Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 (dependent on experience) + benefits
Location: Manchester or Newcastle or Woking

Our client is an independent, ambitious and dynamic energy consultancy with a strategy to evolve in anticipation of market drivers, whether they are technical, regulatory, economic, environmental or political.

Who we're looking for

The ideal Senior Power Engineer (SPE) candidate will be a power engineer from either a project or studies background as the role can be developed around individuals that are viewed as having potential for the company and the team.

•  Experience of delivering analysis and business consultancy
•  Knowledge of IPSA, PSSE or DigSilent and other analysis packages and software languages such as C++, Fortran, Python or Visual Basic

Candidates with experience within a number of the following areas:
•  Transmission and distribution regulatory issues
•  Equipment specification and procurement
•  Contract negotiation and management
•  Network planning and constraint analysis
•  Operation and maintenance and health and safety issues
•  Controller and equipment modelling
•  Harmonic analysis and filter design
•  Protection and co-ordination
•  Control system design and analysis
•  EMT analysis
•  Power electronics and HVDC
•  Earthing design

Duties and Responsibilities

The SPE is a hands-on and management role, responsible for the development and delivery of software application deployment projects.

The SPE is required to write and review documents, support and guide other team members.

The SPE must be able to communicate complex issues in a clear and concise manner whilst still being capable of technical discussions at a high level.

A proportion of role is studies based, the SPE will need a good understanding of loadflow, fault and dynamic calculations.  Knowledge of IPSA, PSSE or DigSilent and other analysis packages and software languages such as C++, Fortran, Python or Visual Basic would also be advantageous but practical experience would be equally valued.

Skills and Experience

The successful candidate will have a degree or equivalent with Chartered Engineer status or pending.

Applicants should must the following criteria:
•  Good general numeric and mathematical skills.
•  Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to produce high quality technical reports.
•  Good MS-Office skills
•  Project management or project software engineering experience
•  Commercial awareness
•  Experience of economic analysis and cost-benefit appraisals
•  Knowledge of QA systems and document management
•  Good knowledge of UK and International Transmission and Distribution standards and codes

Send your CV to Thomas Lewington Mob: 07789 994994 E-mail: thomas@pss-europe.com