Career guide
A storage project needs a remarkable range of skills, from land and planning through to commissioning, operations and trading. Here is how the sector fits together.
Electrical, civil and controls engineers who design storage sites, from single line diagrams and protection studies to layouts and cable schedules.
Typical rolesElectrical design engineerProtection and controls engineerCivil and structural engineerSCADA engineer
Engineers who test, energise and hand over battery systems, proving every inverter, protection relay and control loop before a site goes live.
Typical rolesCommissioning engineerCommissioning managerHV authorised personTest engineer
Project, site and construction managers who deliver BESS projects safely, on programme and to specification.
Typical rolesProject managerSite managerConstruction managerPackage manager
Specialists who secure and manage connection offers, work with network operators and keep projects moving through the queue.
Typical rolesGrid connections managerPower systems engineerConnections analyst
Technicians and engineers who keep operational sites available, safe and performing, through planned and reactive maintenance.
Typical rolesO&M technicianSite supervisorMaintenance plannerField service engineer
Professionals who own the performance of operating portfolios, from availability and warranties to contracts and reporting.
Typical rolesAsset managerPerformance analystContract manager
Analysts and traders who maximise revenue across wholesale, balancing and ancillary markets.
Typical rolesEnergy traderOptimisation analystQuantitative analystMarket analyst
Developers who find sites, secure land and planning consent, and take projects from concept to ready to build.
Typical rolesProject developerLand managerPlanning consultantDevelopment director
Commercial, legal and finance professionals who structure offtake, procurement and project finance.
Typical rolesCommercial managerProject finance managerProcurement leadLegal counsel
Directors and heads of function who set strategy and build teams across the storage sector.
Typical rolesHead of engineeringOperations directorManaging directorHead of trading
Health and safety, procurement, software, data and other specialist roles across the battery storage value chain.
Typical rolesHSE managerBattery systems specialistSoftware engineerData analyst
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