Power System Engineer

Job Description

Role: Power Systems Engineer

Location: London, Hybrid

Salary: Up to £90,000

Type: Full-Time, 4-day week

About the company

Our client is an established energy infrastructure developer with decades of experience delivering large-scale clean energy and digital infrastructure projects. Operating across the UK and wider Europe, they have built a portfolio exceeding 5 GW across solar, battery storage, wind, and data centre developments.

With in-house expertise across grid, land, design, legal and planning, the company manages projects end-to-end and is now expanding its technical team in London.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Power Systems Engineer to take a leading role in grid feasibility, system analysis, and connection strategy for our clients growing renewable and storage portfolio.

This role involves hands-on power system modelling, detailed technical assessments, and close collaboration with DNOs/ Grid. The engineer will work alongside the Grid Manager and wider development teams, ensuring all projects meet the required technical, regulatory, and commercial criteria.

This is a high-impact position suited to someone who can operate with technical autonomy and apply strong independent judgement on what analyses each project requires.

Key responsibilities

• Perform dynamic stability, reactive power, and voltage compensation studies for large-scale solar, battery, and hybrid projects.
• Carry out EMT compliance assessments and develop mitigation strategies for energisation, fault behaviour, and inverter stability.
• Conduct dynamic EMT modelling for grid-forming inverter applications, ensuring stability and system support requirements are met.
• Lead feasibility assessments for new connections to UK networks at 11kV–400kV.
• Prepare, review, and manage grid connection applications with DNOs and Grid.
• Analyse connection offers, constraints, and technical obligations to support project decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with G99, G100, and all relevant grid codes and standards.
• Assess grid capacity, reinforcement needs, voltage performance, and congestion impacts.
• Recommend technical solutions to optimise project performance and reduce grid risk.
• Apply independent technical judgement to determine which studies and assessments each project requires.

Qualifications & Experience

• 3–5+ years hands-on experience conducting power system modelling for renewable or storage projects.
• Proven experience in Dynamic stability studies, Reactive power and compensation analysis, EMT compliance and energisation studies, Grid-forming inverter modelling and stability assessments.
• Strong understanding of UK transmission & distribution networks and relevant grid codes.
• Experience interfacing with DNOs and/or Grid.
• Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong independent decision-making ability regarding project-specific technical needs.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or related field.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working toward registration.

What's on offer?

• Up to £90,000 per annum + bonus
• Full-time, 4-day week
• 30 days plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Support for chartership (CEng) or further technical training
• Flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity to play a leading role in an expanding technical team within a growing, multi- renewable energy business