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Helen Charteris
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Grid Consultant

Contract

Permanent

Location

City of Milton Keynes, City of Milton Keynes

Salary

£65,000

Grid Consultant Permanent | Remote / Hybrid | Milton Keynes & London

The role

Following a period of strong growth, our clients are seeking an experienced Grid Consultant to join a specialist grid consultancy team. This is a customer-facing position providing expert grid consultancy to external clients across the full spectrum of distribution and transmission connections — commercial, technical, regulatory and market-related.

The role would suit someone with a grid connections management background at a developer, ICP, network company or consultancy. You'll also provide commercial, technical and project management support to a private networks business operating in the unlicensed market.

What you'll be doing

  • Providing expert grid advice to external customers across technical, commercial, regulatory and market matters
  • Managing grid connections for portfolio customers from feasibility through to pre-construction
  • Assessing grid connection feasibility and producing application and offer documentation
  • Scrutinising, challenging and optimising grid connection offers on behalf of clients
  • Undertaking grid connection due diligence reviews and RAG reporting
  • Representing customers with DNOs, TOs and NESO
  • Navigating grid connection challenges and developing novel solutions to progress connections
  • Monitoring the regulatory landscape and keeping abreast of key developments such as Connections Reform and Clean Power 2030
  • Managing pipeline and workload effectively, communicating with customers, upstream network operators and the wider business
  • Supporting key account management of EHV pipeline projects during the project development stage
  • Managing milestones, critical path items and IDNO interface negotiations with host TOs and DNOs
  • Contributing to business development, quoting activities and industry workgroups
  • Owning and maintaining key data within company business management systems

What we're looking for

Essential:

  • Robust technical and regulatory knowledge of the GB grid, including recent developments
  • Strong understanding of the connections process and contracts at distribution and transmission level
  • Experience in project development and management relating to grid connections
  • A track record of securing viable grid connections and delivering expert grid advice
  • Experience undertaking technical due diligence
  • Confidence to challenge network operator assumptions and standards to drive efficiencies
  • Ability to work independently and prioritise effectively in a fast-moving environment
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical subjects to non-technical audiences

Desirable:

  • Consultancy experience, including scoping requirements and preparing proposals
  • Engagement with industry initiatives and workgroups
  • A strong network of industry contacts
  • Full UK driving licence

What's on offer

  • Salary from £45,000, dependent on skills and experience
  • Discretionary annual bonus of up to 20%
  • 5% employer pension contribution
  • 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Salary sacrifice EV car scheme (available after 12 months)

About embs energy

With over 30 years of specialist knowledge, embs energy is a leading recruitment partner across the power, energy and transmission & distribution sectors. We work with clients and candidates across the UK, Europe and globally, connecting exceptional talent with the organisations shaping the future of energy. Our deep sector expertise means we understand the technical nuance of every role we recruit — from entry level through to executive search. When you work with embs energy, you're working with people who truly know your world.

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