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Job Summary
Why Black & Veatch? We’re driven by solving clients’ complex problems, building relationships and fulfilling our Mission of Building a World of Difference®. Black & Veatch helps to improve and sustain the quality of life around the world. Every day, we’re doing work that improves lives, sparks economic development, strengthens public health and changes communities for the better.
As a Black & Veatch graduate professional, you’ll be working on sustainable solutions to some of today’s biggest energy challenges.
As one of the newest employee-owners at Black & Veatch, you won't just be doing the busy-work. You'll help address some of the world's most pressing infrastructure challenges. You'll learn the business from a diverse, motivated team of designers, engineers, and project managers. You'll develop and sharpen the skills that will serve you throughout your career.
As a
Graduate Engineer, you’ll join our renewables team, undertaking renewable energy plant (eg. Wind farms) audits throughout the United Kingdom.
This is a permanent opportunity with immediate starts available. You’ll be based in our
Glasgow city centre office, with the option to work from home 2 days per week once you’ve completed your first 90 days. Regular travel to sites is required, so please note you must be able to drive for this role.
This role is open to recent graduates within any relevant engineering discipline, with preference for Civil Engineer, Electrical Engineer and Mechanical Engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Work effectively on several renewable energy audits concurrently.
- Undertake engineering and economics analysis of renewable energy projects.
- Undertake witnessing / inspection of mechanical and electrical commissioning of renewable energy projects.
- Participate in site visits and client meetings.
- Liaise with external organisations.
- Progress to undertake feasibility studies, design, specification and implementation of renewable energy projects.
- Progress to provide grid connection and compliance support for renewable energy projects.
- Assist with various marketing and tender initiatives.
Preferred Qualifications
If you bring some of these skills and areas of knowledge we’d love to hear from you! We don’t expect any candidate to have everything on this list, just a few and curiosity to learn more.
Knowledge areas:
- Key renewables energy technologies such as; power plant, wind, solar, and battery energy storage.
- Power generation, transmission and distribution networks.
- Typical electrical power system studies (Load Flow, Short Circuit, Losses.).
- Electrical infrastructure and plant specification and arrangement for renewable energy projects.
- Main electrical equipment / cable sizing calculations.
- Additionally, it would be beneficial to have some knowledge of: power system analysis software such as DigSilent, PSCAD or ETAP; Grid connection and TSO/DNO interfaces; Feed in Tariff (FIT) and Renewables Obligation (RO); UK Grid Code.
Skills:
- Technical analysis
- Ability to effectively communicate to different stakeholders.
- Time management is key to this role so an ability to manage multiple tasks throughout your working week is paramount.
- Highly numerate and well-developed MS Excel skills (ideally including VBA, and Python).
- Well-developed report writing skills, using MS Word.
Personal attributes:
- Willingness to learn and interest in progressing career in renewables.
- Self-starter with the ability to think independently.
- Prioritising, planning, and organising own workload.
- Accountability, including level of self-motivation and ambition.
- Communication and team-working skills and sharing / using best practice information.
- Willingness to be adaptable, work flexibly.
- Initiative, self-reliance, and drive to deliver results.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical preferred)
- You should be a recent graduate (within maximum of 2 years)
- You must have the legal right to work in the UK
- Full UK Driving Licence
Salary Plan
ENG: Engineering
Job Grade
127
