System Planning Engineer

Become a System Planning Engineer with SSE Renewables in various UK locations. Lead power system studies, manage CAPEX investments, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Enjoy flexible benefits like discounts on healthcare and gym memberships, as well as family entitlements. Join SSE Renewables as a System Planning Engineer in Aberdeen, Inverness, Perth, or Glasgow, UK. This role involves conducting power system studies, managing CAPEX investments, and ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory requirements. Collaborate with design teams to deliver efficient projects while driving innovation for net-zero energy solutions. Enjoy flexible benefits, including discounts on private healthcare, gym memberships, and generous family entitlements.

SSE Renewables Flexible Full Time GBP 69k–81k yearly UTC+00:00

Aberdeen, United Kingdom Inverness, United Kingdom Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

SSE Renewables

Company Overview

Name

SSE Renewables, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SSE plc

Headquarters

Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom

Founded

2010

Size

Approximately 4,900 MW of renewable capacity as of March 2023 (source: dcfmodeling.com). SSE plc reported £8.4 billion in revenue for 2023 (source: dcfmodeling.com).

What They Do

SSE Renewables specializes in the development, ownership, and operation of renewable energy assets, primarily focusing on onshore and offshore wind farms, as well as hydroelectric generation. The company is a key player in the renewable energy sector, with a significant emphasis on expanding its capabilities in emerging technologies such as battery storage and hydrogen. SSE Renewables operates within SSE plc's broader low-carbon infrastructure framework, which includes extensive electricity transmission and distribution grids that span nearly 132,000 km and serve approximately 3.8 million customers (source: en.wikipedia.org). The company has a strong commitment to sustainability and aims to address the climate emergency through large-scale renewable projects.

Projects & Track Record

SSE Renewables has an impressive portfolio of completed projects, including the 504MW Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, which was completed in 2012 off the coast of Suffolk, England, and the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm, which became operational in 2019 off Caithness, Scotland. The company also developed the 100MW Glendoe hydroelectric scheme near Fort Augustus, Scotland, completed in 2009, and the Clyde wind farm, which was operational by 2013, making SSE the largest onshore wind generator in Great Britain and Ireland at that time. Additionally, the 72MW Meentycat wind farm in Ireland is notable for supplying 100% renewable electricity (source: sserenewables.com). The company is currently engaged in major projects such as the 1.1GW Seagreen offshore wind farm, which began construction in 2020 and is set to be completed in 2023.

Recent Developments

In June 2023, SSE Renewables published a brochure celebrating 20 years of offshore wind, highlighting significant milestones from the Arklow Bank project in 2003 to the ongoing construction of the Seagreen project and the development of the Dogger Bank project, which is poised to be the world's largest offshore wind project. In 2023, SSE plc invested £2.3 billion in renewable assets, including wind and solar, achieving a total renewable capacity of 4.7GW, with SSE Renewables contributing 4.9GW by March 2023 (source: sserenewables.com). The company has committed to investing £24 billion over the next decade to further enhance its offshore and onshore wind capabilities.

Working There

SSE Renewables offers a variety of roles across its operations, including positions in renewable energy development, engineering, and customer service. The company operates from key locations such as its headquarters in Perth, Scotland, and various project sites including Cromarty Firth and Nigg, where significant construction activities are taking place for projects like Beatrice and Seagreen. The company culture emphasizes sustainability and community engagement, with initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Fund launched in 2013/14 to support local communities near renewable projects (source: sseheritage.com). SSE Renewables also provides training opportunities, particularly at its Dundee training facility, to ensure employees are well-equipped for the evolving energy landscape.

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Job Description

As we chart our course to a net-zero world, the way society uses energy is changing, new innovative solutions like renewable energy, electric vehicles, heat pumps, community energy and energy storage are being deployed at scale and this is altering the nature and volume of energy flowing through our electrical networks. This is dramatically changing the detail and complexity of the network planning and management we require, as a result we are responding to this by driving modernisation of our processes through innovation and digitalisation.

Our System Planning team is at the cutting edge of this as they build a new set of skills and capabilities to meet this challenge, working with new Digital network models and tools to identify and anticipate the constraints on the network they are utilising new innovative solutions such as digital twins, demand flexibility, monitoring and analytics to inform the investment programmes that will be needed.

This role will not only be leading on one of the key enablers of Net Zero but will also ensures that safety, security of supply and performance of the network is maintained in accordance with statutory, regulatory and licence requirements in the most economic, efficient and co-ordinated manner providing the safe, affordable, reliable energy that our customers need.

Join us at the forefront of delivering net-zero, as we are scaling up our DSO System Planning workforce.

As System Planning Engineer, you will

Carry out a wide range of power system studies and manage our CAPEX investment programme to ensure that our electricity network remains fully compliant with the technical and regulatory requirements of our license.
Analyse the capability of our networks to accommodate both demand and generation connections.
Work closely with the design and delivery teams to ensure capital and connection projects are designed and delivered in an efficient and co-ordinated manner.
Support planning standards workforce and ensure that any developments are transferred and embedded into our day-to-day Planning function.
Specify innovative solutions and ensure that the learning from our on-going high-profile low carbon innovation projects is transferred and embedded into our day-to-day Planning function.

You have

Minimum HNC educational qualification in Electrical Engineering with relevant industry experience, or engineering degree working towards Chartered Engineer.
Fundamental knowledge of planning, design, operation, protection and control of electricity networks, and the interface with Transmission.
Knowledge of statutory, regulatory & license requirements, industry wide codes, network and engineering standards (P2/8, P28, G5/5, G74, G98, G99, G100).
Experience using Power System Analysis software e.g. PowerFactory, PSSE or willingness to learn new systems. Ability to use Python is an advantage.
Commercial awareness and have a passion for developing innovative solutions.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact [email protected] / 01738 341814 to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

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