Technical Design Manager

Function: Technical Design Manager

Location: Australia/Home Based/Hybrid

The Working Environment

This is a real long-term opportunity to work with experienced professionals and utilise experience gained in a dynamic and friendly environment, which put People at the centre. We encourage flexibility in the workplace and remote working. We treasure teamwork and we want everyone to enjoy the chances of self-development and growth with the help of colleagues. We believe in independence, in fairness and sustainability. We are looking for entrepreneurial people to be remunerated accordingly. We offer a strong base compensation and tailor-made incentive package, including cash bonuses and other benefits depending on the role level.

The Role

We are looking to recruit a technically astute engineering professional with experience in the renewable market to support the growth of the businesses. The candidate will bring a good understanding of power system network design requirements and understanding of how to design and connect for battery storage system and co-located battery storage system, Solar PV, hydrogen (storage/electrolysis) and onshore wind to the network. The candidate will have a proven experience of working with relevant stakeholders, and have the capability and credibility to design, engineer, and commission HV and MV substations and cable. Working with the Directors and other members of the Land/planning and Grid Engineering team, the candidate will be able to manage the day to day aspects of further establishing the relationship with consultant and principal designer/contractor and involve in detailed engineering design and plant specifications as well as commissioning of such solutions. The role integrates with team members in development, procurement, project, engineering, controls, and construction to put together complex connection solution, optimized plant design, and techno-economic analysis. The role includes liaising with clients and external stakeholders such as TO, technical consultants, transformer, and inverter suppliers. The candidate will be able to contribute to engineering team on the first day. It will be a requirement to hit the ground running and to be comfortable operating at a rapid pace at times with levels of ambiguity and the pressure of deadlines.

We expect the successful candidate to have:

• Lead all aspects related to power system network design including the application and negotiations, and support the teams with optimisation from technical and financial perspective up to financial close and beyond
• Lead engineering feasibility studies and optimising the engineering solution in providing value engineering
• Supporting the design of large scale energy storage plants such as sizing the rating of equipment, technical specifications and general design (SLD, layout, etc.)
• Review, and challenge where appropriate, contractor (ICP & BoP) design and engineering deliverables.
• Carry out power/electrical system studies including performance assessment for design assurance, and transient and dynamic stability studies
• Continue to develop power system design network from 400kV down to LV to support the business engineering design and decision making process
• Support the business development and procurement teams with technical or technical-economic analysis for tenders
• Support the project delivery teams during the basic and detailed design phases, construction and commissioning
• Ensure technical queries are correctly assessed and responded to
• Perform engineering tasks and implement engineering best practices
• Assist in reviewing for key engineering deliverables performed by third parties consultant and contractor
• Own/lead on technical design standards and practices utilising tools such as BIM, 3D CAD design. Digital Twins etc.

Essential competencies:

• Proven experience in electrical network design, experience in designing renewable system will be advantageous
• Excellent understanding of power system engineering
• Project Management (including budgeting, engineering capex management) experience will be advantageous
• Fundamental understanding of power system network design and renewable connection design from 400kV down to renewable site LV involving technologies like AIS & GIS substation, grid-forming inverters and controls systems
• Experience and knowledge of relevant software programmes such as DigSilent Power Factory, BIM360, Revit, AutoCAD 3D
• Understanding of Transmission & Distribution (T&D) network
• Understanding of design requirements for all electrical equipment in the context of an energy storage and renewable energy installation (interference between equipment, blast and fire safety, general access and egress for installation and ongoing O&M, etc.)
• Fluent in Microsoft office applications including PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Project
• Knowledge of CAD
• High quality education (bachelor’s or master’s degree) in engineering, preferably electrical engineering or similar.
• A genuine passion in clean energy and our social and environmental mission
• Some working experience in engineering, system planning, or consultancy in the energy sector (B2B) preferably in energy storage or renewables sectors
• Fundamental commercial skills – comfortable with Capex and Opex calculations
• Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting technical results and implications
• Strong organisation skills, team player and good attention to detail
• Knowledge of the Australia energy landscape and stability services
• Results oriented who is not scared of taking accountability
• Desire to work in a fast moving, high pressure and entrepreneurial environment

Desirable competencies:

• Knowledge of either the US and / or the Australian energy landscapes will be advantageous
• Previous working experience with BESS systems, PV Solar and onshore wind greater than 50MW
• Ability to work in the HQ in London once every two weeks
• Experience working on transmission connected assets / projects at voltage levels of 132kV and above.