Grid Connection Manager

Position: Pre - Sales Engineer - Energy Storage

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Who are we recruiting for:

Our client develops, constructs, and operates renewable infrastructure projects globally.

They hold a robust portfolio of BESS projects in the UK, Italy, Spain, and Germany, backed by solid financial support.

What will you be doing:

• Active engagement with REE and DNOs on pre-app meetings and budget offers to glean market-leading intelligence on the availability of connections


• Working with OEMs to gather the information required for applications


• Supervise application forms and associated documents for distribution network connection applications


• Including power system studies (load flow, fault level studies, etc)


• Regularly meeting REE/DNOs to track progress with developments


• Submitting Mod Apps and variations to DNO connection offers as required


• Overseeing electrical/power system studies to assess, for example, fault rides through, voltage step change, and/or earthing design to de-risk developments as required in advance of construction.


• Preparing handover documentation for our construction team


• Reviewing accepted transmission and distribution grid connection offers


• Liaising with developers and REE/DNOs to understand the current status and delivery programs for grid connections


• Critically assessing SLDs prepared by developers and corresponding general arrangement drawings to ensure their suitability


• Ongoing evaluation of our in-house processes to maintain our scaling speed


• Ensure projects' transition into construction is seamless

Are you the ideal candidate?

• Experience with grid connections/ power systems of DNO, TSO


• Technical expertise in electricity transmission/distribution, either system planning or commercial


• 3+ years in a technical role working on electricity projects, ideally including submission or review of grid connection applications at the distribution or transmission level


• Electrical engineering background preferred (you may have a postgraduate degree in a relevant topic instead of industry experience).

What's in it

-Competitive Salary basic

-Additional bonus

-Pension Scheme

-Unique career progression

-Industry growth

Who we are

Executive Integrity is a global executive search and recruitment consultancy for a more sustainable world with a focus on talent within the Green Technology and Renewable Energy sectors.

We give a proportion of all our profits to Friends of the Earth International, a charity that helps to create environmentally sustainable and socially just sociates.