Senior Engineer - Solar
Listed on 2026-07-27
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineer
Job Description
WSP has a long history in the delivery of high-quality technical advisory and management consultancy services focused on renewable energy. We have worked on ground mount, floating and rooftop solar developments, including some of the world’s largest solar PV projects. We have established client relationships with some of the largest and most well-known developers, investors and lenders in the industry and we support their projects across the globe.
Delivering high quality, proactive, prompt and up to date technical services to our clients is paramount. We offer services at all stages of the project lifecycle, with a particular focus on the following core services:
Job Description
WSP has a long history in the delivery of high-quality technical advisory and management consultancy services focused on renewable energy. We have worked on ground mount, floating and rooftop solar developments, including some of the world’s largest solar PV projects. We have established client relationships with some of the largest and most well-known developers, investors and lenders in the industry and we support their projects across the globe.
Delivering high quality, proactive, prompt and up to date technical services to our clients is paramount. We offer services at all stages of the project lifecycle, with a particular focus on the following core services:
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Responsibilities
- Energy yield and resource assessments, Conducting Independent EYA
- Site layouts and optimisation, concept design and feasibility studies
- Technical due diligence for lenders on IPP transactions.
- Technical Advisor, Lender’s Technical Advisor (LTA) scopes of work,
- Preparing conceptual design of the utility scale solar plants.
- Preparing RFP, MFS and tender bid packages.
- Project development and Owner’s Engineer (OE) scopes of work, including tendering and contracting support, construction monitoring and management, and technical advisory services.
- Ability to handle global clients smoothly and collaboratively work with the cross regional teams.
- WSP has ambitions to significantly expand our renewable energy team. We have a range of roles available to suit people at all points of their career and development. We are seeking talented engineers or renewable energy professionals with experience in the delivery of any of WSP’s core scopes for solar PV development.
- Applications are encouraged from those who have rich experience in Solar PV field as an EPC contractor, developer, or OEMs, in addition to those with consultancy experience. WSP’s aim is to build a team with broad range of experience to allow us to allow the best value and advice to our clients.
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Qualifications
- A degree in a relevant engineering, ideally with a graduate qualification related to electrical engineering and/or renewable energy with experience of 10 to 15 years.
- Experience in the delivery of solar PV projects, ideally within the ME and internationally on utility scale projects, and at least one of WSP’s core services.
- Knowledge of solar PV technology (incl. different types of Modules, Tracker, MMS etc.) and the project development process.
- Conducting Energy Yield Assessment, Simulations for Configuration Optimization, Near and Far Shading Analysis etc.
- Exact estimation of losses, uncertainties etc. to be considered in the modelling.
- Equipment Sizing and Technology Selection.
- Site suitability assessment for large scale solar PV plants.
- Cost optimization and capitalization for engineering for both AC & DC BOS.
- Preparing Technical specification of DC system.
- Sound in design knowledge in areas of solar plant layouts, tray Layout, cable routing layouts, ICR Blocks layouts and Switchyard layouts of large-scale solar power plants
- Review & approval of design calculation, drawings, etc.
- Expert on areas like transformers, Inverters, Transmission, and other major electrical components.
- Engineering monitoring and control, in relation to Project Setup.
- Pre bid Engineering, Tendering, basic and design Engineering.
- Experience in managing large scale utility projects, developing client relationships, and working in a consultancy environment.
- OPTIONAL
- Some experience in business development and/or winning work.
- PVSyst, PV Case, Auto Cad, Helioscope, Google Sketchup etc.
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