Technical Consultant, Power Systems

Location:

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Job ID:

R0067069

Date Posted:

2025-01-07

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY UK LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

Yes

Job Description:

The opportunity

Hitachi Energy has an exciting new opportunity for a Technical Consultant you'll be responsible for the development of advisory projects for major electricity sector agents, including distribution, transmission, retailer, generators in helping them deal with regulatory, economic and electricity challenges. Assists in the building and retention of long-lasting relationships with internal and external customers to support profitable growth and ongoing satisfaction.

This position is of a hybrid nature (2/3 days working out of our central Birmingham office). Please also note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

How you’ll make an impact

• Identifying opportunities for new and repeating consulting business, building an internal and external network for the exchange of information

• Creating added value for customers and the organization, ensuring the successful outcome of transactions, contracts and proposals, using a series of sales techniques, and negotiating tactics for the leading of sales activities

• Proposing research & development projects including the scope of the budget, supporting the project management strategy including productization, modularization and following up on new products/solutions, including ongoing support with contract management activities

• Conducts risk and opportunities for the various assessments, ensuring delivery of the assignment as per agreed contract

• Leads in the creation of new process and tool enhancement following the study of advanced techniques, with a lead to coach and develop sub-ordinate colleagues

• Managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision

• Coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals

• Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex

Your background

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, electrical power systems or similar, is required

• Proven experience and knowledge of the electric power industry, market, systems and equipment’s

• Degree in electrical engineering preferred (Masters, PhD, MBA)

• Proven experience in the design, understanding and performance of power systems studies

• Knowledge in power systems analysis, as well as experience in software simulation tools such as Digsilent Powerfactory, PSCAD, ETAP, PSS/E (power systems) and/or EMTP (electronic systems)

• Excellent communication skills at all levels confident in presenting data

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