Principal Protection and Control Engineer

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London, Greater London, England
Senior level
Greentech • Energy
The Role
The Principal Protection and Control Engineer will manage design deliverables for grid connection projects, liaise with stakeholders, and evaluate project capital costs and energy savings.
Summary Generated by Built In

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe. 

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

Position Overview:

With our ongoing success in business growth, we are expanding our Electrical team and have a new opportunity for a Protection and Control Engineer to join us to develop a wide range of clean technologies and renewable projects. The successful candidate will support work assignments covering all technical analysis and project development deliverables for our customers in both public and private sectors. This involves project outline design and scope of work development, coordination with stakeholders, liaising with technical specialist and sub-contractors, tender writing and presentation. The ideal candidate must have a good level of technical expertise, possess strong development skills, have a sound track record in developing successful energy and renewable projects, and be willing to travel nationwide as required.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Producing design deliverables for the Contestable and Private (Balance of Plant) sides of Grid connection projects, typically at 132kV or 33kV. These include KLD, SLD, AC/DC Protection Schematic, Cable Block Diagram Scada Connections, Wiring Diagram, Cable schedules and Core schedules

  • Specify equipment and liaise with Suppliers and Procurement: Switchgear (CTs and VTs,Relays), Protection Panel (Relays, Test Block, Trip Relays), Dynamic Containment, Scada and PPC Panels, G99 PQM and Protection, Marshalling and DNO Interface Boxes, Batteries.

  • Produce outline work package and scope of work document for contractor to provide pricing

  • Prepare project capital cost, energy savings calculations and financial evaluations

  • Liaise with client stakeholders and attend regular client project meetings

  • Exhibit comprehensive knowledge and understanding of entire project terms and technical requirements

  • Deliver other duties as required

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Engineering degree, or equivalent preferably in Electrical engineering

  • Achieved or working towards chartered engineer status

  • Strong understanding of engineering principles associated with electrical design

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite in particular Excel, Word, PowerPoint

  • Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills

Preferred Experience:

  • Protection and controls design of battery energy storage projects

  • Protection and controls design of transmission connected electrical projects (275 kV – 400 kV)

  • Protection and controls design of large-scale solar projects

Personal Attributes:

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, confident and have a flexible approach to work. They will be customer focused, passionate about energy efficiency, renewable energy and decarbonisation.  They should be able to demonstrate good organisational skills including the ability to multi-task, prioritise work under pressure and complete within deadlines. Proven ability to manage and complete complex projects in a timely, cost-effective and customer focused manner.

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AMERESCO challenges the brightest, most talented, and creative individuals in the industry by providing an environment that fosters initiative and achievement. We are proud of our comprehensive and competitive employee benefits, including people-oriented insurance, investment, and incentive plans.

All official communications from Ameresco will originate from an @ameresco.com email address. Any correspondence from other domains should be regarded as fraudulent. Please report any suspicious activity to the platform where the issue was encountered.

Ameresco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Top Skills

Energy Storage Systems
Microsoft Office Suite
Protection Panel
Scada
Solar Energy
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The Company
HQ: Framingham, MA
1,124 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2000

What We Do

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE: AMRC) is an independent, integrated, comprehensive energy efficiency and renewable energy company that is building a sustainable future with public organizations and private enterprise throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Through energy audits, innovative engineering, utility-scale solar farms and deep energy retrofits, Ameresco applies forward-thinking technology to the challenges of controlling emissions, enhancing energy security and shifting toward clean, renewable sources of power.

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