Elgin Values
Core behavioural responsibilities for all employees | Agility | We Lead with Agility |
| Integrity | We Act with Integrity |
| Excellence | We Empower Excellence |
Integration of our three core values into our employment processes and frameworks allows Elgin to recognise and respect individual employees for their personal contributions to their roles, their colleagues, stakeholders, and ultimately to the renewable energy sector. We see sustainability as every employee’s responsibility and weaving sustainable practices into our values is paramount to the culture we seek to create.
Job Description
The role:Elgin Energy is accepting applications for our 2024 Graduate Programme. The successful graduate would be expected to start in September 2024.
Our Graduate Programme provides an intensive 18 month learning journey with the project delivery team. In this role, you will help bring solar PV and BESS projects from development through to operation by supporting project delivery activities, comprising engineering, procurement, construction, project management and health, safety, and environment (HSE).
You will apply theoretical knowledge and concepts to a business reality, taking part in the design and improvement of projects, processes, documents, and operations.
What you will do:
Primary focus;- Engineering
- Support preparation of Employer’s Requirements documentation.
- Support technical assessment of Ready-To-Build Solar+BESS projects.
Wider team support;- HSE
- Support Health, Safety and Environmental activities, becoming familiar with the existing legislation, standards, processes, policies and procedures.
- Cooperate in the planning and implementation of the company's HSE prevention management system.
- Cooperation in the training of workers, promoting awareness for health & safety and environment issues.
- Procurement
- Support on Procurement activities: suppliers’ pre-qualification, preparation of tenders, proposals comparison, management of contractors and suppliers’ documentation.
- Support on contracts negotiation (EPC, EBOP/ICP, OE) and its implementation through construction.
- Construction
- Support general construction management activities.
- Undertake site visits and inspections.
- Project Management
- Support preparation of project programmes.
- Administration of cost control measures.
Your profile
Your profile:- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental management, or related discipline.
- Be curious about renewables and passionate about contributing towards a more sustainable future.
- Have excellent organization skills, be thorough and with high attention to detail.
- Basic knowledge of engineering, organizational process modelling and legal fundamentals.
- Willingness to learn and to participate in teamwork.
- Valid driver's license for UK & Ireland.
Instead of a cover letter, we would ask applicants to send in their CV and answer the following questions (max 100 words per answer).
- Why do you want to work in the solar industry?
- Why do you want to work for Elgin Energy?
- What knowledge, skills, characteristics, or previous experience would make you a great candidate?
- What do you like to do for fun?
About us
Elgin Energy is a full-service, utility scale, solar+storage platform bringing projects from origination through to energisation. Elgin is active across the project lifecycle from project origination through to construction management and operational asset management. The company has over 12GW of solar and storage projects across our three key markets of the UK, Australia, and Ireland.
As of 2022, Elgin Energy agreed to sell the UK’s largest solar PV transaction to date consisting of a portfolio of 12 projects with a combined capacity of 519MW of projects including 70MW of collocated energy storage capacity to Scottish Power Renewables (UK) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of global utility Iberdrola Group.
In 2021, Elgin Energy secured financing with Berenberg Green Energy Fund for the development of solar PV projects totalling 1.36GW in the UK and Ireland and also raised £25 million via Focus Capital Partners to fund its growth strategy across its core markets. In 2020, the company partnered, in separate transactions, with both Foresight Group and Metka-EGN in relation to two portfolios to deliver a total of 276MW of UK solar development projects and was successful with two Irish solar projects in Ireland’s first solar auction, RESS-1 – Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS). In addition to the above, Elgin Energy delivered 21 solar projects, totalling 230MW, before the UK Government’s Renewables Obligation (ROCs) scheme ended in 2017.
Elgin Energy works with long-term strategic partners to deliver projects to the energization and provides asset management services through their operational life. The company has expanded internationally over the last 14 years with a professional team of engineers, accountants, and lawyers located in its London, Dublin, and Sydney offices. Elgin has a 98% success rate through planning across all its markets.
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