Principal Electrical Advisory Engineer
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The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.
- Due diligence of electrical infrastructure including but not limited to electricity transmission and distribution companies, onshore and offshore grid connections
- Identification of project risks and development of mitigating measures (technical, commercial, financial)
- Informing financial models of electrical infrastructure assets including technical assumptions
- Review and appraisal of capital and operational expenditure plans for electrical infrastructure
- Review and appraisal of operation and maintenance plans and associated contracts
- Loss reduction studies
- Advice to support reorganisation and/or acquisition of electrical infrastructure businesses
- Post financial close construction and operation monitoring services
- Preparation of technical and advisory reports.
- In addition, the role would involve managing project work and project teams, retaining and developing relationships with clients, and potentially developing new business opportunities.
- Degree qualified Electrical Engineer, preferably with Chartership status
- Excellent report writing and communication skills
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Sharp analytical skills and the ability to present quantitative knowledge to non-experts
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and produce quick turnover on an often reactive basis
- Preparedness to travel worldwide on short business assignments
- Excellent working ability of MS Office, knowledge in other economic/statistical packages welcome.
- Desired competencies / skills:
- Ability to work in and lead multi-disciplinary teams
- Previous experience in electrical infrastructure projects as Owner’s Engineer, Lender’s Engineer or similar role
- Appreciation of transaction finance mechanisms
- Appreciation of project risk and mitigation
- Appreciation of commercial sphere of project work including contract terms
- Project management experience
- Proposal experience.
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
- A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.