Principal Consultant, Power Systems (Birmingham City Centre)

Principal Consultant, Power Systems (Birmingham City Centre)

Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Job ID: R

Date Posted: 2025-01-07

Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY UK LIMITED

Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

Job Description:

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

Responsibilities:

• 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 leading sales activities.
• Proposing research & development projects including the scope of the budget, supporting the project management strategy, including production, modularization, and following up on new products/solutions, including ongoing support with contract management activities.
• Conducting risk and opportunity assessments for various assignments, ensuring delivery as per agreed contracts.
• Leading the creation of new processes and tool enhancements following the study of advanced techniques, with a lead to coach and develop subordinate colleagues.

Background:

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, electrical power systems, or similar, is required.
• Advanced degrees preferred (Masters, PhD, MBA).
• Written and oral fluency in English.
• More than 10 years' experience in the design, understanding, and performance of power systems studies.
• Experience in the design, understanding, and performance of power systems studies with a consulting approach.
• Experience proposing solutions on BESS, FACTS, E-mobility, smart city, electrical transmission, and distribution planning.
• Power systems expertise, equipment knowledge, and elaboration of proposals on energy policy and regulation design.
• Management, leadership, and advising of private companies and public agencies in the fields of regulation, operation, and strategy in the energy sector at a national and international level.
• Developing strong customer and partner relationships, both external and internal; commercial acumen with a proactive approach to problem-solving and ability to successfully persuade and influence senior management teams.
• Commercial skills, including pricing and negotiating.
• Knowledge in power systems analysis, as well as experience in software simulation tools such as PSS/E, DIgSILENT Power Factory, PSCAD, ETAP & NEPLAN.
• Strong knowledge of the application of technical & business-related consulting for the power market and the impacts of products, equipment, and engineering concepts and practices as contributors to potential recommended solutions.
• Experience and knowledge of the electric power industry, market, systems, and equipment.
• Analytical mindset and self-driven; takes initiatives to solve problems.