Lead Senior Engineer - BESS Systems & Connections

at  Clean Energy Council

DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Grid connection experience for, BESS, EVCI, wind, solar, data centres
• Advanced understanding of the Regulatory Environment, Energy Rules, and Contestable Connections
• Experience in earthing and lightning protection design
• Experience in PSCAD or other network modelling and simulation software
• Familiarity with commercial models such as Early Contractor Involvement
• Familiarity with protection relay coordination and settings
• Knowledge of SCADA systems and communication protocols
• Familiarity with digital and numerical protection systems
• Familiarity with designing and implementing control systems for high voltage applications
• Understanding of grid compliance requirements for protection systems
• Knowledge of testing and commissioning of protection and control systems

Reporting to the Head of Infrastructure Delivery, the Lead Senior Engineer - BESS Systems & Connections is responsible for managing a team of multidisciplinary design engineers, through design, development, and implementation of primary and secondary systems for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and grid connections up to 132kV. This role focuses on ensuring the reliability, stability, and efficiency of electrical networks by designing and integrating advanced primary systems tailored for BESS and high voltage grid connections.
As the Lead Senior Engineer, you will work closely with PLUS ES’s Business Development team on some of the most exciting renewable connection and storage opportunities, understanding customers’ needs and providing an end-to-end solution from initial feasibility and value engineering through to detailed design.

Your key responsibilities will be (but not limited to):

• Manage and work with multidisciplinary teams, including control and protection, civil/structural engineers, ASP3 designers and project managers to deliver robust and compliant solutions.
• Conducting technical assessments, developing detailed design specifications, producing bills of materials, providing input to procurement exercises, and ensuring adherence to industry standards, safety in design principles, and regulatory requirements.
• Enhancing the operational performance of electrical networks and supporting the transition towards a smarter, more resilient grid by leveraging state-of-the-art technology and best practices in primary systems engineering.
• Comprehensive understanding of equipment issues such as performance, acoustics, fire safety, spacing, and other critical factors
• Extensive knowledge and layout experience for large-scale BESS installations and their cable collector systems