Civil Engineer - BESS

Location London
Discipline: Project Delivery
Job type: Permanent
Contact name: San Nouri

Contact email: s.nouri@mintselection.com
Job ref: 54432
Published: 3 days ago

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Project Engineering Manager, the Project Engineer (Civil) shall be part of a team responsible for delivering the engineering for a portfolio of utility scale gas peaking and energy storage projects. This shall include:

1. Design Co-ordination for one or more projects:

  • Co-ordinate the design inputs from all contractors responsible for design on site

  • Proactively identify design issues early and resolve these issues or escalate to the head of engineering

  • Lead design co-ordination meetings between all contractors responsible for design

  • Manage the design register and provide regular updates to the project team

  • Manage contractors’ deliverable due dates and ensuring contractors deliver their required design deliverables correctly and on time

2. Support Document Control for one or more projects:

  • Manage all drawings and calculations required for the project

  • Ensure correct and latest revisions of all drawings and calculations are used by all contractors in the design, development and construction of the project.

3. Communicating Design Information between Contractors and to Site Team for one or more projects:

  • Regular site visits to review design developments with site based team and to assist project management team in any design related issues that arise during construction

4. Design Development of future projects

  • Support the Engineering Director in developing designs and specifications and evaluating contractors for future battery and gas peaking plants

5. Undertaking an Owners Engineer role from a civil, structural and architectural (CSA) point of view, providing review of CSA design work undertaken by contractors for both their own and other projects constructed by the team.

6. Providing high level specification of civil design

  • Earthworks, Drainage, Trenching/Ducting, Foundations, etc

7. Representing the company in meetings with designers, suppliers and on site

 

Useful Additional Skills

In addition to the main duties, it would be beneficial if the Project Engineer had some or all of the following skills:

  • Knowledge of energy plant design and construction

  • AutoCAD 2D

  • 3D CAD Design

Key Personal Characteristics

Attention to detail

Written and verbal communication, including interfacing with third parties

Building relationships with both office-based and site-based teams

 

Experience

3+ years experience within a renewables or energy generation environment (such as gas peaking plants or energy storage) or comparable sectors, supporting design and/or construction projects.

 

Qualifications

MEng in Civil Engineering or equivalent

Preferably actively working towards professional registration

Development Opportunities

Working with a dynamic team supporting design and construction of cutting edge generation plants will provide the successful candidate with extremely relevant real-world project experience. Longer term the successful candidate may expect to work on the delivery of a wider portfolio of technologies such as Pumped Storage Hydro or Hydrogen generation.

If interested, please click 'Apply' if you have an up-to date CV or alternatively, email s.nouri@mintselection.com to arrange a confidential, exploratory chat.