About the Role
As a Design Engineer, you will be part of our central design team, working across all of our markets globally. Your primary focus will be on GB and German projects, whilst also supporting our wider portfolio across all other markets. You will be based at our head office in London, working closely with our other central teams including Development and Grid. You will work on projects from origination through to construction, creating site layout plans, planning drawing packages, legal drawings and engineering schematics, with 3D modelling experience also being an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Creation of site layout plans, planning drawing packages, legal drawings and engineering schematics across multiple projects, spanning our global portfolio.
- Work with internal Grid, Origination and Development teams and external consultants to design sites that meet all technical, legal and commercial requirements.
- Completion of a full suite of drawings and plans to support your designs including: Single-line diagrams, Planning application drawing packages, Land and legal plans, Engineering schematics and utility drawings, Cut & fill and levels drawings, Pre-construction information.
- Production of 3D site design models using Civil 3D to calculate site levels and earthwork requirements.
- Review of internal and external design packages to ensure all work meets our requirements and standards.
- Review of tender documents and data sheets to continually develop our in house design knowledge and processes, covering technical information, construction methods and safety requirements.
- Ensuring all design work is undertaken in accordance with CDM regulations, with a clear understanding of Field's duties and responsibilities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support of the implementation of Field’s internal data management system and processes.
Requirements
- Excellent knowledge of AutoCAD and Civil 3D as your primary design tools.
- Experience supporting or managing planning applications and an understanding of the planning process.
- Working knowledge of CDM regulations and an awareness of designer responsibilities throughout the project lifecycle.
Skills
- 3D modelling software such as Revit or 3ds Max is desirable but not essential.
- Experience within the renewable energy or energy storage industry is desirable but not essential.
- Business level German is highly desirable.
- Experience working internationally is desirable but not essential.
- Degree in engineering or a related discipline is desirable but not essential.
- Enthusiastic, curious and knowledgeable about the energy storage industry.
- Passion to learn about the technical aspects of BESS.
- Eye for detail and accuracy in designs.
- Organised with methods for keeping on top of a varied workload.
- Open, clear communicator who enjoys working collaboratively.
- Thrives on challenge, likes to be always learning and isn’t afraid of a broad role remit.
Location
- UK - London
Work Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Hybrid working (blend of home and office working to suit individual needs)
- 1 month a year ‘work from anywhere in the world’ policy
Salary/Compensations
- £38,000 - £45,000 / year
Benefits
- Participation in our employee share scheme.
- Enhanced parental leave (6 months fully paid primary carer leave, 3 months fully paid secondary carer leave, 10 days fully paid leave for fertility treatment).
- Up to 10% company wide bonus based on company performance.
- Private medical cover with Bupa from day one with the option to add family members.
- Nest pension (8% combined contributions) on qualifying earnings.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
- £2,000 annual learning & development budget.
- Spill: our mental health benefit.
- Green leave: paid time off to do something good for the environment.
- Fun co-working office space in Shoreditch, London.
- Dog friendly office.
- Free team lunch once a week.
- Regular team socials.
- Birthday carbon offset.
About the Company
- Field is an international builder, owner, operator of renewable infrastructure.
- Our Founder and CEO is a successful entrepreneur who previously co-founded a green energy supplier.
- We have robust pipelines of BESS projects across the UK, Italy, Spain, and Germany - and strong financial backing.
- Our most recent fundraise was a £200 million investment from DIF Capital Partners.
- This will support our mission to grow internationally, and ultimately to build and develop a robust global BESS portfolio.
- We are an eclectic team with varied backgrounds.
- Our team has experience scaling billion dollar tech start-ups and building energy companies, as well as deep specialisms in the energy markets.
- You will learn from and work with a bunch of fun, curious, and entrepreneurial people who really want to make an impact.
- Together, we will show that batteries are a totally viable part of our energy infrastructure - now, not in some distant future.
- We have ambitious plans to become the defining new clean energy player in Europe over the next few years, gradually expanding beyond batteries into new asset types.
Equal Opportunity
- Diverse teams make better teams.
- Field is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which is as representative as possible of our society.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender expression, marriage/civil partnership status, pregnancy/maternity status, race, nationality, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
