Senior Lead Engineer

Senior Lead Engineer - Power System Insights Research (E2024118)

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. The Opportunity We are now seeking innovative, solution-focused, resilient and motivated individuals to join our team and play a key role in the transition to a low carbon energy future.
The Chief Digital and Information Office (CDIO) is responsible for visioning and planning the power system and market of the future as well as innovating in how we operate and develop the grid to ensure we meet climate change targets and decarbonise the electricity system. Creating a culture of continuous improvement that drives technical and process innovation is central to delivering on these roles.
This role isn’t just important – it’s critical. You will have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to how we operate the future power system. To do this you will work collaboratively across the organisation and with our stakeholders as we strive to transform the power system for future generations. The Team
The Chief Digital and Information Office (CDIO) comprises highly skilled professionals with a variety of different disciplines, including engineering, commerce and policy, all committed to helping meet the ambitious targets for adding renewable generation to our networks and the electrification to more of our economy and society.
The Power System Insights and Research Function is responsible for capacity analysis, techno-economic modelling and energy related research. This role sits within the Energy Economics team and involves analysis of the Irish and Northern Irish power systems as well as the Single Electricity Market (SEM). The team are responsible for developing the models that calculate the Dispatch Balancing Costs which are a key part of the Imperfections Charge levied on retail electricity suppliers. The team support the Enduring Connection Policy (ECP) in Ireland by modelling the expected constraints in each region in the coming years with the addition of new generation through this connection policy. The team also support our European Transmission System Operator colleagues in modelling and analysis for key European adequacy and network development studies and reports.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Lead Engineer who will provide technical expert knowledge to Economic Analysis Manager and lead the delivery of a range of techno-economic modelling. In this role you will be responsible for developing and leading techno-economic modelling programmes for National and European market studies and providing insights for the relevant reports. You will support the forecast model development to enhance our techno-economic analysis and reporting of National and European cost benefit analysis studies as well as representing EirGrid at the ENTSO-E working group for Ten Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) to ensure that future offshore projects connecting to Ireland are appropriately modelled and assessed within the EU frameworks. About you
Successful candidates will have the following:

 

• Engineering, economics or equivalent degree, typically with a minimum of 6 years relevant experience.
• Advanced technical knowledge of power systems, demand forecasting, generation, interconnection and storage technology.
• Experience in techno-economic modelling skills, in a software such as Plexos or similar.
• Experience in advanced use of Excel for data analysis and macro development.
• Proficiency in project management.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate complex model results and present technical reports.
• Demonstrated consultation skills, with change management concepts and strategies including communication, culture change and performance measurement system design;