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This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-growing team ranging from data analysts and software developers through to client facing and contract negotiation roles.
Ecotricity Smart Grid provides a route to market for distributed energy resources via our in-house developed asset flexibility platform and optimiser. These will typically be grid scale storage, renewable technologies or aggregated demand side response from domestic and business sites.
Given the requirements of the modern energy system, and the need to maximize revenue for our clients, we aim to deliver round-the-clock participation in revenue delivering services for the assets on our platform.
This role forms a key element of ensuring that our platform remains operational no matter what.
Overall Description of Duties
At the heart of Ecotricity Smart Grid is our flexibility platform and optimiser. This in-house developed software constantly selects between multiple revenue streams, according to their flexibility potential so as to maximise revenue.
Driving this decision making and unlocking hidden value in the energy system, isn’t a simple task. We require 24/7 monitoring to ensure that the assets on our platform are operating safely within their limits and responding to the decisions we have made for them.
Working as part of the Tech Team of Ecotricity Smart Grid you will provide hands-on support to deal with rapidly changing market conditions, liaise and coordinate responses to asset or market outages, and support development of our system wide monitoring platform based on your operational insights. Over time your insights will help feedback into the development of our automated algorithms to build the best product possible for our clients.
Issues in this field are often complex, challenging and rapidly changing, therefore the ability to draw clear, concise conclusions from observed data and develop a plan of action quickly is a key skill requirement for the role. In order to find a solution you might need to draw upon all aspects of our team, so the ability to communicate your findings quickly and succinctly is crucial. Part of your journey will likely encompass the training necessary to be able to trade on the platform, when required.
An aspect of the role to be considered is there may be from time to time – according to emergency operational needs – a requirement to work non-standard hours. An adequate compensatory regime exists to cover such events.
This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives under the pressure of a rapidly changing environment and is keen to deploy their problem solving skills in a fast paced an engaging field.
You need to be a self-starter who embraces responsibility and enjoys working both independently, and as part of a highly collaborative team, and will be comfortable providing thoughts and opinions on the development strategy and direction of the platform.