R&D Engineer/Senior (Permanent) in London

Chronos Energy are looking to recruit a Senior Development Engineer for their client, a market leading developer of Heat Network/District Heating projects. This is a highly technical role and requires a thorough understanding of district heating and cooling schemes, alongside an excellent level of knowledge in associated regulations for such schemes and funding mechanisms to support them.

About the Role

You will support the business development of new connections to existing schemes, integration of new technologies to improve scheme performance, and provide the technical input into development of new schemes. Understanding from basic levels of information at concept stage of what the important technical deliverables are and planning and leading technical workstreams. To achieve the business demands will involve managing simultaneous workstreams using internal and external technical resources to achieve a high quality technical output.

Responsibilities

• Managing and assessing the feasibility (technical and commercial) of new connections to our district heating networks or stand-alone new district heating schemes.
• Identify and document technical risks, report, and mitigate/manage across mechanical/electrical systems.
• Provide good quality analysis, both technically and commercially, of new connections to our existing district energy networks and stand-alone new district energy schemes, including input into the decarbonisation strategy of existing assets.
• Provide accurate Energy analysis of potential district energy systems; assessing peak, annual consumptions and profiles of energy demands of buildings and supply from central plant including impact on CO2 emissions and influence on planning requirements around this.
• Liaising with our Asset Intelligence and Operational teams, integrating operational data into the analysis of new business.
• Providing outputs sizing and specifying heating and cooling generation plant.
• Liaising with our Detailed Design and Project Delivery teams to integrate our on-site experience around project delivery into new projects.
• Techno-economic model development.
• Working with our Operational, Business Development, Commercial and Financial teams to develop whole lifecycle techno-economic models to optimise both the commercial and low carbon energy solutions for our clients.
• Communicating these solutions to internal and external customers.
• Scoping of external subcontractors technical deliverables & managing delivery of subcontractors in line with quality expectations and expected outcomes.
• Managing the quality outputs of line reports.
• Leading, mentoring and development of line reports.
• Producing and reviewing CAD concept level drawings including layout and P&ID.
• Upkeeping project document registers and drawing numbers.
• Project document control & management in line with the company Quality Management System.
• Operate within and adhere to the company policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular reporting of workload and activity within the team and through line management to ensure efficient use of resources and timely completion of agreed work scopes.
• Temporarily stand in for Head of Engineering on absences when requested.

Qualifications

• Over 5 years experience in a relevant field or similar role.
• MEng or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Chartered Engineer Status or developing towards this in the future.

Required Skills

• Experience of solution development of low carbon energy systems in the built environment.
• Experience in either concept design, feasibility study development, energy and sustainability work, energy efficiency projects and/or energy systems modelling.
• Strong analytical skills and interest in problem solving, both technically and commercially.
• Excellent planning capability and experience of managing priorities and deliverables.
• Knowledge of M&E building services design, in relation to district energy systems central plant, buried network and within residential blocks.
• A working knowledge of relevant CIBSE Guides, British Standards, BSRIA and other industry authority publications.
• Knowledge of SAP/SBEM, BREEAM assessments and energy strategies.
• Good knowledge of Excel and specifically working with energy models and commercial feasibility models.
• Experience of using AutoCad products.
• Knowledge and experience of low carbon energy technologies and their integration into district energy networks.
• Experience of carbon reduction planning requirements in the built environment would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of developing Capex, Opex and Repex costings as well as energy and carbon pricing.
• Experience or an aspiration of managing, leading and developing a team.