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Principal BESS Engineer, Procurement & Performance | Energy

Newcastle, NSW, au🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead technical and commercial advisory services for utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), focusing on Owner's Engineer and procurement engagements to define sizing, specifications, and contracts.

Role type

Principal BESS Engineer (Procurement & Performance)

Builds

Utility-scale BESS projects for owners, developers, and investors

Domain

Energy / Battery Energy Storage Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> client delivery (advisory, procurement, contracting)

Required skills

BESS sizing and operating-duty definition, BESS performance criteria and guarantees, procurement documentation preparation and bid evaluation, technical due diligence, commercial negotiations, BESS technology and interfaces understanding, factory and site testing support, lifecycle value assessment, risk allocation

Preferred skills

Professional engineering registration (RPEV/RPEQ/CPEng), experience in consulting/developer/OEM/integrator/EPC industries

Technologies

Battery management systems, power conversion systems, energy management systems, medium-voltage systems, thermal management systems, fire safety systems

Responsibilities

Lead BESS Owner's Engineer and technical advisory engagements, Establish BESS sizing and performance basis, Prepare and review Principal's requirements and technical schedules, Lead tender evaluations and normalize competing offers, Support contract negotiations on performance guarantees and warranties, Review BESS architecture and interfaces

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic advisory scope

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