LOCATION: London, Berlin, Bucharest, or Rome (Hybrid working)
BACKGROUND TO AUKERA
Aukera is a leading pan-European renewable energy developer and Independent Power Producer (IPP), dedicated to accelerating the energy transition across the continent. Headquartered in Belgium, we have offices in Brussels, Bucharest, London, Edinburgh, Rome, Berlin, Madrid and Seville. Aukera manage a diversified pipeline of over 15 GW in onshore wind, solar, and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.
We pride ourselves on our values and our collaborative, supportive working environment. Our team is friendly, caring, highly professional, and deeply committed to making a real impact on the planet. As a rapidly growing company, we seek high performers from all backgrounds who are self-motivated, take ownership, and are passionate about driving improvements. We value diversity and are proud to have an international team representing 14 nationalities, with around 30% female employees. At Aukera, mutual respect and effective collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.
Job Description
Aukera Energy now has a pipeline of over 4GW of BESS across five of Europe’s most attractive markets, at either Ready to Build or at an advanced stage. We are seeking to expand our BESS Engineering team who bring their expertise to all technical aspects of the lifecycle of BESS, from greenfield development to operations.
Job Location
This role can be based in London, Rome, Berlin, or Bucharest. It is important to us that this person is based with the team in one of our offices for at least 3 days per week.
The role will have the following responsibilities:
* Maintain and evolve internal knowledge base of equipment supply and design options for BESS projects.
* Monitor the development and launch of new BESS products and technologies.
* Build and maintain relationships with design/engineering counterparties at BESS equipment suppliers including, but not limited to, batteries, inverters, MV transformers, switchgear, control systems and HV equipment.
* Assist the development teams with site/project evaluation and by providing feasible and efficient project layouts, taking into account constraints or requirements concerning planning, grid, environment, efficiency and constructability.
* Assist with the completion of contracts, particularly technical appendices.
* Oversee detailed design/engineering programmes and deliverables working with consultants and sub-contractors to ensure scope is completed as planned.
* Review and contribute to the approval of design packages for construction.
* Manage technical query coordination with suppliers, sub-contractors and consultants at the design, selection, financing and project delivery stages.
* Assist in the negotiation of warranties and other supply terms of a technical nature.
* Implement detailed project plans, keeping track of risks, goals, tasks, resources, schedules, costs, and contingencies.
* Proactively mitigate risks and resolve any matters encountered in conjunction with the consultants/sub-contractors/suppliers during project development and construction.
* Assist in the coordination of the technical commissioning process of projects and the identification of solutions to problems encountered.
* Prepare regular progress reports for projects including status of risks, any deviations from the scope.
* Prepare efficient designs for solar/BESS co-location.
* Assist in design and cost optimization taking into account all EPC cost categories.
Experience & Qualifications
* BSc/BEng/Meng/MSc in electrical, mechanical, or other engineering discipline.
* 5+ years in a BESS engineering role involving
o BESS technical design and specification
o assessment and evaluation of BESS projects
o working with ECP companies and manufacturers
o evaluation and selection of equipment suppliers
o Commercial Contracts input including warranties, supply terms
* Experience with HV Equipment components is an advantage.
* Working knowledge of relevant project management and engineering design software.
Business Skills
* Highly collaborative. The Bess team are a centre of excellence supporting all Aukera's BESS projects, so you will need to be confident in building relationships with our teams across Europe.
* Enjoys working with a dynamic and highly engaged team, to challenging deadlines.
* Used to working autonomously, managing and prioritizing workload, being flexible and adapting to different priorities.
* A flexible and pro‑active attitude, keen to take ownership and to use initiative.
* Strong verbal and written skills in English are essential, and an additional Aukera language would be useful.
Employee Benefits
* Aukera's employee benefits vary by country, however we offer a competitive package, wherever you are based.
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