Project Engineer (Electrical Engineering) - Wave Energy

at  CorPower Ocean

Working at CorPower Ocean you will be part of a world class team, determined to make big impact. We are on a mission to bring reliable and competitive wave energy to the world. We offer a high degree of autonomy and flexibility, combined with great personal responsibility. CorPower Ocean is a global leader in wave energy, with a technology that has shown game-changing performance. Your work will contribute to the global transition to renewable energy by unlocking one of the largest untapped sources of clean energy on earth.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• You have a minimum of 5-10 years of relevant background from technical project engineering and an engineering degree.
• Experience in electrical system design, combining high reliability and low-cost volume manufacturing methods.
• Experience from fast-paced development companies is meritorious.
• You have a broad technical knowledge of electrical applications and genuine interest in the different aspects of ocean and/or renewable energy and technical development.
• Knowledge and exposure to at least three areas of power systems, grid compliance (including codes and regulations), power quality, electrical machines and drives, control technology, sensors and actuators, high voltage components and energy storage is highly qualifying.
• Awareness and understanding of wiring schematics and tools, software development, offshore design, product development methods, reliability and certification processes is valuable.
• Experience in using and developing tools such as Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE) and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tools is also a plus.
  Your personality, experience and interest in the field are the most important and what is most highly valued at CorPower. You are proficient in English, both spoken and written.

THE ROLE

The Project Office at CorPower is looking for a dynamic project engineer (Electrical Engineering) to join a fast-growing and successful team to lead delivery of PreFEED and FEED projects from the Electrical Work Package perspective. The role requires the mindset of engineer first, project manager second, combining both these skills to deliver sound technical engineering projects with a solid application of project management principles. This is a dynamic role where no day is the same and in which one must be comfortable reacting to a fast-paced environment where solutions must be found quickly through agile management, solid problem solving, good engineering judgement and strong leadership. The role will be working closely with the electrical design team but will involve a large amount of interaction with our entire engineering, supply chain, testing and finance teams requiring good collaboration skills. You will join a highly collaborative team of Technical Project Managers & Project Engineers in the Projects Team which will be your base from which to deliver PreFEED and FEED projects.
The role is commercially focussed on developing projects, engaging with both internal and external stakeholders, and delivering PreFEED and FEED stages of commercial wave farm projects around the world.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage PreFEED & FEED projects to meet performance, schedule, budget and quality targets from the Electrical Engineering Work Package perspective.
• Define and drive project scopes and work packages to align with the overall development of the company
• Combine engineering and project management needs
• Evaluate, organize and prioritize tasks and resources in your projects
• Ensure alignment between all stakeholders, serve the multidisciplinary engineering teams with status and schedule updates and project reports
• Identify and drive improvements in key Business Tools requiring a detailed understanding of our operations
• Submit Technical and Financial project status reports to clients
• Write and coordinate new project scopes
• Represent CorPower at various events/meetings/presentations (travelling is part of the role)
• Support pilot installations in the field
• Lead customer project formulation (proposals/bids) and RFI responses, project delivery, and execution of new commercial projects from the Electrical Work Package perspective.
• Point of contact in Project Team for Electrical Engineering project development matters