Offshore Grid Manager

Description:

Our Offshore Engineering Team are playing a key role in the construction of the world's largest offshore wind farm, situated off the East coast of England, as well as construction of Scotland's largest offshore wind farm. In Ireland we are preparing Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 for planning submission next year and developing a pipeline of additional offshore projects to participate in later auctions. We are also supporting development of several major offshore wind farm projects across the UK and Europe as well as opportunities in Asia Pacific.

SSE Renewables Offshore Engineering are currently growing our Offshore Grid Team and are looking for an Ireland Grid Manager to support our portfolio of offshore projects in Ireland and International Markets.

Some of the main responsibilities of the grid team include:
 

• Influencing and shaping Offshore Grid Policy in Ireland.
• Developing and delivering the grid connection strategy for SSE Renewables offshore projects in Ireland.
• Grid feasibility assessments and management of the Grid connection process with the Transmission companies.
• Grid support for Auctions and Project Acquisitions.
• Management of interface with the TSO for contractual and technical issues.
• Assessment of connection offers and management of grid securities.
• Achieving and maintaining Grid Code compliance, system study compliance and grid outage management.
• Identification of ancillary system service contracts to add additional revenue streams.
• Representing SSE Renewables on key industry panels, committees and working groups.
   

What do I need?

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and growing grid team and play a key role in supporting SSE's Offshore growth ambitions in Ireland and Internationally, so if you believe that you have skills that would complement the SSE Grid Team, we would be extremely keen to hear from you.

Role

To be considered for a role in the SSE Grid Team we would love you to have some of the following experience:
 

• Knowledge of offshore grid policy in Ireland.
• Knowledge of the Irish transmission system, its operation and current/future challenges.
• Knowledge of Ancillary Services in Ireland.
• Technical knowledge and experience within the transmission/ power generation industry.
• Effective organisation capabilities with the ability to deliver quality work to the agreed timescales along with good report writing and interpersonal skills.
• Strong commercial awareness with an understanding of the implications of engineering activities and decisions.
• Ability to interpret and communicate requirements of relevant standards and codes such as the EirGrid Grid Code.
• Grid knowledge to support other international markets such as Europe and Asia-Pacific.