Description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
With your help we can become a leader in the energy transition to net zero with the adoption of innovative technologies, renewables and the transformation of existing assets on the journey to a decarbonised society.
You will be leading and delivering a range of projects within the Power Systems team, bidding and winning work as well as supporting and training team members. As part of the role, you will be involved in writing and reviewing technical reports and proposals and maintaining client relationships. Therefore, an ability and enthusiasm to have direct client contact and generate good client relationships is essential.
The types of work delivered within the Power Systems team currently include:
- Steady studies such as load flow, fault level and reactive compensation;
- Dynamic studies such as frequency and voltage stability;
- Harmonic analysis/ power quality/ filter design;
- Transient overvoltage and insulation coordination simulation studies (switching/lightning);
- Control interaction studies;
- Earthing studies;
- Protection coordination and Arc Flash studies; and
- Grid connection support to onshore and offshore developers.
In this role your responsibilities will include:
- Delivering consulting work related to the various types of power systems studies and analysis, in particular control interaction studies.
- Providing technical and project management leadership to support the project team in the successful delivery of consulting work.
- Ensuring technical quality of delivery of power systems projects, reports and proposals.
- Building and maintaining key client relationships to effectively position power systems services and secure future business.
- Leading the development and delivery of project proposals and identifying areas where services/skill sets can be integrated through multi-disciplinary working.
- Lead on excellence in power systems software packages (e.g. DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSS/E, ETAP, PSCAD, IPSA, CDEGs, etc.)
What we will be looking for you to demonstrate:
- A Degree in Electrical Engineering with Power Systems specialisation.
- Experience in power systems consulting.
- A network of industry contacts and clients.
- Proactive and highly motivated to meet customer requirements.
- Focus on quality, ensuring excellence of deliverables for both project reports and proposals and an ability to work in a fast-paced environment, often working on multiple projects/ proposals at any one time.