Lead ESE/BESS Systems Engineer in London

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working in the United Kingdom - Sunbury. Full time.

Job Description:

As the Lead ESE / BESS Systems Engineer, you will work within the Global Central Engineering & Quality team to lead the portfolio and life-cycle management of Electrical Supply Equipment (ESE) and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), delivering a standardized, simplified portfolio of safe, reliable and cost-effective hardware configurations that optimize TCO and support the growth of the bp pulse charging network.

Key accountabilities:

• Lead portfolio management for Electrical Supply Equipment (ESE) and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) (incl. techno-economic assessments), ensuring a standardized and simplified portfolio which delivers optimum TCO.
• Leading the life-cycle management for ESE:
• Managing requirements
• Managing Onboarding, Piloting and Delivery
• Support maintenance and incident resolution
• Managing decommissioning of hardware
• Leading the life-cycle management for BESS:
• Managing requirements
• Managing Onboarding, Piloting and Delivery
• Support maintenance and incident resolution
• Managing decommissioning of hardware
• Developing ESE technical requirements with regional engineering teams and the Customer team.
• Developing ESE remote control and monitoring requirements with the operations team and the hardware team.
• Developing future ESE strategy and roadmap, standardizing and simplifying to reduce TCO.
• Owning & performance managing against the ESE onboarding plan & vendor management plan aligned to the Procurement Strategy and associated Procurement support.
• Developing and maintaining a data-based cost-benefit analysis for ESE from a global perspective.
• Maintaining strategic partnerships with key suppliers.
• Driving performance management of suppliers.
• Conducting market analysis (customer and technology trends, competitor and industry activities) to inform hardware strategy.
• Defining and tracking KPIs to measure success and cost-effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Own and manage the ESE and BESS product catalogues.

Education:

Excellent university degree in electrical or electronic engineering or equivalent.

Essential experience:

• Fluency in EV charging technologies and EV charging networks.
• Experience in Portfolio Management.
• Experience in Cost-benefit analysis.
• Experience in product management for industrial goods.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams.
• Good understanding of energy markets preferable.
• A strong track record in project delivery or in supporting complex project management involving Hardware solutions in the EV infrastructure world including switchgear, transformer, packaged substation, BESS.
• An understanding of the technical standards and protocols of the industry.
• An understanding of Grid access constraints and LV / MV / HV connections.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong knowledge in SCADA including remote control and monitoring system.
• Fluent in English.

Desirable Experience:

• Technical and engineering roll out in the EV field.
• An understanding of Microgrid and Smart Grid concept and general design.
• Project Management of similar power and hardware Projects.
• Proven years of experience in large scale engineering projects.
• Broad professional experience in engineering and project management delivery.
• Sound knowledge of EV charging technology and thorough understanding of the operation and structures of charging networks and how they are integrated.
• Direct experience of industry standards in the EV space.
• Agile Project management.
• Chartered Engineer or equivalent (working towards with imminent application would be considered).
• An understanding of hazardous area equipment requirements.

Travel Requirement: Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role.

Relocation Assistance: This role is not eligible for relocation.

Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working.

Skills: Cable optimisation routing, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict Management, eHAZOP peer review process, Electrical concept development for renewables, Electrical drives, Electrical equipment condition monitoring, Electrical optimisation, Electrical reliability, Electrical safety/F4S barrier integrity, Electrical safety and hazard analysis, Electrical standards, Electrical start-up, Electrical wind turbine technology, Hazard Identification, Hazardous area equipment, Influencing, Power curve assessment, Power system modelling, Power system protection and coordination, Power systems design, Presenting.

Future Location Notice: This role will start in Sunbury, London. bp has announced a planned office move to Timber Square, London, with all positions currently advertised in Sunbury, including this one, expected to relocate around Q4 2027-Q1 2028.