Field Services Engineer
7 days ago
London
BESS Field Service Engineer - Energy Storage (O&M) We’re looking for BESS Field Service Engineers to join one of the UK’s leading BESS O&M providers. This is a field-based role supporting a growing portfolio of BESS assets across the UK, reporting into the O&M Manager. With over 17 projects in the pipeline, this is a long-term, secure platform within a high-growth environment. As a Field Service Engineer, you’ll be responsible for maintaining and optimising BESS assets, ensuring high availability and performance. You’ll carry out planned and reactive maintenance, support commissioning activities and act as a key technical resource across operational sites. BESS Field Service Engineer - Key Responsibilities • Deliver planned preventative and reactive maintenance on BESS assets, • Diagnose and resolve electrical and system faults across HV/LV equipment, • Carry out inspections, testing and annual capacity checks, • Monitor system performance and analyse operational data, • Support firmware and software upgrades across systems, • Identify and implement reliability and performance improvements, • Provide remote diagnostics and phone support where required, • Support commissioning and handover of new BESS sites, • Work closely with internal engineering teams to resolve complex issues, • Operate in line with UK safety standards and site procedures, • Conduct risk assessments and ensure safe systems of work, • Maintain accurate service records, reports and documentation, • Manage spare parts and inventory at site level, • Feed back field issues to support system and process improvements BESS Field Service Engineer - Requirements • Qualification in Electrical or Electro-mechanical Engineering, • Experience in maintenance within power generation, renewables or industrial environments, • Strong fault-finding capability across electrical systems, • Basic IT skills (Excel, Outlook, diagnostics tools, networking fundamentals), • Willingness to travel across UK sites, with occasional overnight stays Desirable: • Experience working on BESS or power electronics (inverters, converters, transformers), • HV/LV authorisation or experience working on high-voltage systems, • Understanding of networking (IP, VLANs, Modbus/TCP), • 18th Edition / BS7671, Test & Inspect (2391) or similar, • HVAC / F-Gas knowledge Why Apply? They can offer you a permanent, secure future with a company due to deliver 15+ projects over the next 5-10 years. They have offices throughout the UK, with great benefits including annual bonus up, private healthcare, life assurance and a competitive base salary dependent on experience. Beyond package, they do a lot socially and it's a tight knit team. Culture is mission driven / hard working. Anyone working here will be at the forefront of the energy transition and making an impact. If this peaks your interest, reach out today to have a confidential discussion and find out more about this opportunity! Submit your CV or contact Holly Higginson () to see if this could be the next step in your career.