Acclāro Consulting

Our client is one of the broadest based renewable energy companies and is active in the development, construction and ownership of wind farms on a global scale.

Their Group Engineering has extensive capabilities in all the engineering disciplines required to support our client’s wind business. In particular, the electrical design engineers are responsible for the detailed design of the wind farm collection system and sub-station and have gained experience with over 4,000MW of operating projects. These have included designs up to and including 400kV for both on-shore and offshore wind farms in all of our client’s major markets including UK & Ireland, France, Sweden, North America, Canada and Australia.

To strengthen the existing design and power systems analysis team and position the department to meet the demands of the growing on-shore and offshore wind business, we are looking to recruit an Electrical Engineering Manager.

The Role

Reporting to the Group Chief Engineer, the key responsibilities of the role will be:-

To manage the electrical design and power systems analysis teams which have staff based in Kings Langley, Gateshead, Cardiff and Swansea:-

• Resource, workload and budget planning
• Further develop and manage offshore electrical design capabilities
• Develop and maintain the electrical engineering procedures
• Ensure effective communication between the team and other engineering disciplines such as SCADA, Civil design and grid connections
• Manage the electrical engineering support provided to existing regions and new markets
• Performance management, training and development
• General electrical engineering support 

The person:

Qualified to degree level or equivalent in Electrical Engineering and/or relevant experience in the power or related industry, you will be able to demonstrate that you have the technical and management skills to lead an experienced and highly qualified team of engineers. The ability to work to demanding timescales and manage workload effectively is an essential attribute for this role.

There will be requirements for travel within the UK and overseas.

To for more information about this role or for a confidential career discussion, please contact Sital Joshi on sital.joshi@acclaro-consulting.com.