Electrical Engineer

, , Spain

The Electrical Engineer will be part of Cubico´s corporate Engineering function based in London, UK or Madrid, Spain. The Engineering function provides a centre of expertise in the business for technology, engineering and asset integrity, across all phases of an asset lifecycle, to ensure that throughout the acquisition, development, construction and operation of Electrical assets, appropriate engineering decisions are taken to ensure grid compliance, asset design, technology selection, quality assurance, contracts, lifetime O&M strategies and associated technical assumptions align with best practice and serve to mitigate risk and maximise value. The Electrical Engineer will report to the Electrical Engineering Manager and will provide support to local project teams and corporate business assurance across all matters related to Electrical engineering.

Key Responsibilities

Provide support to country and corporate teams on technical matters related to Electrical engineering and technology for assets in different stages with focus on supporting the project during development, pre -construction, construction and operations.

Carry out engineering and technical due diligence on potential acquisition projects, both in development and in operation, working proactively with country teams to develop solutions for mitigating risks and adding value. Subject to experience, act as a technical coordinator within the corporate technical team managing external services providers.

Participate or lead projects to investigate RCA of performance issues, resolve defects, equipment failures and incidents on site to minimise downtime. This includes performing reviews of system (generation, distribution/transmission side) fault records.

Perform the review of complex system analyses, such as protective coordination, fault studies, power quality, voltage stability, system expansion studies.

Review and ensure project’s grid code compliance.

Serve as a subject matter expert for area related to plant operations, power and transmission system.

Review, formulate (if needed), and implement operating and safety procedures and guidelines for system facilities including substations, transmission, distribution and generation.

Develop and/or lead early-stage engineering designs for utility scale Electrical assets, including layouts, SLDs and equipment selection. Undertake LCOE optimisation and analysis for new projects.

During the feasibility phase, focus on developing the conceptual design that incorporates industry and commercial best practices, providing the performance team the inputs they need to run the EYA (this includes losses input for cables and equipment).

Support to repowering projects by structuring the process between procurement, engineering and Owner’s Engineering.

Review project designs, suitability for site specifics and make recommendations for optimisation for safe and reliable expected operational life, for development assets, pre-construction assets and during implementation of design for construction assets.

Support Cubico’s development projects by contributing to major equipment specification and selection (this includes inverter step up transformer, main power transformers). Defining minimum requirements and specifications in tender packages, reviewing agreements and technical annexes, and participating in negotiations.

Similarly, support projects activities in defining EPC and O&M contractor obligations, requirements, and technical specifications, reviewing agreements and technical annexes and participating in negotiations. Participate in the development of EPC and O&M technical appendices.

Support Project Manager on technical matters during construction, mechanical completion, PAC and FAC, including specifying and/ or carrying out QAQC protocols, acceptance testing, site inspections, and End of Warranty inspections, and supporting the Project Manager on follow-up and resolution of identified issues and negotiate with contractors and suppliers on the outcome of such inspections.

Support the development, implementation and maintenance of best practice management processes, guidance and standards related to Electrical engineering that embed lessons learned and knowledge gained for the benefit of the whole company. Support in assuring understanding of, and adherence, to such processes.

Attend site visits and factory acceptance tests as required.

Develop and maintain tools to support the assessment of DEVEX, CAPEX and OPEX assumptions.

Candidate Requirements, Skills and Competencies

Master’s Degree in engineering (Electrical) or other relevant engineering discipline.

Experience in engineering, preferably in the building of large power stations or PV or other utility-scale power projects.

Depth of knowledge of Electrical technology and subsystems, including good knowledge of the factors affecting Electrical plant performance.

Detailed knowledge of major component suppliers.

Experience in EPC, O&M and equipment supply agreements technical specifications / annexes drafting, proposals evaluation and negotiations.

An ability to understand the technical implications of commercial objectives, identifying the right course of action for long term asset value.

Ability to collaborate and lead/participate in multi-disciplinary teams.

Problem-solver with the creativity to identify solutions and the drive to implement them.

Excellent communication skills, including building relationships with colleagues and suppliers in numerous countries and cultures and to translate complex technical problems clearly to non-technical audiences.

Ability to work with several projects at the same time.

Flexibility: openness to different and new ways of doing things; willingness to modify one’s preferred way of doing things.

Strong drive for results, setting challenging goals and exceeding them.

Strong project management skills.

Professional and diligent attitude.

Fluent English speaker. Spanish in addition is an advantage.

Willingness to travel internationally locally and internationally.

Behavioural Competencies

The ideal profile of an individual within the Engineering team is open and outward-looking, self-motivated, with well-rounded interpersonal skills and able to work across different cultures. The candidate will be technically focused with an ability to think independently and demonstrate initiative. While technical experience as described above is required, an ability to understand the commercial drivers of the support to the teams is of much value.

Engineering team members are happy working in a flat, flexible team able to support regional and central offices as required and are internationally mobile.

Key relationships

Works with regional Development teams

Works with regional Asset Management teams.

Works with the Development and Construction Team.

Works with Performance and Energy Analysis Team

Works with Procurement Manager

Works with O&E Teams

Benefits

This is a great opportunity to work with an ambitious and fast-growing global company supporting the clean energy transition across several countries in a multicultural and fun team.

This role offers competitive salary subject to skills and experience, along with our comprehensive benefits package as follows:

Additional bonus incentive

Hybrid working arrangements.

25 days annual leave

Private health insurance

Time off for life’s special events

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