电气工程师 - 客户工程

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We are building talented teams that tackle real world challenges every day and help us to achieve our goal to prepare the grid to carry up to 80% of Ireland's electricity from renewable sources.

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If you are ready to make an impact and grow your career in a purpose-led organisation, your journey starts here.

The Opportunity

We have a variety of new roles from Engineer to Senior Lead Engineer in our Client Engineering function.

The Client Engineering Team is responsible for undertaking three key roles; technical authority, onshore engineering and offshore engineering. The team is responsible for setting the technical engineering policies and standards to be used for the development of the Irish Transmission Network, monitoring compliance during project design, construction and commissioning and for ensuring asset integrity for an uninterrupted power system functionality.

The successful candidates will perform client engineering assignments to ensure that the TSO Client Engineering role is adequately performed and business priorities are met. Delivery of these projects is required to meet key departmental and company objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Client Engineering services across customer connection and transmission reinforcement projects.
• Resolve project technical queries efficiently in line with TSO standards and policies.
• Ensure transmission projects, pre-commissioning, and TAO commissioning meets Eirgrid requirements.
• Work with New Connections and Transmission Projects teams to deliver technical requirements.
• Manage project relationships with vendors, customers and internal stakeholders.
• Support reviews and introduce tools, technologies and procedures for transmission projects.
• Support internal and external project reviews, assessments and audits.
• Prepare timely reports and approval papers for senior committees and the Board.
• Manage the Client Engineering Stage Gate process, ensuring requirements, approvals, risks and compliance evidence are complete before projects progress. Keep clear records, escalate issues and share lessons learned after energisation.
• Manage Client Engineering engagement and communication with ESB Networks.

About You

• Degree-level Electrical Engineering qualification or equivalent, with typically 4+ years' relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of 110/220/400kV transmission design, emerging technologies and CENELEC standards for substations, overhead lines and cables.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly.
• Ability to influence others and work collaboratively.
• Strong innovation, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience inspecting sites, monitoring project activities, reporting risks and non-compliance, and tracking actions to closure.
• Knowledge of EirGrid's role in contestable build projects.
• Experience providing technical standards to TAO, generator, demand and IPP customers.
• Experience preparing transmission drawings, including SLDs, layouts, protection schematics and interlocking drawings.
• Ability to manage technical project work and track key tasks with project managers.
• Takes ownership of technical deliverables.
• Full driving licence.

Please note we receive a high volume of applications, and as every application is carefully reviewed our response time may vary. If you agree to be considered for other roles this may result in a delayed response as we establish the best fit for your experience. We appreciate your patience.

This application covers a number of roles, which may result in the application remaining open for some time. This may result in a delayed response, but please be assured that all applications are reviewed.

We value potential as much as experience. If you believe you can succeed in this role, we encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet every requirement.

We're dedicated to diversity and inclusion at EirGrid. We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and the importance of a supportive culture for all our people to achieve their potential. Our diversity and inclusion networks have been designed to create an inclusive culture that enables our people to feel a sense of belonging at work.

As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.