About the Role
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The Opportunity
Join one of the UK and Ireland’s leading renewable energy companies! At EDF Renewables UK and Ireland, we’re driving the transition to a greener future by developing, building, and operating cutting-edge wind, solar, and battery storage projects.
As an experienced Grid Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping the success of our renewable energy projects. You’ll provide expert guidance on grid connection requirements across a range of technologies, ensuring compliance with both distribution and transmission regulations. If you’re passionate about renewable energy and ready to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you!
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 a Grid Manager at EDF Renewables, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of clean energy. Your expertise will drive the success of our projects by:
• Contributing to EDFR long-term electricity connection strategies
• Developing and maintaining grid connection plans for renewable energy projects and ancillary technologies (including contestable works) throughout project lifecycle.
• Managing grid applications and working closely with system operators
• Ensuring all grid connection costs and programme risks are clearly understood and captured in modelling and assumption books
• Overseeing compliance and grid code requirements, including management of technical studies (including scoping and management of outsourcing)
• Handling contracts, costs, and stakeholder coordination associated with grid connections
• Taking a lead role in grid connection policy on behalf of EDFR including developing responses to industry consultations; representing EDFR in industry forums and shaping grid policy
What do you need to be great at this role?
We’re seeking a qualified and experienced Engineer with a strong technical background, ideally in the renewables industry. You’ll have a solid understanding of renewable generation systems and key components such as controllers, transformers, cables, and switchgear, along with expertise in High Voltage engineering.
Key Skills & Experience:
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Hands-on experience with grid connections for renewable projects
• Understanding of electrical system design processes
• Basic knowledge of preliminary electrical designs (e.g., single line diagrams, schematics, and general arrangement drawings)
• Awareness of Health & Safety regulations for electrical systems
If you're passionate about renewable energy and ready to make a real impact, join us!
Closing date for applications: 8th of March 2025
Location: Based from one of our offices within the UK (Durham, London, Edinburg or Cardiff). 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.
What's in it for you?
Join us, and let’s do good together.
