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About the Role
This role strengthens leadership within the Project Engineering function by balancing team management with hands-on project engineering. The successful candidate will lead a team of five engineers while managing a portfolio of utility-scale solar PV and BESS projects across the full lifecycle, from development to construction and energisation.
Responsibilities
- Line manage approximately five Project Engineers, including objective setting, performance reviews, and professional development.
- Conduct regular 1:1s, provide coaching, and support team technical growth.
- Manage workload allocation and resource planning across the team.
- Act as the first point of escalation for technical queries and project issues.
- Establish and maintain standard templates, checklists, and review processes to ensure quality.
- Support recruitment and onboarding of new team members.
- Report to the Head of Engineering on team capacity, project status, and risks.
- Identify training needs and coordinate knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Foster collaboration across development, commercial, grid, and construction teams.
- Engage with development teams on feasibility assessments and site selection.
- Conduct constructability reviews and identify value engineering opportunities.
- Review planning application documents, including layout drawings and EIA reports.
- Support grid connection applications and maintain concept design drawings.
- Ensure technical solutions meet EPC and EBOP/ICP contract requirements.
- Facilitate input from specialist technical consultants and advisors.
- Prepare tender documentation for front-end engineering services.
- Assist in contractual negotiations with EPCs regarding technical specifications.
- Engage with external consultants, contractors, lenders, and government agencies.
- Provide input into Employer’s Requirements for EPC and consultant contracts.
- Maintain engineering project information in internal reporting systems.
- Produce technical reports for project management and senior leadership.
- Inspect project sites and represent engineering interests in external meetings.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in utility-scale solar PV and/or BESS projects.
- Experience across project development, design, and construction phases.
- Prior experience managing or leading a team of engineers.
- Strong knowledge of PV technology, grid connections, and energy yield assessments.
- Understanding of MV/HV grid connection procedures and PV plant installation.
- Experience with solar project procurement, construction, and commissioning.
- Knowledge of relevant Irish and UK design codes, regulations, and policy.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in Ireland and the UK.
- Proficiency in translating engineering issues into CAPEX and OPEX assumptions.
- High analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Skills
- Team leadership and performance management
- Project engineering and lifecycle management
- Utility-scale solar PV and BESS technical knowledge
- Grid connection procedures
- Value engineering
- Contractual negotiation
- Technical reporting
- Stakeholder management
- Commercial awareness
Location
- Dublin
- London
- Ulm
- Rome
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering
About the Company
- Fully integrated, utility-scale solar and storage Independent Power Producer.
- Operates across the UK, Ireland, Germany, and Italy.
- Manages a 10GW+ pipeline of solar, co-located, and standalone storage projects.
- Backed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).
- Founded in 2009 with a team of over 100 professionals.