Electrical Engineer

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe.

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

Ameresco provides Project Management and Project Consultancy Services incorporating all elements of a project lifecycle. This is helping us continue our progress toward the clean energy future, which is essential to combating climate change.

We are looking for an Electrical Engineer with Low voltage skill set and a Building Services background, to join our team and focus on Building services, commercial energy usage, energy savings, and CO2 emission reduction. You would be responsible for working on assignments covering mostly on Solar PV, EV charger stations, however due to the nature of business, you will be involved at various projects such as CHP, refrigeration, Air Source and Ground Source Heat pumps, HVAC, boilers, compressed air, and Wind Turbines schemes.

The Engineer will be responsible for specific duties as follows:

• Assessment of existing infrastructure and operations at client sites
• Electrical systems design including cable sizing, discrimination studies, earthing design, selection of switch gear, transformers, relay panels
• Ability to produce LV design outputs to BS7671 requirements
  • Specifying electrical upgrade works to accommodate new installation considering available space, layout, cable sizing, routing constraints, existing infrastructure
  • Generating scope of works to obtain costs and Out-line design with costed solution
  • Technical write-up to support High Level Assessment (HLA) and Investment Grade Proposals (IGP)

• Further definition of conceptual design, finalise scheme selection and development of Single Line Diagrams, Plant room layouts, cable routing drawings, etc.
• Load assessments, load schedules and Cable sizing
• Equipment specifications and scopes of work
• EV Charger station design, cable sizing and equipment selection

• Provide technical support to the project implementation team throughout the implementation period
• Produce calculation studies using industry preferred software e.g. Electrical OM
• Advantageous to have design capabilities up to 11kV
• Advantageous to have design and study experience of carrying out earthing, harmonics and G99 related studies
• Able to prepare new electrical supply, upgrade, and G99/G98 applications
• Experience of managing DNO applications
• Experience of site surveying and electrical AC and DC design for EV charger stations
• Experience with different types of EV charging schemes i.e. AC and DC charging

Perform other duties as required.

The Engineer should have relevant experience in the specification, design and implementation of Commercial Power systems with a good understanding of BS767118th Edition regulations relating to the design of electrical systems. Experience in electrical design for solar PV and BESS systems would be an advantage however is not essential.

Ameresco is an Equal Opportunity Employer.