Technical Design Manager, Utility Scale Energy Storage | Milan | Hybrid | Competitive Salary + Premio & Benefits

We’re looking for a Milan-based Technical Design Manager to support our Grid and Project Development teams across a growing portfolio of utility scale energy storage and renewable projects in Italy and wider Europe. With Italy’s storage market accelerating on the back of Terna’s MACSE scheme, this is a chance to shape some of the country’s most significant BESS projects. You’ll join a highly capable Renewable Project Development team in a flexible, collaborative environment where everyone is aligned behind the company’s growth.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead all aspects of power system network design, including grid connection applications and negotiations with Terna and DSOs, and support technical and financial optimisation through to financial close and beyond
- Lead engineering feasibility studies and drive value engineering to optimise design solutions
- Support the design of large scale energy storage plants, including equipment sizing and ratings, technical specifications and general design (SLDs, layouts, etc.)
- Review and, where appropriate, challenge EPC and BoP contractor design and engineering deliverables
- Carry out power and electrical system studies, including performance assessments for design assurance and transient and dynamic stability studies
- Develop power system network design from 380kV down to LV to support engineering design and business decision making
- Provide technical and techno-economic analysis to support Business Development and Procurement teams on tenders, including MACSE auctions
- Support Project Delivery teams through basic and detailed design, construction and commissioning
- Review key engineering deliverables produced by third party consultants and contractors




- Own technical design standards and best practice, using tools such as BIM, 3D CAD and Digital Twins

What You’ll Bring

- Proven experience in electrical network design with a strong understanding of power system engineering; renewable system design experience is a strong advantage
- A solid grasp of power system and renewable connection design from HV down to site LV, including AIS and GIS substations, grid-forming inverters and control systems
- Understanding of the Italian transmission and distribution network and Terna connection processes
- Knowledge of design requirements for electrical equipment within energy storage and renewable installations, including equipment interference, blast and fire safety, and access and egress for installation and O&M;
- Experience with software such as DIgSILENT PowerFactory, BIM 360, Revit and AutoCAD 3D
- Experience in engineering, system planning or consultancy within the energy sector (B2B), ideally in energy storage or renewables
- Project management experience, including budgeting and engineering capex management, is advantageous
- Fluent Italian and English
- A genuine passion for clean energy and our social and environmental mission
- The drive to thrive in a fast moving, high pressure and entrepreneurial environment

What We Offer

- Highly competitive base salary
- Tailored incentive package, including cash bonuses and additional benefits depending on level
- A long-term opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals in a dynamic, friendly and people-focused environment
- Flexible and hybrid working
- A culture built on teamwork, independence, fairness and sustainability, with real support for self-development and growth

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📌 Technical Design Manager (Lombardia)
🏢 Owen Daniels
📍 Lombardia