Technical Director - BESS
- Posted 02 May 2024
- Salary £60,000 - £110,000
- LocationCity of London
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Energy Storage & DSR
- ReferenceLPTechnicalDirector
Job description
The Green Recruitment Company is happy to be working with a leading global engineering consultancy. They are looking to add to the team with a Technical Director, the successful candidate can be based out of London, Manchester or Newcastle. This role with take responsibility for leading the Electrical / Design Engineering team for battery storage projects as part of the new "new energies" division. The role will take ownership of the vertical, onboarding new clients, having P&L responsibility and the management of the engineering team.
Functions:
Liaise with clients, build new and maintaining existing client relationships with Power clients.
Concept and detailed design (layouts, SLDs, comms block diagrams, P&IDs, functional descriptions, operating philosophies )
Feasibility Studies and capital estimates
Bidding docs such as Tech Specs, Scope of works, tender returnable schedules, tender evaluation and recommendations
Key equipment vendor selection
Techno-economic modelling and optimization/sizing studies for microgrids/hybrid systems (i.e. solar, wind, BESS installed capacity based on site and network constraints,
Coordinate the electrical infrastructure with other infrastructure in multidiscipline projects.
Assist overall team members with projects and Quality reviews.
Deliver innovative and robust technical solutions to projects, appropriately involving the power Service Line Leaders/Coordinators. Condition site inspections of energy storage assets during and at the completion of projects (including ITP/ITR creation and population during FAT/SAT).
Key Accountabilities:
Ensure work produced is of a suitable quality and delivered to plan.
Ensure the timely delivery of services within budget.
Seek out Business Development and market opportunities, on a regular basis (nominally weekly), to build a continual pipeline of work for the team and the Region. Target 10% of hours to BD.
Establish and maintain effective relationships with clients, Project Directors and Job Managers.
Check in on and provide constructive and positive feedback to own project team members on a regular basis. Contribute to the safety of people within the project team within scope of engineering/PM responsibilities.
KPI's
Clients
Contribute to the development of business for BESS opportunities for the Power Team, and the broader business
Establish and maintain excellent client relationships.
Be integral in the acquisition of new clients.
People
Provide leadership to the team.
Coach and advise project team members in project development activities.
Mentor team members.
Collaborate with key people across the business globally.
Performance
Achieve personal utilization at or above 80% to 85% depending on BD tasks
Provide technical leadership to the group/team and overview of the quality of own project outcomes’
Apply high level technical knowledge in the delivery of projects for our client
Maintain up-to-date information systems (e.g. proposals and opportunities pipeline, etc.) for owned opportunities
For own opportunities, complete and update reports (including prospects list) relating to project development to ensure information is readily available to management.
Identify and contribute to managing risks and opportunities within the team. Contribute to the Quality, HSE, IMS compliance standards and promote continuous improvement in our systems and processes
Qualifications:
Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
Project Management (highly regarded)
Chartered or actively working towards obtainment Minimum 5 years industry experience (consulting environment preferable)