Senior Engineer - Interconnection

We are the people behind Ireland’s electricity grid. We operate the power system with world leading levels of variable asynchronous renewable generation, ensuring that everyone has power when they need it. But that’s not all, we are now transforming the power system for future generations.  And that’s just the beginning of our story. We have a critical purpose. That purpose is to transform the power system to enable our society to reduce our carbon emissions and meet our climate change and net zero ambitions.  Be part of the transformation! The Opportunity We are now seeking a Senior Engineer to join our Interconnection team.
The role of Senior Engineer will support the Interconnection function in ensuring that it fulfils its objective to integrate and optimise the use of HVDC interconnection assets to deliver the greatest benefit to the System Operation of the Irish transmission grid while supporting the ongoing integration of renewable generation resources. The role holder will work with the team in areas including multi-disciplined Change Management to execute the analysis of technical and economic problems, propose solutions, prepare presentations and reports for internal and external stakeholder engagement and develop new tools, procedures, operating agreements and policy. The Team
The Transformation and Operations Office is central to the delivery of our primary role – the operation, development and enhancement of the power system and the wholesale electricity market. The Office is also responsible for the sustainable implementation of transmission system and market development to meet the future needs of all users of electricity. The Interconnection function is responsible for the operational activities associated with managing the 500 MW High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) East West interconnector (EWIC) to Wales on a 24 x 7 basis and the readiness activities associated with the proposed 700 MW Celtic Interconnector MW HVDC link between Ireland and France. This includes leading the delivery of transformational change in cross border markets, operational development and asset management, as well as identifying and supporting future Interconnector opportunities for the benefit of consumers. About you
Successful candidates will have the following:

• Engineering degree or equivalent, with a minimum of 4 years post qualification experience in the electricity industry, especially system operations or interconnection (such as HVDC-VSC).
• Strong knowledge of electrical power systems and awareness of energy targets and ambitions for decarbonisation of the energy sector.
• Knowledge of wholesale power markets, market arrangements in the SEM, Great Britain, France and in other European countries
• Ability to deliver medium/large projects.
• Excellent organisational skills and strong track record of delivery
• Experience in a multidisciplinary team and excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical abilities, coupled with the ability to make reasoned judgements based on available information in a changing and dynamic environment.
• Ability to translate policy and concepts into rules, codes and standards and vice versa.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to work effectively as part of a team, capable of delivering shared goals with internal and external stakeholders through open dialogue, while also being able to define and guide own work under minimal supervision.
• Good oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.