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Base Location: Flexible UK & Ireland | We're proud to offer a Flexible First approach to work, and this role is no exception. We will, however need your base 'home' location to be one of our SSE offices or depots around the UK and Ireland.
Salary: Competitive + car / allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing, and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent Full Time
An exciting career opportunity to join our Energy Systems engineering team. As a young an innovative team, culture is at the heart of everything that we do. We encourage and foster a collaborative working environment, which includes the widespread adoption of hybrid working and the option to work a remotely (UK) wide.
We are looking for a Lead Energy Performance Engineer with an Electrical Qualification. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of electrical and associated building services systems that can help deliver the net zero transition. The team has an established track record of designing building services to deliver energy efficiency and decarbonisation across several national frameworks. The growth ambition for the team is to design, build and operate Energy Systems that support data centres, campuses, and large commercial developments in the public and private sector.
In this role you'll be responsible for.
- Leading electrical design on large projects, and take overall project lead on small to medium sized projects; across key sectors including Higher Education and Schools, Hospitality and Leisure, Commercial, Local Authority, Healthcare and Industrial Units.
- Development of initial strategic concepts and definition for projects surveying sites and ensuring solutions are appropriate for the brief as well as regulatory standards and compliance.
- Designing electrical aspect of building service systems at the highest level using the latest software design packages. Competency in AutoCAD.
- Technical and financial design and analysis of projects and working with project development mangers to appraise investment decisions for SSE.
- Manage the Design risk management for named projects. Delivery of multiple projects across various project development stages as well as producing high quality bid documentation, delivering compelling client- and public-facing reports and presentations in clear English.
- Verifying and checking cross-discipline bias engineering works.
- Supporting junior staff in technical development.
What do I need?
To be considered for this role, we'd love you to have:
- Previous consultancy experience and excellent technical knowledge in Electrical Design Engineering, thorough understanding of Building Services Engineering and interdisciplinary design in line with to at least RIBA stages 0-4 design process.
- Advanced proficiency with MS Excel and/or python and ability to create complex calculation workbooks.
- Experience with Energy Performance contracts and knowledge of energy markets & economics would be desirable.
- Energy, concept design, production of technical specifications, techno-economic analysis, feasibility, procurement, and project implementation.
- Ideally a Chartered Engineer or working towards professional registration with either the IET, or CIBSE.
In addition to providing gas and electricity to businesses across the UK, SSE Energy Solutions invests in, builds and connects localised flexible infrastructure to drive the long-term performance of energy assets. SSE Energy Solutions works with its customers to deliver financially robust plans to bring flexibility and diversity to their energy infrastructure - the low-carbon solutions they need to succeed in the race to net zero.
What's in it for you?
We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.
What happens now?
All applications should be made online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.
If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Tristan on 01738 344073.
Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.
