Power Systems Engineering Expert

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Location: London + Hybrid WFH

Salary: Depending on experience. UK wide offices & Hybrid WFH blend (per annum)

Job type: Permanent

Working pattern: Full time / Flexible working

Industry: Government & Public Services / Renewable Energy

Company: Hays

Consultant: Billy McDonald

Hays office: London-City — 5th Floor, 107 Cheapside,

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Power Systems Engineering Expert

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Power Systems Engineering Expert to play a key role in addressing one of the biggest challenges facing the expansion of AI and hyperscale data centre infrastructure: access to power.

You will act as a senior technical authority on power systems, grid connections and energy infrastructure, helping to identify and overcome engineering barriers that could delay strategically important data centre developments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise on grid connections and power infrastructure for major data centre projects.
• Assess engineering challenges affecting the connection of high-demand facilities to the transmission and distribution network.
• Work closely with senior technical and engineering stakeholders to develop practical solutions to power constraints.
• Support priority data centre developments where grid capacity, connection timescales or technical challenges may impact delivery.
• Help establish a coordinated technical approach to accelerating AI and data centre infrastructure buildout.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong power systems engineering expertise, ideally within transmission, distribution or major grid-connected infrastructure.
• Detailed knowledge of UK grid connections, including connection processes, capacity constraints and network engineering.
• Experience supporting large-scale, high-power infrastructure projects, ideally data centres, energy, industrial or mission-critical environments.
• Ability to assess complex electrical engineering and grid connection challenges and develop practical technical solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work with network operators, regulators, engineering specialists and major infrastructure stakeholders.

This is a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of power, AI infrastructure and hyperscale data centre development, helping to solve the energy challenges that will determine how quickly the next generation of digital infrastructure can be delivered.