Controls Engineer - Battery Energy Storage Solutions

Job Description

Our mission is to make clean power accessible, to accelerate the shift to zero-carbon power and transport around the world. We are passionate about making a positive impact on communities and the environment where we work.

We’re designing, financing, building and operating the world’s most sophisticated battery systems to enable the take up of more renewable power, electrifying fleets for cleaner air, and providing clean, portable power including repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Our proprietary software and data analysis optimises operational performance for our customers to reduce emissions and costs.

Since we began in 2017, we’ve raised over £2 billion in debt and equity funding and transformed it into >1GW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract and c.2,000 electric vehicles supported. We have operations in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Benelux, the USA and a global headquarters in London.

We’re the leading owner and operator of battery storage in the UK, supporting the National Grid with the uptake of renewable power. We also work with c.90% of the UK's major bus companies, powering 25% of the UK e-bus market. We’re also the number one owner and operator of e-buses in Australia and New Zealand, and are quickly expanding into light commercial vehicles and trucks. Our rapidly growing company is looking for highly talented and motivated people to join us.

The Opportunity

Zenobe is seeking a Controls Engineer to contribute to the design and delivery of our 1GW+ pipeline of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects.

You will take a leading role across a variety of controls engineering activities including PLC and SCADA specifications, defining interfaces with the many different devices on each site such as Power Plant Controllers, Metering, Protection Devices and any external interfaces.

It will be a requirement to hit the ground running and to be comfortable operating at a rapid pace at times with levels of ambiguity and the pressure of deadlines.

A Taste of the Day to Day

• Define, develop and continually refine the controls and monitoring philosophy to be applied across Zenobe BESS projects and ensure the philosophy is maintained.
• Collaborate with project teams to generate engineering design documents and deliverables (drawings, specifications, points lists, etc.) to ensure all requirements are captured.
• Detail control and monitoring requirements to be specified in the supplier tenders run by the procurement team.
• Create and define detailed design specifications to be distributed to our chosen vendors to direct their scope of supply and ensure delivery meets our requirements.
• Provide expertise in the selection and design of control, metering and monitoring solutions for projects in the pipeline.
• Collaborate with Network engineers to ensure hardware architecture and system design is resilient and secure.
• Coordinate SCADA requirements gathering, delivery and testing throughout project delivery
• Work with our “Route to Market” providers to ensure seamless and reliable interaction with our assets management.

Health and Safety

• Actively contribute to Zenobe's commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and sustainability by; integrating these principles into daily responsibilities, ensuring a safe and supportive work environment, promoting both the physical and mental health of self and colleagues, and adopting sustainable and energy-efficient practices to minimize environmental impact. By doing so, each employee at Zenobe plays a vital role in fostering a culture that prioritises overall safety, holistic wellbeing, environmental sustainability in our business operations.

What We’re Looking For

We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience. Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero carbon world.

Essential Skills

• Experience in the development and execution of industrial controls / PLCs / SCADA systems throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Strong engineering and operational technology skills
• Fluent in Microsoft office applications including PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Project.

Essential Competencies

• A genuine passion in clean energy and our social and environmental mission
• Strong technical engineering skills – comfortable with industry standards, calculations, and specifications
• Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting technical results and implications
• Strong organisation skills, team player and good attention to detail
• Results oriented who is not afraid to take responsibility and accountability
• Ability to manage and motivate people
• Desire to work in a fast moving, high pressure and entrepreneurial environment

Desirable Competencies

• Experience delivering control solutions for large-scale battery storage, renewable energy, or power generation projects would be advantageous.
• Working knowledge of Modbus and IEC61850 would be advantageous.
• Experience working on transmission connected assets / projects at voltage levels of 132kV and above and an understanding the connection requirements in relation to the Grid Code would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of the UK energy landscape
• Ability to work in the HQ in London
• Strong leadership skills with growth mindset

Working at Zenobe

We’re passionate about sustainability and are proud to offer Team Zenobē a pioneering and collaborative working environment. We encourage our people to take ownership of their career progression and celebrate those that can think outside the box.

If you’d like to join our community of likeminded people hit the apply button now, we’d love to hear from you!

What We Offer

Charge your career at Zenobē and receive

• Up to 33% annual bonus for being awesome
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Private Medical Insurance
• £1,500 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do
• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Pension scheme, up to 8% matched contributions
• Enhanced parental leave
• Cash back health plan
• Plus more

Lots of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexitime and hybrid working. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but please talk to us about the flexibility you need and let’s see how we can make it work.

Our Approach to Diversity and Inclusion

Our people are our strongest asset and the key determinant of our success, and we value a range of skillsets and perspectives. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We work to provide equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment, where everyone is fairly treated in the application process and through their career at Zenobē. If there are any adjustments that would help improve your experience with Zenobē, please let us know when you apply.