Project Site Commissioning Manager responsible for planning, directing, and safely executing all pre-commissioning, commissioning, startup, testing, turnover, and operational readiness activities for power generation projects.
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary point of contact for all commissioning and startup matters
Develop and implement the project Commissioning and Startup Plan
Establish commissioning procedures, schedules, and turnover strategies
Define system boundaries and turnover packages
Coordinate pre-commissioning, commissioning, startup, and performance testing activities
Advanced Apprentice HVDC Technician maintaining and operating the UK’s interconnectors.
Compensation
We are proud to offer a starting salary of £25,946 for this apprenticeship, with annual salary increases throughout the programme.
Responsibilities
Carrying out maintenance activities, inspections, testing, fault finding, repairs and working with electrical, mechanical, control and protection systems.
Working outdoors in all weather conditions.
Wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Working at height.
Occasionally working in confined spaces.
Requirements
5 GCSEs (Grade 4/C or above), including English, Maths and Science
Lead and oversee all pre-commissioning, testing, and energization activities for renewable energy projects, ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory requirements for generation facilities and interconnection assets.
Responsibilities
Develop and implement comprehensive testing and commissioning plans for substations, transmission lines, and generation facilities in coordination with EPC and OE teams.
Supervise and coordinate pre-commissioning, functional testing, and energization activities, ensuring full compliance with NGCP/DU/EC standards and project specifications.
Review and approve testing procedures, method statements, and commissioning reports submitted by EPC contractors.
Manage scheduling and readiness reviews for testing milestones leading to PCATC, CTE, and FCATC.
Oversee verification and calibration of protection relays, metering systems, and SCADA interfaces to ensure alignment with grid operator and market operator requirements.
Responsible for engineering design, review and implementation support of protection, control, SCADA, Substation Automation Systems, and secondary systems for high‑voltage substations.
Responsibilities
Develop protection philosophies, coordination concepts, relay selection studies, protection logic, tripping and interlocking schemes, and relay settings calculations.
Prepare and review substation control philosophies, bay control architecture, control logic, Functional Design Specifications, and station and bay‑level control systems.
Design and review SCADA and Substation Automation Systems, including communication architecture, RTUs, gateways, HMIs, signal lists, point lists, I/O schedules, and IEC 61850 implementation.
Prepare and review secondary engineering documentation including protection single‑line diagrams, three‑line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, wiring diagrams, terminal block diagrams, panel layouts, and tripping logic diagrams.
Design AC and DC auxiliary systems including battery chargers, UPS systems, battery banks, DC distribution boards, load schedules, sizing calculations, and redundancy architecture.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Nice to have: Renewable energy grid connections
Nice to have: Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects
Design, develop, and maintain Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop (HIL) test environments for PCS and inverter control validation.
Build real‑time PCS simulation models, including grid models, filters, transformers, battery models, and protection interfaces.
Develop and validate inverter control algorithm firmware, protection strategies, and system behaviors under normal and abnormal operating conditions.
Execute test cases covering grid‑code compliant functionalities prior to certification testing.
Support grid code compliance activities through documented test results and traceability.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline. Advanced degrees in Power Electronics are preferred.
Produce and maintain the complete BESS site design package in AutoCAD, including single-line diagrams, site layouts, cable sizing and routing, cable schedules, and equipment lists.
Define the protection philosophy and settings and coordinate protection interfaces across the BESS, site, and grid connection.
Design earthing and lightning protection systems.
Define the metering strategy, including metering points, equipment, and grid owner and revenue-metering requirements.
Support in the plant control and communication strategy covering interfaces between PCS, EMS/PPC, SCADA, grid operator, and aggregator.
A power system engineer to lead the grid connection and compliance process for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) projects, translating grid code into technical studies and testing.
Responsibilities
Lead the RfG and grid connection process for BESS projects, from requirement clarification through ION, EON, FON, compliance testing, and final approval.
Act as the primary technical interface towards DSOs, TSOs, and other grid stakeholders throughout the grid connection process.
Perform and coordinate PowerFactory, EMT, harmonic, protection, and other power system studies required to demonstrate compliance with grid code and connection requirements.
Prepare simulation reports, compliance documentation, and technical submissions required for grid owner approvals and operational notifications.
Coordinate compliance testing, witness testing, and verification activities with grid owners, suppliers, and project teams.
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