At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a team of engineers delivering innovative grid connection services for renewable energy projects.
- Company: AECOM, a global leader in infrastructure consulting, dedicated to creating a better world.
- Benefits: Flexible hybrid working, career development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic workplace with a focus on integrity, innovation, and personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the future of energy while working on diverse projects.
- Qualifications: Experience in engineering design consultancy and knowledge of UK grid codes required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 70000 £ per year.
Company Description
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Job Description
Start here. Grow here. Are you ready to join a team of innovative and passionate engineers? This is an exciting time for AECOM’s Energy business as the energy market, and Renewable Energy in particular, continues to grow. Grid connection is becoming a critical area where proponents (utility providers and private investors and developers) are seeking specialised grid connection and network planning services across various life cycles from siting to feasibility stage, through to commissioning and on-going compliance monitoring during the operations phase. Our team is actively involved across both development and construction phase of the utility scale renewable energy projects throughout the UK and Ireland.
In this role you will primarily focus on developing and delivering grid connection services projects. This is an exciting and diverse opportunity to take a step towards varied projects and work with a variety of AECOM’s major Power and Energy clients throughout the UK and Ireland.
Here’s what you’ll do:
- Support the delivery of electrical design through power system studies
- Undertake detailed power system/grid code compliance studies using tools such as PowerFactory, PSCAD and PSS/E
- Participate in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables
- Undertake grid connection due diligence including grid prospecting, connection optioneering, risk assessment and capacity/constraints assessment
- Use expertise in all steps of completing discipline component of the PS&E package
- Develop construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects
- Perform or support on quality control reviews of design calculations or drawings
- Prepare technical specification sections
- Provide input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements
- Liaise with OEMs and clients to drive the technical outcomes
- Support with bids/proposals
Enjoy the Perks. At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Proven relevant professional experience working for an Engineering Design Consultancy or an OEM or Utility Network Planning and connections
- Proven understanding of transmission and distribution planning and customer connection processes for both regulated and industrial networks
- Strong understanding of the UK technical requirements (UK Grid Code, G99, G5/5, P28) and guidelines for connecting new generators and loads (knowledge of the Ireland Grid Code is also beneficial)
- Proficient in PSCAD, PowerFactory and python scripting
- Prior use of PSSE and ETAP expertise is desirable
- Demonstrated understanding of control and protection principles of high voltage substation equipment, transmission lines, generators, transformers, reactive equipment, etc.
- Basic understanding of power electronics and control systems related to renewable technologies
- Exceptional levels of written and oral communication
If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!
Additional Information
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About AECOM
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.
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