Team Lead Energy Storage

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Role description:

• Provide professional leadership at a senior management level primarily in Energy Storage projects with main focus on Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and also including hydrogen and pumped storage hydro.
• Establish and consolidate relationships with clients take ownership of the delivery of the regions technical capability and support the delivery of projects or specialised components of projects.
• Support the development of Arcadis capability in Energy Storage and build and maintain a professional reputation as an individual and for Arcadis.
• Take a leadership role within the project team providing direction and leading by example where appropriate.
• Acting together with HR and other internal resources oversee the training of team members encourage their growth and facilitate professional development.
• Manage the delivery of projects in accordance with Management Systems to meet time quality budgetary and health and safety targets.
• Manage all aspects of the client relationship so that delivery meets or exceeds client expectations.
• Work to ensure maximum client satisfaction champion client care and proactively work with clients.
• Promote both the regional and global culture of the business.
• Provide temporary embedded support to key clients as required.

Role accountabilities:

• Lead by example to promote continual improvement in SHE performance across the business.
• Build relationships with clients to identify and realise business opportunities and to ensure that client expectations and Arcadis commercial objectives are met or exceeded.
• Engage with and champion the involvement and inclusion of Arcadis Global Design resources facilitating two-way feedback on the performance of project teams using Arcadis Global Design resources.
• Provide technical leadership at a subject level.
• Evaluate technical competence of staff proposed for projects and identify specific training and mentoring needs.
• Take technical line management responsibility for the development and performance management of team members to support the delivery of Arcadis business.
• Support recruitment process and be personally involved in the selection process of engineering staff at all levels within the Energy Storage team.
• Lead the technical delivery of complex projects ensuring client satisfaction effective project management and good communication and collaboration between Arcadis colleagues.
• Ensure that local staff understand the benefits of their utilisation as team resources.
• Lead on the design of innovative engineering solutions for clients that resolve complex problems.
• Coach and mentor engineering professionals to support the development of Arcadis talent pool.
• Through an effective review process oversee the delivery of projects to time meeting both quality and budgetary targets whilst striving to exceed client expectations.
• Perform independent technical review for complex and/or major projects.
• Encourage innovative and entrepreneurial thinking amongst team members.
• Promote and market all facets of the companys services during client interfaces.
• Manage technical client relationships with key clients and play a major role in the tendering/proposal process.
• Promote effective and efficient bid management and contribute to Go-No-Go discussions as appropriate.
• Provide input into specific technical aspects of individual bids to support the production of high-quality winning pursuits.
• Keep up to date with developments in the industry sector and with technical and legislative developments and seek out suitable opportunities to develop a strong professional profile at a National level (e.g. conference presentations publications and participation in technical committees).
• Maintain records of Continuing Professional Development and make these available for audit by their professional institution.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Significant knowledge and track record in an Energy Storage engineering role.
• A first degree in an Electrical Engineering Energy Storage or Renewable Energy discipline.
• Membership of a professional engineering body e.g. the IET.
• Chartered Engineering status with an appropriate professional engineering body or the ability to achieve this in future.
• Significant knowledge and track record in the development and delivery of Energy Storage projects and a good knowledge and understanding of the types of problems likely to be presented during the delivery of these.
• Significant knowledge and a demonstrable track record of supporting clients during project delivery.
• Demonstrable experience in the delivery of Energy Storage projects and their associated grid connections.
• Detailed understanding of embedding Energy Storage in both transmission and distribution networks including associated plant and equipment their manufacture testing delivery commissioning and implementation.
• The ability to identify the limits ofboth their personalknowledge and the limits of their teamsskill and knowledge.
• Exercise soundholistic independent judgementand take responsibility for results achieved.
• Understand and comply with the Code of Conduct operated by professional institutions with influence in the delivery geography.
• Plan carry out and record personal development and career CPD and encourage others to do the same.
• Engage with activities promoted by appropriate UK professional institutions.
• Demonstrate appropriate professional standards recognising obligations to society the profession and the environment.
• Exercise responsibilities in an ethical manner.
• Able to communicatewell with others at all levels including effective use of English orally and in writing.
• Discussideas and plan competently and with confidence
• Effective personal and social skills at all levels.
• Able to managediversity issues.
• Able to communicate new concepts and ideas totechnical and non-technicalcolleagues including effective use of English verbally and in writing.
• Lead continuous improvement in Safe by Design.
• Sound knowledgeof legislation hazards and safe systems of work.
• Understand how to managehealth safety and welfare within own area of responsibility.
• Leadcontinuous improvement in health safety and welfare.
• Experienced in leading and working with people from varied discipline backgrounds and cultures.
• Manageteams and develop staff to meet changing technical and managerial needs.
• Managequalityprocesses.
• Plandirect and controltasks people and resources.
• Leadteams and develop staff to meet changing technical and managerial needs.
• Demonstratecontinuous improvementthrough quality management.
• Experience of managing business relationships at executive level.
• Strong consulting skills including project management and client relationship management at senior management level.
• Maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach to theapplicationof technology in engineering practice.
• Ability to use a soundevidence-based approach to problem solving and be able tocontributeto continuous improvement.
• Maintain and extend a sound theoretical approach inenabling the introduction and exploitationof new and advancing technology.
• Engagein thecreativeandinnovativedevelopment of engineering technology and continuous improvement systems.
• Have extensive consulting experience on large scale/highly complex projects.
• Able to identify review and select techniques procedures and methods to undertake engineeringtasks.
• Contributeto the design and development of engineering solutions.
• Implement design solutions andcontributeto their evaluation.
• Conductappropriate research relative to design and appreciate its relevance within own area of responsibility
• Undertake the design and development of engineering solutions andevaluatetheir effectiveness.
• Implement or construct design solutions and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Understand market based pricing for a wide range of services in specialist discipline.
• Usesound knowledgeof statutory and commercial frameworks within own area of responsibility and have an appreciation of other commercial arrangements.
• Demonstratesound judgementon statutory contractual and commercial issues in relation to own area of responsibility.
• Sound knowledgeof sustainable development best practice.
• Manageengineering activities that contribute to sustainable development.
• Leadcontinuous improvement in sustainable development.

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