Grid Engineer

Piper Maddox is hiring a Grid Engineer for their Reading, UK office, offering a hybrid work model (3 days in-office). The role involves managing grid connection offers for large-scale solar and battery projects, liaising with DNO & TSO, and overseeing project milestones. The company seeks team members for long-term growth and values a supportive culture. Salary is up to £60,000 DOE plus benefits, with a focus on pre-construction experience.
Grid Engineer

Reading office- Hybrid, 3 days a week
Independent Power Provider working across Solar & Battery Energy Storage
Up to £60,000 DOE + benefits

A leading Independent Power Provider across the UK, is looking for an addition to their grid team.

Over the last 15 years, they've grown significantly, rapidly growing to be a large player in the development and construction of solar farms. They now boast a portfolio of over 7GW, and are aiming to increase this over coming years. They also have 70MW of projects in construction stages, with the connections varying from transmission and distribution level.

As they're an IPP, they have multiple revenue streams, working on projects through development stages and selling at shovel ready state, as well as acquiring projects and managing through construction processes, as well as owning and operating sites. Your role will run through the full project lifecycle, giving you a varied role with lots of opportunities to develop skillsets.

You'll be working alongside an industry leader with over a decade of experience within National Grid on a varied portfolio of projects. The portfolio of projects are all high voltage and large scale, with several being NSIP. Again, this will mean your role in the team will be varied, and you'll have industry leading projects to cover.

The organisation prides themselves on their strong culture. They value support, looking for team members that are set into the team for the long term, who look for longevity and quality.

This role will sit right at the heart of the team, working heavily with the Head of Grid and Head of Development for over all project development and progression.

The main responsibilities of the role include:
- Reviewing, managing and generating new grid connection offers for these large scale projects.
- Liaising with DNO & TSO for these projects. Establishing these relationships, and making sure grid offers are optimal.
- Managing application processes, ensuring projects reach major milestones and marks.

Although this role will encompass the full project lifecycle, prior experience & knowledge is only necessary in pre-construction phases.

This role will also have on site visits to see the projects as they are being constructed.

Apply if this role is interest and you'd like to hear more details!

Piper Maddox is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.