers and approve alternative solutions for unforeseen issues.

• Conduct site inspections and proactively address any installation issues.

• Maintain a lesson-learned register and photo log of project progress

Commissioning:

• Execute the commissioning checklist and test battery functionality.

• Record results from BESS control screens, power analyzers, and remote monitoring.

• Confirm protection settings for circuit breakers and witness utility protection testing.

• Update design drawings to reflect as-built conditions and create operation and maintenance manuals.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years in the electrical and/or renewable fields, with specific experience in connecting renewables and BESS to the grid

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering/power engineering

• Proven experience in energy storage systems, electrical design, or utility coordination

• Proficiency in AutoCAD and technical documentation review

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment

• Proficiency in power simulation software, such as PSCAD

Benefits:

• Excellent salary to experience

• X% performance-based annual bonus

• 30/31 paid days off per year (including holidays)

• 401K with generous employer contribution

• Paid market-leading medical insurance cover

• Self-development funding

• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

• Remote working model