IR - Senior Energy Analyst

Mainstream Renewable Power

Dublin
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

Mainstream Renewable Power is a leading pure-play renewable energy company, with wind and solar assets across global markets, including in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Our mission is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy by delivering clean, affordable and reliable energy at scale. We are one of the most successful developers of gigawatt-scale renewables platforms, across onshore wind, offshore wind, and solar power generation with a global portfolio of 20.8 GW. In May 2021, Aker Horizons acquired a majority stake in Mainstream, and in April 2022, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. joined Aker Horizons as a long-term strategic investor. We currently employ over 400 people across 5 continents, and we are looking for ambitious, driven, and talented people to join us on our mission to drive forward the energy transition.Overview:Mainstream Renewable Power is hiring for a Senior Energy Analyst, to join our Energy Analyst team in Dublin. The successful candidate will lead a technical role across multiple Mainstream projects, and lead on management of global EAG standards. The role requires at least 5-8 years’ experience in energy analysis including a demonstrated understanding of both offshore wind analysis and in the development of procedures and tools for energy assessment. The role works closely with regional Energy Analysis Group (EAG) colleagues, as well as the Offshore, Development, Procurement, Engineering and Commercial teams.Key Responsibilities:

Lead role providing high-quality energy analysis deliverables to multiple project teams
Establishing and implementing the internal strategy for all aspects of wind and solar energy analysis
Onshore and offshore wind farm layout design and optimisation. Preliminary solar farm design
Design of optimal site-specific measurement campaigns for wind and solar sites, including cost/benefit assessments of different technologies
Overseeing installation, maintenance, and decommissioning of temporary met masts, LiDAR units, and solar stations, including H&S for these activities
Overseeing data collection and quality control to ensure maximum data coverage
Internal wind and solar Energy Production Estimates with the highest possible accuracy, lowest possible uncertainty, and per required project timelines
Reviewing of work of other EAG team members
Procurement, management, and review of third-party energy production and site conditions reports, ensuring optimal service from suppliers
Review of technical exhibits to Turbine Supply Agreements
Liaising with external parties regarding turbine suitability and solar technology
Communication of site-specific energy production and site condition risks to project teams
Energy Analysis due diligence for potential acquisition sites
Ownership, development, and maintenance of proprietary tools and procedures operated by the EAG, ensuring continuous improvement of EAG services across all Mainstream platforms
Review and testing of the EAG’s in-house data management and analysis system (using Python/Django)

Overseeing technical internships

The above tasks will be carried out following the Energy Analysis Group’s standards.Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills required:

Graduate with an Honours Engineering or Physical Science degree.
Minimum of 5 years of pre-construction wind analysis experience across a range of markets, including a leading offshore market
Best-practise knowledge of offshore wake modelling, floating LiDAR measurements, and offshore layout design
Ability to define non-standard work requirements within joint ventures and international project teams, and to anticipate and manage the workload accordingly
Experience managing high-performance junior staff is an advantage
Proven ability to defend energy analysis work to external companies
Experience working for a lenders’ advisor, OEM supplier, developer, or operator of wind/solar projects
Excellent communication skills, strong mathematical and analysis background, ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical colleagues are essential
Highly analytical with attention to detail and the ability to exercise engineering judgment
Experience in the analysis of operational wind farms and IEC power curve testing is an advantage
Experience in the use of WAsP, Openwind, mesoscale modelling, WindSim / other CFD wind flow models, PVsyst, Microsoft Excel
Programming/software development experience using Python or similar language
Fluency in English, other languages are an advantage
Willingness to travel internationally
Hold a full clean driving licence

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