Principal Technical Leader

Job Title:
Principal Technical Leader

**Location**:
Dublin, Ireland, France Office, Germany Home Office, Madrid, Spain, Poland Office, UK Home Office
Job Summary and Description:
Plans, designs, and controls the progress of complex project work within the technical department to meet member/client objectives; prepares and presents research reports. Significant customer interface component with ability to lead research programs. Manages medium level projects without direct people management responsibilities.
- Provides high-level engineering efforts to support requirements in development and design and provides guidance to junior staff
- Influences project teams in the engineering aspects of the technical work.
- Coordinates and facilitates technical engineering related communications with the client
- Leads proposal efforts and new promotional work.
- Preparing proposals, technical publications/papers, and making presentations. Acts as technical specialist for projects or project tasks.
- Continuing to lead national and international technical networks with manufacturers, consultants, academia, and research organizations.
- Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision

**Education**:
Advanced degree in science/engineering or equivalent experience required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

- 10-15 or more years of research and development project and promotional experience, including development of advanced concepts or equivalent experience.
- Ability to recognize strategic issues and projects and build collaborative and successfully complete projects.
- Experience in successful proposal preparation, and marketing activities.
- Shows maturity of technical expertise and assumes responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives using creative imaginative solutions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Individual contributor
- Communicates project results to advisors and members, may communicate project status to Sector Council
- Meets with member organizations in support of Sector activities or to communicate Program content and strategy

Additional Job Information:
The European Union plans to double the amount of wind and solar integrated into the power system by 2030, which will require a strong focus on plant design and operational methodologies that support more dynamic system operation. EPRI is conducting relevant research across the lifecycle of renewables from technology selection and conceptual plant design through system integration, operational performance and reliability of energy facilities, to repowering or end-of-life decisions.
The position involves organizing and leading research, development, and demonstration projects for EPRI’s EU Renewable Energy portfolio. The position will support ongoing research on renewables across the institute and grow EPRI’s presence within Europe by developing new projects for the region.
- Upholds EPRI and Sector Guiding Principles: Be a Leader, Prioritize Innovation, Commit to the Team, Choose Kindness, Have Fun
- Supports EPRI International with business development and member engagement
- Evaluates research opportunities and supports research vision strategy development
- Responsible for budget planning and execution across research projects, working with finance and operations teams
- Leads development and execution of research and demonstration scope that will advance scientific learning and technology transfer for renewable energy technologies, including wind, solar, hydro and others.
- Leads efforts to develop proposals, technical publications, and communication material to members and stakeholders

Knowledge and experience in the following areas is required:

- Leading complex research, development, and demonstration activities
- Business development focused on delivering value in a variety of formats while meeting expectations of quality and timing
- Engineering design, techno-economic analysis, performance and reliability management, and repowering/decommissioning support for renewable energy technologies.
- Understanding of energy systems and innovation opportunities to achieve net-zero commitments