Lead Electrical Engineer — BESS Development

Location: Australia or UK based — with travel across UK, European and other Global project sites

Reports to: Head of Engineering

Direct reports: Senior/Junior Electrical Engineer(s) / Graduate Engineers (as team scales)

Employment type: Full-time, permanent, Remote/Hybrid

About the Role

BESS Broadway (BB) is a global development platform acquiring and developing grid-connected BESS projects through to Ready-to-Build (RtB) across the UK, Europe, Australia and other key markets. As we scale our pipeline, we are hiring a Lead Electrical Engineer to own the electrical engineering scope across our project portfolio — from early-stage feasibility and grid connection strategy through to final electrical design package and technical due diligence at RtB.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who wants to shape how a growing platform designs, de-risks and delivers utility-scale storage projects across multiple jurisdictions, grid codes and market operators.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Design Leadership

• Lead all electrical engineering activities across the project pipeline, from origination and feasibility through to RtB handover.
• Own single-line diagrams (SLDs), electrical layouts, cable and earthing design, protection philosophy, and equipment specifications (BESS units, PCS/inverters, transformers, MV collector systems and HV substations).
• Define and maintain electrical design standards, templates and review gates applicable across UK, EU, Australia and other target market requirements.
• Review and approve electrical designs and technical documentation produced by development partners, external consultants, EPC contractors and equipment suppliers.
• Perform and/or critically review power system studies — load flow, fault level/short circuit, protection coordination, harmonics and grid stability/compliance studies — produced internally or by specialist consultants.

Grid Connection & Technical Due Diligence

• Lead grid connection strategy, applications and studies across each active market: DNO/NESO processes and G99/G100 compliance in the UK; national TSO/DSO codes (e.g. VDE-AR-N 4110/4120/4130 in Germany, REE/NTA/P.O. codes in Spain) across Europe; and NER, GPS and the R0/R1/R2 process with AEMO and NSPs in Australia.
• Lead technical due diligence on connection offers, connection agreements and grid studies during project acquisition — identifying technical, cost and timeline red flags before commitment.
• Own structural grid risk screening (e.g. connection point/voltage level changes, curtailment, availability requirements, tariff impacts) and translate findings into clear project risk assessments for the investment committee.
• Track evolving grid codes, connection processes and market rules across all active markets and flag implications for the live pipeline.
• Act as the primary technical interface with network operators (DNOs, TSOs, DSOs, NSPs, AEMO) and specialist grid consultants.

Project Development Support

• Provide electrical input to project acquisition and origination — site suitability, grid capacity, connection cost/timeline risk, and technology fit.

• Develop electrical scope, budgets and program inputs to support project development milestones and investment decisions.
• Support permitting and consenting processes with electrical design input as required by local authorities.
• Contribute electrical technical content to land, planning and grid connection agreements.

Procurement & Contractor Management

• Lead technical evaluation and develop technical specifications and Employer's Requirements, and lead technical bid evaluation and contractor selection for EPC and equipment procurement.
• Review EPC and supplier agreements to identify and mitigate electrical and grid-related risk.
• Manage relationships with external electrical consultants and specialist engineering firms across multiple countries.
• Provide technical oversight into FAT/SAT, commissioning and performance testing planning ahead of handover to delivery teams.

Team & Governance

• Build and mentor an internal electrical engineering function as the platform and pipeline grow, acting as the internal SME on electrical and grid matters.
• Establish scalable engineering processes, document control and design review gates suitable for a multi-market development platform.
• Represent electrical engineering in cross-functional project reviews with development, commercial, planning and finance teams.

Requirements

Experience

• 8+ years' electrical engineering experience, with significant exposure to utility-scale renewable energy, BESS, or substation/grid infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience taking projects through grid connection processes in at least one of: UK, Europe, or Australia — multi-market experience strongly preferred.
• Experience working on projects through to RtB / financial close, ideally within a developer, IPP, or engineering consultancy serving developers.
• Track record leading electrical design packages and grid connection/due diligence workstreams for MV/HV connected assets.
• Experience managing external consultants, contractors and multi-stakeholder technical relationships (network operators, OEMs, EPCs).

Technical & Market Knowledge

• Strong working knowledge of BESS system architecture (PCS, DC/AC coupling, design evolution of containerized units, thermal management interfaces, evolving chemistries, etc.).
• Solid HV/MV electrical design capability: SLDs, protection & control philosophy, cable/earthing design (11kV–132kV+), switchgear and transformer specification.
• Working familiarity with relevant grid codes and connection frameworks: UK (G99/G100, ENA processes); Europe (national TSO/DSO codes such as Germany's VDE-AR-N 4110/4120/4130 or Spain's REE/NTA framework); Australia (NER, GPS, AEMO/NSP connection process).
• Comfortable performing or critically reviewing power system studies (load flow, fault level, protection coordination, dynamic/stability studies).
• Working knowledge of relevant design and modelling tools (e.g. DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSS/E, PSCAD, ETAP, AutoCAD Electrical, Cymcap, Elek HV, CDEGS) — hands-on modelling not required but strong literacy expected.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status, or working towards, strongly preferred.

Other Attributes

• Requirement to travel across UK, European and Australian project locations as needed.
• Strong stakeholder management skills — comfortable working with network operators, EPC contractors, equipment OEMs, planning authorities and internal commercial/investment teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to translate technical detail for non-technical stakeholders (investors, planners, landowners).
• Additional European language skills (e.g. German, Spanish, Italian) advantageous given multi-market TSO/DSO engagement.

What Success Looks Like in the First 12 Months

• Electrical design standards and review processes established and applied consistently across the project pipeline.
• Grid connection risk screening and technical due diligence embedded into the project acquisition/origination process.
• A trusted panel of external consultants and suppliers in place across key markets.
• One or more projects successfully progressed through electrical design milestones to RtB.

Why Join Us

• Genuine ownership of the electrical engineering function on a growing, multi-market BESS platform.
• Exposure to the full project lifecycle — from origination through to RtB and in cases handover to construction.
• Opportunity to build and shape a team and process from an early stage.
• Work across some of the most active grid-scale storage markets globally.