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Confidential opportunity · Electrical engineering · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Grid Code Compliance Manager(M/F) from simulation to certificate

No grid operator authorises a connection on someone's word. You take charge of a recently formed compliance team and write its method: simulation, type tests, files, all the way to the certificate.

Jobs

  • 5 to 10

    Years of experience

  • 2

    Teams, one shared proof

  • 3

    Types of counterpart

  • 60-80k€

    Annual gross · Permanent contract managerial grade

Volta Executive · role fileThe company name is given if your profile is selected

The role in 30 seconds

The essentials,before the detail

What you hold

Run certification · Build the files · Validate the models.

Who you report to

Technical management, team to be structured.

What you need to know

The discipline exists, its company method is still to be written, and you are the one who writes it.

Before you read on

Minimum required, to be ticked in full

  • 5 to 10 years in grid code compliance
  • You know grid codes (ENTSO-E, national codes) and the associated IEC standards in depth
  • You have done dynamic grid simulation: PSCAD, PowerFactory, Matlab / Simulink or equivalent
  • You have run type tests with independent laboratories, through to the certificate
  • You have dealt directly with grid operators and R&D teams
  • Engineering degree in electrical engineering, power grids or electrotechnics
  • Fluent French and English
  • On-site presence in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Ideal, what puts you ahead

  • A good understanding of the control of power equipment connected to the grid, to speak as an equal with R&D
  • Experience with real-time platforms and grid simulators

Far from the minimum? An open application will serve you better.

The criteria that matter: 5 to 10 years in grid code compliance · You know grid codes (ENTSO-E, national codes) and the associated IEC standards in depth · You have done dynamic grid simulation: PSCAD, PowerFactory, Matlab / Simulink or equivalent.

01 · The company

Confidential assignment

Who is hiring,without its name

An international energy and industrial group. Its name is given to you if your profile is shortlisted. Volta Executive runs the search end to end.

The type of site · Illustration photo

  • 5 to 10

    Years of experience

    In grid code compliance, ideally on power equipment, wind or photovoltaic

  • 2

    Teams, one shared proof

    What R&D develops, your team demonstrates to be compliant

  • 3

    Types of counterpart

    Grid operators, laboratories, client design offices

  • FR + EN

    Fluent

    Written and spoken

02 · The role

Grid Code Compliance Manager · permanent contract, cadre status

What you do,in practice

  1. Run certification

    Market by market, in France, in Europe and internationally. An installation cannot be connected until it has proved its compliance: you own that process.

  2. Build the files

    Connection studies, simulation reports, test plans, for every project. The scope is defined, but the company's standards still need to be set: you are the one who sets them.

  3. Validate the models

    Dynamic and transient simulation models serve as evidence. You guarantee that they faithfully represent the equipment under test, and you defend them in review. Who owns what with R&D on these models is settled from the moment you arrive.

  4. Run type tests

    Validation in independent laboratories, through to the certificates. The laboratories approve or reject, without discussing your deadlines.

  5. Represent the company

    You are the technical contact for grid operators, client design offices and certification bodies during compliance reviews.

  6. Anticipate changes

    Grid codes and IEC standards change. You follow them and draw the product roadmap from them with R&D, before they hit a project under way.

  7. Grow the team

    The team is new. You recruit, train and develop the compliance engineers.

The context

The role,unfiltered

The context, what draws a strong profile and the real challenges, written as they are.

On the ground · Illustration photo

🔌 Responsable Conformité Code Réseau · raccordement réseau · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

🧭 Le contexte, sans filtre

Une installation ne se raccorde pas au réseau tant qu'elle n'a pas prouvé sa conformité au code du pays. Cette preuve était portée en partie par la R&D. Elle est désormais confiée à une équipe dédiée, et c'est elle que vous dirigez. Le métier est connu et le périmètre est défini, mais les processus, les outils et les standards de dossier restent à poser, projet par projet et marché par marché. La démonstration s'appuie sur des modèles de simulation et sur le contrôle-commande développé par la R&D produit : qui tient quoi entre elle et vous, vous le calez ensemble dès votre arrivée.

⚠️ Les vrais challenges

  • Une équipe et des standards à structurer : le métier existe, sa méthode d'entreprise reste à écrire
  • Un partage des rôles à poser avec la R&D : ce qu'elle développe, vous le démontrez conforme, et la ligne entre les deux se trace dès le départ
  • Des interlocuteurs qui ne font pas de cadeaux : gestionnaires de réseau et laboratoires valident ou refusent, sans discussion sur vos délais
  • Des codes réseau qui changent : il faut anticiper avant qu'ils touchent un projet en cours

03 · The trade

The trade's value chain

From the country's rule to the connection authorisationand the part that falls to you

The trade · Illustration photo
  1. Target code
  2. Simulation
  3. Type tests
  4. File
  5. Grid review
  6. Certificate

You own the proof from start to finish, from reading the code to the certificate.

Volta Executive · outline diagram, taken from the role brief

04 · The organisation

Your place

A clear place,at the right level

Team size given if your profile is shortlisted.

We tell you frankly

The discipline exists, its company method is still to be written, and you are the one who writes it. The split of roles with R&D on the models is settled from the moment you arrive. Your external counterparts give nothing away: they approve or reject, without looking at your deadlines. And the codes change along the way.

05 · You, and the framework

What matters

The must-haves,non-negotiable

  • 5 to 10 years in grid code compliance
  • You know grid codes (ENTSO-E, national codes) and the associated IEC standards in depth
  • You have done dynamic grid simulation: PSCAD, PowerFactory, Matlab / Simulink or equivalent
  • You have run type tests with independent laboratories, through to the certificate
  • You have dealt directly with grid operators and R&D teams
  • Engineering degree in electrical engineering, power grids or electrotechnics
  • Fluent French and English
  • On-site presence in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

What makes the difference

  • A plus

    A good understanding of the control of power equipment connected to the grid, to speak as an equal with R&D

  • A plus

    Experience with real-time platforms and grid simulators

  • Won't work

    A background in grid operation or maintenance, with no compliance demonstration

  • Won't work

    General quality or management systems certification

  • Won't work

    Embedded software development

  • Won't work

    A sales or pre-sales role

The salary, plainly

60 to 80k€

gross per year

  • Gross annual, depending on profile and experience
  • Permanent contract, managerial status, full time
  • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, on-site presence
  • Leading a recent compliance team, still being structured
  • Travel to grid operators and laboratories, frequency given at interview

What happens next, in two steps

  1. You send your CVon this page, in two minutes
  2. If your profile matches, we will get in touchFlorian Beurtey, who leads the assignment

This role isn't quite right for you? Do not apply to this role: your CV would be read against its criteria, not yours. Send an open application instead, I read it for my other assignments, most of which are never published.

Do you tick the required minimum? Apply here, you will get a straight answer.

Open application

06 · Your application

Send your CV

Grid Code Compliance Manager (M/F), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

  • No account needed.
  • Every CV is read against the requirements of the role.
  • If your profile matches, we will get in touch.

Your CV stays confidential.

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Frequently asked questions

What candidatesask first

What is the role and where is it based?

Grid Code Compliance Manager on a permanent contract, cadre status, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. No grid operator authorises a connection on someone's word. You take charge of a recent compliance team and write its method: simulation, type tests, files, through to the certificate.

What is the pay?

€60-80k gross per year, depending on profile and experience.

What are the essential criteria (must-haves)?

5 to 10 years in grid code compliance; You know grid codes (ENTSO-E, national codes) and the associated IEC standards in depth; You have done dynamic grid simulation: PSCAD, PowerFactory, Matlab / Simulink or equivalent; You have run type tests with independent laboratories, through to the certificate; You have dealt directly with grid operators and R&D teams; Engineering degree in electrical engineering, power grids or electrotechnics; Fluent French and English; On-site presence in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Which profiles are not a fit?

A background in grid operation or maintenance, with no compliance demonstration; General quality or management systems certification; Embedded software development; A sales or pre-sales role. An application outside the criteria receives no reply.

How to apply?

You send your CV on the job page. If your profile matches, Volta Executive will contact you. The client's name is shared if your profile is selected.

Who is hiring?

Volta Executive, a recruitment and executive search firm for industry and energy, founded by Florian Beurtey, an engineer who graduated from the École des Mines de Saint-Étienne and AgroParisTech. The assignment is confidential.

Who is hiring

Volta Executive,an engineer who hires engineers

Volta Executive is a recruitment and executive search firm for industry and the energy transition, in France and internationally: energy-from-waste (EfW, SRF), biomass and cogeneration, district heating, anaerobic digestion, energy efficiency, energy storage, electrical engineering. Florian Beurtey, an engineer from Mines Saint-Étienne and AgroParisTech, who has worked at EDF, Safran and INRAE, leads every assignment and meets every candidate before presenting them.

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