Senior BESS Engineer
Apply now »Date: May 7, 2025
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Company: Bureau Veritas
About Bureau Veritas:
Bureau Veritas is a global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification Services. Founded in 1828, the group has in excess of 84,000 employees serving over 400,000 clients and located in 140 countries.
Power & Utilities division delivers solutions for the Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Industries such as project certification and design verification, site assessment, grid connection support, supply chain quality management, project management assistance, construction supervision, as well as condition monitoring and asset management solutions.
The role:
An opportunity exists for an experienced Senior Solar/BESS Electrical Engineer. The candidate should have a High-level understanding of the energy yield assessments and experienced in Design review, verification, and assessment of the renewable energy plants. This may include budget, schedule, quality, risk, contract and stakeholder management, supervise the construction, procurement activities, involve with the negotiation with EPC, manage industrial relations etc.
Key Responsibilities
Ideally you will have previous experience and the following skillsets:
- Solar/BESS site visits, inspections, RCAs
- High-level understanding of the energy yield assessments
- Design review, verification, and assessment of the renewable energy plants
- Experiences with EPC, O&M, and module supply agreement contract reviews
- Perform technical due diligence, construction monitoring, and payment milestone authorization of the Solar and BESS
- Manage the Projects as the owners or lenders engineer
- Knowledge on wind Projects is a plus
- Manage other engineering sub-consultants to meet the requirements of BV’s clients.
- Maintaining communication with engineers of other international BV offices
- facilitating information sharing in the area of electrical engineering for renewable energy plants.
- Client liaison, including development and continual review of client requirements, managing client expectations, keeping clients informed of work progress and ensuring timely production of deliverables
- Participate and represent BV in renewable energy conferences, events, etc.
- Any other tasks requested by the Engineering Manager
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Masters is preferred
- Working in the consultancy environment as owner and lender engineer
- Solar/BESS farm site experience
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent Report writing skills
Roster
- Monday to Friday with the need to travel
We offer a competitive salary and an opportunity to advance your career in a leading global organisation, as well as:
- Fantastic Training and Development opportunities
- Discounted Health & Wellbeing Platform
- Free access to our Employee Assistance Program supported by Lifework’s
- Discounted Health Insurance with Bupa
- Access to Cliqit, an employee retail discounts portal
- Superannuation Salary Sacrifice
- Support from a progressive and experienced management team
- Exposure to a variety of interesting and challenging work environments
Make an impact doing work you can be proud of at Bureau Veritas. Contribute to a global mission to enhance standards with integrity, and help us create a brighter future for our next generations, and a safer society for us all. The opportunity to work within a supportive close-knit team, learn new skills and gain training which could lead to the broader Bureau Veritas network for future career development.
Apply now to join Bureau Veritas and help us create a brighter future for our next generations, and a safer society for us all.
Bureau Veritas are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.