Design Engineer - Commercial and Industrial and Utility Scale Solar PV
- Systems specification, design, documentation and review in accordance with relevant ISO / IEC / BS standards, including IET PV CoP, BS 7671 18th Edition
- Development of customer-specific photovoltaic concepts as well as detailed design and implementation planning including yield simulations.
- Authorising, reviewing and amending Low Voltage (LV), Single Line Diagrams (SLD) and schematics;
- Electrical protection scheme design and review;
- Appointing consultants and assessing grid compliance and earthing reports;
- Low Voltage electrical equipment review, specification, selection and design to include Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), cable, meter, Current Transformer (CT), switchgear, filter, transformer, inverter;
- Liaison with electrical equipment manufacturers, technical advisors and consultants;
- Cable sizing and optimisation calculations according to installation conditions; issuing of LV and DC cable schedules for procurement and installation requirements;
- Organising and analysis of topographical and utility survey results to support system design and piling locations.
- Designing within planning constraints and flood risk assessment constraints. Support planning applications with design drawings. • Evaluation of the technical implementation options and selection of suitable mounting system and modules considering local conditions
- Ensure compliance of design with considerations such as planning and structural engineering.
- Technical support of sales and purchasing with layout and technical issues in the offer
- Technical support of the project managers in the construction and implementation phases of the project
- Close working and good communication with colleagues in Distribution network operator team (DNO), procurement, operations, legal, project development, project management and the subsidiaries
- Earthing system design and review;
- Last planner system design review (LPS);
- Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) - supplier proposal reviews: inverter and cell technology, sizing and optimisation calculations.
- Issuing of commissioning and operational instructions documentation e.g. shutdown procedures; briefing notes for owners and technical advisors;
- Maintain strict control of document register and track document changes;
- Design systems to monitor energy flow, inverter parameters, export limitation and client load monitoring;
- Interpretation of relevant ISO / IEC / BS standards and documentation of applicability to Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) designs.
- Engineering calculations and operational data analysis e.g. plant performance, performance ratio analysis, operational losses etc.;
- Technical advisor reports: review, assessment and issuing of responses;
- Site survey, construction inspection and As-Built document checks.
- Professional Solar PV system design experience at commercial or utility scale;
- Demonstrable knowledge of inverter specification, array sizing, yield optimisation, module selection and component assessments;
- Proficient in electrical systems design, including electrical power circuits (High voltage, low voltage, AC and DC), SCADA, communications systems and other equipment;
- Understanding of P28, G59/G99, G100 and similar Energy Networks Association (ENA) recommendations and design/implementation of solutions to meet these requirements;
- Familiarity with electrical design packages to assist with cable sizing and/or protection, discrimination and optimisation.
- Experienced user of the following software:
- AutoCAD
- PYSyst / PVSol
- MSOffice (particularly Excel for data analytics), Outlook, SharePoint
- Undergraduate degree in STEM subject; ideally Electrical Engineering, or equivalent professional experience and/or certifications
- Membership of professional body eg. Chartered Engineer desirable.
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