Vacancies
We offer the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment where each day brings new challenges. We look for motivated people, who are team players and strive for results, and we reward your efforts with an excellent remuneration and benefits package.
If you would like to join our team, check out our latest vacancies below.
Senior Power & Energy Systems Transition Engineer
If you are passionate about the Energy Systems Transition and new technologies, driven by innovation and energised by collaboration, this is the role for you.
The EIC has been established for the past decade and, thanks to continued growth and success, we have a vacancy for a Senior Engineer.
The successful candidate will drive collaboration between the EIC industry partners (energy networks and beyond) and our global innovation community, to Discover, Develop and Deploy innovations which:
will enable the transition to a smart, flexible, low cost and low-carbon energy system for all consumers and network users (including vulnerable customers).
Can deliver short or long term changes relating to health & safety, asset management, fault performance, environmental impact, customer service, cost efficiency.
In this exciting role, you will:
- Be responsible for developing a high level Energy Systems Transition EIC strategy, taking into account on-going initiatives in the Industry, and considering a whole system approaches.
- Seek out new technologies, innovative SMEs and value-adding service providers
- Assess, critique and launch tender opportunities and market research programmes on behalf of UK Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and
- Transmission Network Operators (TNOs)
- Develop credible technology development and trial propositions, in conjunction with innovators, for consideration by industry and external investment partners
- Assist with the technical due diligence required to support industry investment
- Develop proposals and project plans for presentation to industry partners
- Assist innovators in identifying potential markets for new technologies
- Support the delivery of projects and deployment of solutions
- Identify and manage issues and blockers in relation to project investment
- Contribute to the growth and ambition of the EIC.
Please read the full role description attached below.
Innovation Project Manager
Project
Manager | Collaborator | Problem solver | Creative thinker | Team player
If you are:
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Passionate about project management, innovation, and new technologies,
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Driven and determined to make an impact
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Energised by collaboration
This is the role for you.
The EIC has been established for the past
decade and, thanks to continued growth and success, we have a vacancy for an
Experienced Innovation Project Manager based at our office in Ellesmere Port and
willing to travel within the UK (circa 50%).
The successful candidate
will:
1.
Develop and deliver innovation projects (from
the EIC portfolio) for one of our DNO partners
2.
Work with both EIC and Partner teams to
deliver the projects to agreed targets and facilitate implementation into
Business as Usual.
3.
Report into the EIC Innovation Development
workstream, and also our Partner project portfolio structure.
4.
Be responsible for linking with key Partner business
units (including legal and procurement), to drive progress against the project
targets, and ideally exceed them.
5.
Actively seek to identify blockers and
recommend improvements to streamline processes
It is expected that the project manager will develop,
co-ordinate and deliver a portfolio of projects, some of which will be collaborative
with other EIC partners. Topics are likely to include improving network performance,
optimising assets and practices, improving efficiency, decarbonising UK
distribution networks, and facilitating the integration of low carbon
technologies.
In this exciting role,
you will:
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Develop innovation
projects and drive them through different stages of approval and delivery in
order to ensure business as usual implementation. This will include drafting of
the project plan, getting buy-in from stakeholders, and coordinating of
contract approvals.
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Manage the research,
development, demonstration, and business-as-usual implementation of novel
technologies and/or novel commercial arrangements
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Coordinate cost-benefit
analysis, prepare business cases and retrospective benefits assessments for new
and existing innovation projects
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Manage budgets
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Ensure that projects are
managed and delivered in compliance with relevant internal and external
standards, procedures, and governance – e.g. Electricity Network Innovation
Allowance Governance; including documentation & to comply with stage-gated
governance and monthly project health reporting
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Liaise with the supply
chain/innovators, contractors, engineering experts, and/or partners’
installation resources - to ensure project delivery; to ensure also that they
have adequate resources; to hold them accountable for time, cost, quality,
health and safety, and environmental performance of their respective project
tasks.
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Manage project risks,
issues, and changes as they arise; and where an issue needs to be escalated to
senior management, prepare briefings, options, and expert advice to enable an
effective and timely decision
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Prepare and review
project progress, deliverables and technical reports that are submitted to
Ofgem and published in the public domain
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Liaise with subject
matter experts across the business and externally, and/or provide technical
input where necessary
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Ensure dissemination of
knowledge and learning to internal and external stakeholders using a wide range
of communications channels
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Engage directly and build
strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders at a senior level
