BESS Technical Advisor - Engineering

Battery Energy Storage expert (BESS) – Technical Advisor

Global Renewables Consultancy

United Kingdom (remote role)

Salary: negotiable – likely £60k – £80k banding plus bonus / benefits

Circular Resourcing are working with a global engineering consultancy businesses, to identify an expert within Battery Energy Storage to offer Technical advisor services to developers, owners, operators, lenders, and investors of standalone or co-located battery energy storage system projects.

You will be able to demonstrate regarded project management skills around Technical Advisor services to our clients, have a strong understanding of the main suppliers to the market, and ideally experience with business development and internal tools development.

Among its main functions, the selected person will have the following tasks:

• Technical due diligence reviews.
• Construction stage monitoring and inspection.
• Technical specification drafting and support with contract development.
• Monitoring of market technology developments and new battery products.

Experience required:

Technical experience with the following battery energy storage system (BESS) sub-systems:

• Battery module and rack systems
• Battery unit controllers;
• Power conversion systems;
• BESS cooling systems
• Fire detection and suppression systems.
• Excellent technical report writing skills.
• Experience leading or taking part in a technical due diligence process and in battery equipment procurement.
• Experience with the application of relevant IEC standards, NFPA 855, and UL9540A
• Can witness site acceptance testing and provide site-based construction monitoring.
• Can work as part of a wider engineering team and also to operate autonomously.
• Dealing with external and internal clients, attending meetings etc.

Experience:

• At least 2 years experience with stand alone or co-located utility scale (>10 MW)
• At least 4 years experience acting as an independent technical advisor in any sector