Responsibilities
- Collaborates in a cross functional environment, leading the technical team in a project focused engineering effort.
- Establish and maintain the engineering, design criteria and applicable standards and specifications for the Energy Storage System (ESS) project.
- Interface with external product vendors to understand the specification(s) and function(s) of their product(s) and service(s).
- Specify appropriate system components, calculate component ratings and quantities, and create detailed bills-of material for energy storage projects.
- Review detailed electrical plans produced by others and provide precise organized feedback in a timely manner.
- Review project technical specifications and provide feedback to ensure that project requirements will be met.
- Perform site visits and ESS field inspection in advance to check any risks from engineering side.
- Tier 2 project technical support for internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to travel to domestic and international project sites and/or vendors (Approx. 10 - 15%).
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelors or Master’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Power Engineering, or equivalent work experience
- 3 years of experience with renewable energy with distribution or transmission level Energy Storage System
Nice to Have
- Experience and knowledge with lithium-ion battery systems.
- Experience of UK, Belgian, China markets.
- Familiar with relevant codes and standards for ESS and inverters (NEC, IBC, IFC, NFPA, UL, IEC).
- Experience with grid compliance process and testing (e.g., UK / ENTSO).
- Ability to use energy management systems to operate, troubleshoot and commission battery systems.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate highly complex engineering, construction, and operational issues.
- Fluency in English is mandatory and additional Language Skills including Flemmish and or Chinese dialects are of high importance and advantageous.
- Experience with utility scale energy storage and renewable energy projects and products (bi-directional inverters, various battery chemistries, PV, wind turbines, flywheels, etc.).
- Understanding of Inverter, Converter, Transformer, Battery, Circuit breaker, Fuse, AC/DC power supply electrical equipment.
- Applicant should be able to explain in detail the electrical principals of voltage, current, real and reactive power, energy, charge, AC/DC voltage, single-phase, and three-phase power, and other fundamental electrical engineering concepts.
- Applicant should be able to read and understand drawings of electrical controls. Especially single-line, three-line, fire safety systems, and communication diagrams.
- An understanding of power quality analysis, harmonics, and their impact on system stability.
- Experience with industrial control methods and SCADA systems.
Additional Information
- Fluency in English is mandatory and additional Language Skills including Flemmish and or Chinese dialects are of high importance and advantageous.
- Ability to travel to domestic and international project sites and/or vendors (Approx. 10 - 15%).
