Optimisation Lead

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The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has become available for an Optimisation Lead within our team here at EDF Renewables. This is a role blending contract and project management needs for Asset Operations, focusing on revenue streams and any opportunities to both maximise and diversify them for the EDFR portfolio.

The scope covers all EDF Renewables technologies: wind, solar and storage. Optimisation of the commercial strategy for operational assets takes priority, although support could also be required for assets under development/construction.

Pay, benefits and culture 

If you’re looking to join a company where you can work hard, have fun, and help to create a Net Zero future – then you’re in the right place!’

Our passion for embracing new ideas and being open-minded to change helps us continue to grow successfully.

We’re committed to helping all of our people thrive during their time with us, recognising and rewarding every person for their hard work and commitment. 

Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, and market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits and employee discounts to help you thrive across all aspects of your life. You can spend your flexible fund on the benefits that matter to you, whether that’s an electric vehicle, private healthcare, additional holiday or one or more of our other benefits.

We’ll offer you the flexibility, freedom and responsibility to make an impact in your role; whether that’s on-site, in the office or hybrid working from home.  

We’re committed to championing diversity representation across gender, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and more. This applies to all our roles, underpinned by our Everyone’s Welcome inclusion programme.

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need. 

What you’ll be doing

As Optimisation Lead you will be responsible for ensuring that all assets in the EDFR portfolio are being operated at peak commercial performance in addition to:

• Leading contract tenders for new & existing “non-power” related revenue streams, e.g. National Grid Pathfinders, ancillary services and the Capacity Market.
• Managing impacts of new revenue streams and services on Power Purchase Agreements and BESS Optimisation Agreements for effective delivery, on behalf of the Asset Management team. Ensuring that obligations are being met by both parties.
• Facilitating cross-functional working groups to progress a pipeline of revenue optimisation opportunities for wind, solar and battery storage assets, driving them from identification to realisation.
• Providing commercial advice to the rest of Asset Operations, e.g., battery O&M, wind outage planners, etc. as well as other areas of EDF Renewables.
• Exploiting opportunities such as new revenue streams by working with engineering, asset management and legal teams. One such example being the drive to introduce more renewable assets into the Balancing Mechanism.
• Documenting and mapping key business processes, giving the wider business clarity over its responsibilities and how it manages them.
• To ensure assets are compliant with their respective regulatory requirements and that market risk is being managed during their operations.

What do you need to be great at this role?

You will hold an academic qualification at degree level or recognised equivalent coupled with:

• Experience within UK Energy Market & Regulation.
• Specific familiarity with Ancillary Services contracts, renewable Power Purchase Agreements or battery Optimisation Agreements would be an advantage.
• Familiarity with market optimisation of battery storage assets would be an advantage.
• Strong / proven experience in managing projects.
• Strong / proven experience in contract management.
• Experience in risk management & analysis of financial performance.
• Highly organised individual, with ability to manage a large number of concurrent activities.
• Enthusiasm and motivation to work individually and also the required skills to work as part of a team.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong at building relationships with internal and external parties.
• Able to work effectively across a business with strong influencing skills.

Closing date for applications: 19th of December 2024
Location: Based from our Cardinal Place office in London. We're proud to offer a Flexible First approach to work meaning you can work comfortably from home with our offices as your base location.

Why EDF Renewables?

At EDF Renewables UK & Ireland we’re committed to tackling climate change. Our rapidly growing team of 500 talented people share an ambition to create a net zero future where clean, green, energy powers all our lives.

It’s a huge ambition and time is of the essence if we are to play our full part in meeting the UK and Ireland’s challenging net zero targets. With our unique mix of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery storage and green hydrogen we are the UK & Ireland’s most diverse generator of renewable energy.

To achieve our goal of generating a massive 10GW of renewable energy by 2035, we’re working with stakeholders and communities throughout the UK and Ireland to unlock the enormous potential of the low carbon energy sector.

If you’re passionate about tackling climate change to create the cleaner, greener future we all want, we would love you to come join us. 

Join us, and let’s do good together.