BESS Design Engineer

BACKGROUND TO AUKERA

Aukera is a leading pan-European renewable energy developer and Independent Power Producer (IPP), dedicated to accelerating the energy transition across the continent. Headquartered in Belgium, with offices in Brussels, Bucharest, London, Edinburgh, Rome, and Berlin, we manage a diversified pipeline of over 15 GW in onshore wind, solar, and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

We pride ourselves on our values and our collaborative, supportive working environment. Our team is friendly, caring, highly professional, and deeply committed to making a real impact on the planet. As a rapidly growing company, we seek high performers from all backgrounds who are self-motivated, take ownership, and are passionate about driving improvements. We value diversity and are proud to have an international team representing 14 nationalities, with around 30% female employees. At Aukera, mutual respect and effective collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.

Job Description

Aukera Energy now has a ready-to-build or advanced pipeline of over 4GW of BESS across five of Europe’s most attractive markets, and is seeking to expand its team addressing all technical aspects of the lifecycle of BESS, from greenfield development to operations.

Job Location: This role can be based in London, Rome, Berlin, or Bucharest. We are flexible on the location, as long as the they are based with the team in one of our offices for at least 3 days per week.

The role will have the following responsibilities:-

• Maintain and evolve internal knowledge base of equipment supply and design options for BESS projects,
• Monitor the development and launch of new BESS products and technologies,
• Build and maintain relationships with design/engineering counterparties at BESS equipment suppliers including but not limited to batteries, inverters, MV transformers, switchgear, control systems and HV equipment,
• Assist the development teams with site/project evaluation and by providing feasible and efficient layouts of projects that will end up getting built, taking into account planning and space constraints/requirements, constructability
• Assist with the completion of contracts, particularly technical appendices to contracts,
• Oversee detailed design/ engineering programmes and deliverables working with consultants and sub-contractors, ensure scope is completed as planned,
• Review and contribute to the approval of design packages for construction,
• Manage technical query coordination with suppliers, sub-contractors and consultants at the design, selection, financing and project delivery stages,
• Assist in the negotiation of warranties and other supply terms of a technical nature,
• Implement detailed project plans, keeping track of risks, goals, tasks, resources, schedules, costs, and contingencies,
• Proactively mitigate risks and resolve any matters encountered in conjunction with the consultants/ subcontractors/ suppliers during project development and construction),
• Assist in the coordination of the technical commissioning process of projects and the identification of solutions to problems encountered.
• Prepare regular progress reports for projects including status of risks, any deviations from the scope.
• Prepare efficient designs for solar/BESS co-location
• Assist in design and cost optimization taking into account all EPC cost categories

Experience & Qualifications

• BSc/BEng/Meng/MSc in electrical, mechanical, or other engineering discipline from a leading university
• 5 years in an engineering role in Energy - ideally Storage and renewables
• Proven track record and experience (minimum 5 years) in the technical design/specification or assessment/evaluation of energy (with a preference for energy storage and renewables) projects and the evaluation and selection of equipment suppliers.
• Contract details, warranties, infrastructure
• How equipment works and how it interfaces with the commercial contracts.
• Based in any Aukera office
• energy consultancy is fine
• Experience in HV equipment components is an advantage.
• Knowledge and experience of key supply terms in commercial contracts
• Working knowledge of relevant project management and engineering design software
• working with internal stakeholders and manufacturers

Business Skills

• Strong verbal and written skills in English;
• Attention to detail, strong organisation and interpersonal skills
• Confident in building relationships internally across the global team.
• Adept at working to challenging deadlines, prioritizing effectively and managing own workload.
• Enjoys working with a dynamic and highly engaged team, as well as working independently.
• A flexible and pro-active attitude, keen to take responsibility and to use initiative.

Employee Benefits

• Aukera's employee benefits vary by country, however we offer a competitive package, wherever you are based.