Senior Electrical Grid Engineer

 

RWE Renewables Sweden AB
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent
Functional area: Engineering
 

RWE Renewables is recruiting for an experienced Senior Electrical Grid Engineer to be based in Sweden. As a Senior Electrical Engineer you will be focusing on grid connection related activities for the development and construction of our onshore wind farm, PV and battery storage projects in Sweden and Northern Europe.  

Your key Responsibilities and Tasks 

• Working initially in all phases of our onshore wind farm, PV and BESS projects, the Senior Engineer will be responsible for ensuring a robust and optimized through life design of the project’s electrical system supporting on all aspects of the generation and transmission system up to the grid interface point
• Advise projects on specific questions regarding electrical system behave, grid code compliance and interconnection processes to TSO or DSO grids
• Lead and coordinate interconnection processes, organize all relevant technical documentation, test reports, certifications and RCAs
• Lead design / prequalification for packages of wind farms/ PV schemes/ battery storage plants and components performing audits and technical due diligences. Create simulation models for electrical systems, perform e.g. load flow and short circuit calculations, analyze dynamic stability and harmonics stability as well as protection concepts
• Plan and coordinate internal and external resources for technical due diligence projects (e.g. of M&A acquisitions), analyze simulation results, technical solutions and risks, make proposals for technical and commercial decisions. 
• Analyze electrical system behavior and grid code compliance for projects and existing plants
• Develop and issue Request for Proposals (RFPs) for engineering work, evaluate the submissions and make recommendations on their selection
• Support the tender, negotiation and procurement process for the E-BoP of the project
• Close liaison with technical experts in Engineering and Engineers working on similar projects to ensure their knowledge is effectively utilized on the project

 
Your profile:

• More than 5 years of relevant work experience and above-average expertise in the design, construction or operation of onshore wind, PV, Battery or similar renewable energy industry projects, with experience in collaborating with transmission or distribution network operators in Poland
• Comprehensive knowledge of the application of relevant software programs such as MS Office, PowerFactory (load flow, short circuit, protection, RMS and EMT simulations), PSS/E, PSCAD
• Good understanding and of the Swedish electrical Transmission and Distribution Network landscape
• Excellent communication, coordination and leadership skills, highly motivated, confident and resourceful
• Excellent teamworking ability and integrative skills, social competence and intercultural mind set
• Broad knowledge of the use of relevant guidelines, norms and standards (e.g. IEC61400) and Best Practices
• Successfully completed university studies or comparable graduate education ideally in electrical power engineering
• Fluent Swedish and English speaking and writing
• Willingness and ability to travel to Northern European Countries, mainly within Sweden, exceptionally to UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Germany for few days, totally up to approx. 15% of the time.
   

Apply now with just a few clicks: ad code 85599, application deadline 2024-03-17.

Any questions? Contact in Recruiting: Karin Vandenborre, Karin.Vandenborre@rwe.com

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