Department: Grid EMEA
Location: Madrid, Spain
Reporting to: Head of Grid Compliance, Regulatory, & Systems Studies, EMEA
We are Lightsource bp – and we’re on a mission to become a global leader in onshore renewables, anchored by our proven track record in solar development.
For over a decade we’ve been actively working to diversify the way our world is powered with sustainable and responsible renewable power. We work to safely deliver affordable, reliable, large-scale onshore renewable and energy storage solutions to help the world decarbonise.
Our growing business is constantly innovating and investing to help drive the energy transition. Our people and projects are focused on supporting long-term sustainable growth and energy security.
Lightsource bp operates with five core values: Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability, and Drive.
We seek to attract and hire individuals who share our commitment to creating a safe workplace, uphold the highest standards of integrity, and demonstrate respect for colleagues, communities, and the environment. Our recruitment process promotes sustainability by valuing long-term growth and responsible practices, while seeking candidates with the drive to innovate and lead in the global energy transition.
Together, these values shape how we engage, assess, and welcome talent to join us in delivering transformational solar power solutions worldwide.
Lightsource bp was fully acquired by bp in 2024.
What you’ll do (the role)
Summary
We are seeking a Grid Regulatory & Congestion Engineer to strengthen our renewable development platform across Europe. As a key member of the Grid team, this role sits at the intersection of regulation, transmission and distribution networks analytics, system modelling, and strategic project development.
You will be expected to play and active role in local events and meetings with relevant stakeholders (TSO/DNOs/ICPs/consultants/regulatory bodies) to analyse grid regulatory frameworks, grid constraints and grid compliance. The aim of this will be to identify risks, unlock capacity, and create a competitive advantage for our current and future projects.
Your mission is to transform grid limitations into development opportunities, thereby enabling faster, safer, and more profitable deployment of renewable and storage assets. You will be also responsible for creating a robust internal grid intelligence platform that combines regulatory and grid modelling core capabilities.
You will be required to work closely with Development, Government Affairs, Legal and Engineering teams. Represents the company in discussions with EU Commission, ENTOS-E, ACER, TSOs, DSOs, regulators, and industry forums. And exposure to senior leadership and investment decision-making.
Responsibilities of the Role
Grid Strategy & Regulatory Intelligence
- Thoroughly understand, monitor, interpret, and anticipate European and national grid regulations (ENTSO-E, TSOs/DSOs rules, connection codes, capacity allocation mechanisms).
- Translate regulatory developments into actionable development strategies/ recommendations.
- Identify regulatory pathways to optimize grid access, curtailment exposure, and connection costs.
- Provide regulatory assessment and technical advice in terms of grid compliance.
- Support connection applications discussions, permitting and technical compliance assurance with TSOs/DSOs.
Congestion Analysis & Opportunity Identification
- Early identification of high-potential grid zones, priority areas and ancillary services’ needs.
- Analyse transmission and distribution network congestion patterns and constraints.
- Identify underutilized nodes, flexible connection points, and grid reinforcements plans.
- Develop strategies for co-locating, resizing, or hybridizing projects to mitigate congestion risk.
- Assess redispatch, curtailment, and congestion management impacts on project economics.
- Prepare curtailment analysis market insights and capacity hosting maps.
Grid Modelling & Artificial Intelligence
- Build and maintain grid modelling tool strategic initiative according to the priority country plan.
- Create future grid scenarios incorporating renewable build-out, storage, and demand growth, using open data and artificial intelligence assistance with coding.
- Perform electricity system simulations with sensitivity indices and stochastic simulations.
Project De-risking & Portfolio Optimization
- Improve project IRRs through congestion mitigation strategies, siting and revenue optimisation.
- Reduce and quantify grid-related risks (connection reforms, connection delays, reinforcement costs, curtailment exposure).
- Propose technical and regulatory mitigation measures (grid services, phased connections, flexible operation, alternative connection processes, BESS sizing and strategy).
- Support investment decisions with grid intelligence and scenario modelling.
- Assess and ensure compliance with the requirements established in the Grid Code from early stages to commissioning stage to achieve grid operations notifications from TSOs/DSOs.
- Evaluate opportunities for new connections or project enhancements based on knowledge of local grid capacity and system constraints.
- Review technical reports, recommend actionable solutions, and communicate findings.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Support the coordination of day-to-day business management for the department’s activities, working closely with other business units and team members globally.
- Collaborate with other teams to assess the context of the electricity system, including the electrical market, ancillary services, capacity, stability and congestion.
- Work cross-functionally to drive high-priority strategic initiatives in several countries across various fields related to grid interconnection to facilitate the department’s growth and management.
- Promote and secure our ways of working across the department area. Identify gaps in existing processes and collaborate with the department head to implement improvements, roll out new systems, and take end-to-end ownership of continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide technical input to challenge counterparties project acquisition and due diligence processes.
- Represent the company in discussions with EU Commission, SPE/WE, ENTSO-E, ACER, TSOs, DSOs, regulators, consultants and industry forums.
Digital Tools & Data Strategy
- Support the Grid Congestion Manager on the use and improvement of internal grid modelling tools.
- Integrate network data, regulatory databases, and market information into decision platforms.
- Contribute to digitalization initiatives for grid intelligence and forecasting.
Why you’ll make a great member of the team
Knowledge Required
- In-depth knowledge of networks codes, network operations, capacity allocation mechanisms, connection and grid access rules, curtailment and congestion compensation schemes, redispatch, balancing, flexibility and ancillary services markets in European countries.
- Familiarity with ENTSO-E, ACER, European grid regulatory frameworks, network development plans, network databases, GIS tools and grid congestion management.
- Understanding of network stability assessment and management.
- Familiarity with commissioning processes, and required technical documentation, simulations and field tests to achieve grid code compliance certification.
- Proficiency in grid modelling software (e.g., PowerFactory, PSCAD, PSSE or similar).
- Strong analytical and programming skills (preferably Python, DPL and PowerBI).
Experience Required
- Proven track record in a similar role in multiple European jurisdictions for a minimum of 5 years.
- Experience supporting renewable, storage or hybrid projects in at least 5 European countries.
- Participation in regulatory consultations or industry working groups.
- Knowledge of EU Fit for 55, TEN-E, and network developments plans.
- Strong exposure to European electricity markets and regulatory frameworks.
- Proven experience working with EU planning, TSOs/DSOs grid codes and connection processes.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with grid modelling tools, artificial intelligence applied to data management and electrical modelling, congestion and compliance studies.
- Experience in congestion hedging or long-term transmission rights.
Education Required
- Master´s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Energy Systems, or Renewable Integration.
Personal Skills
- Effective communicator: ability to translate complex grid topics into business language.
- Organized and analytical
- Proficient in English language and at least another European language
- Strong computing skills
- Team player
- Proactive and positive work attitude
- Innovative approach: creative, structured, and data-driven approach to complex constraints.
- Able to coordinate with multiple internal and external teams
- Able to work independently with minimum supervision
Why you’ll want to work for us
Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow, a place where your ideas and opinions matter.
Be you: We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.
Be responsible: Our culture is driven by our core values – from operating safely to ensuring our projects are responsible.
Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits.
Be inspired: Beyond your day-to-day working life at Lightsource bp, there’s a variety of initiatives that will contribute to your own personal development. These include our charitable causes, supporting our solar honey project, or volunteering on our VIBES committee to name a few.
Our core values: Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do.
For further information on our career opportunities and life at Lightsource bp, please visit https://www.lightsourcebp.com/careers/
Why you’ll want to stay with us
At Lightsource bp, you’ll work within agile, cross-functional teams where diverse perspectives come together. Our culture embraces open knowledge sharing and collaboration, empowering you to learn from others and accelerate progress collectively.
Your career growth is our priority and a shared journey. We are committed to developing talent from within and prepare you for career advancement so you can shape a fulfilling and lasting journey here.
In today’s fast-changing world, a learning mindset is essential and therefore we proactively support upskilling to help you push your skill boundaries and stay ahead in your field, so you can not only keep pace with change, but confidently shape a brighter future.
