Grid Connections Manager

We are seeking to appoint a Grid Connections Manager to play a leading role in securing and managing grid connections for our generation and demand projects at both distribution and transmission level. The Grid Connections Manager will be expected to manage the full lifecycle of connection activity from feasibility studies, to submitting applications, through to the review and interpretation of connection offers, administering the necessary payments, and managing the grid connection programme.

The Grid Connections Manager will operate within an increasingly complex commercial environment shaped by the National Energy System Operator (NESO) and Distribution Network Operators (DNOs). It is therefore critical that the postholder can effectively navigate the new requirements of NESO’s recent Connections Reform initiative to acquire and maintain a place in the connections queue.

This role will be responsible for coordinating all grid connection activity across the port...