Head of SCADA Engineering

Placering
Kolding

About the job
Are you up for powering the future by Leading Scada Engineering towards Digital excellence? Are you fostering strong and collaborative leadership in the OT and IT convergence era?
The Digital Engineering arm of Project Delivery & Engineering stands at the forefront of working towards a fossil-free future. We are dedicated to executing major global infrastructure projects, navigating a dynamic and challenging environment to guarantee safety, promptness, quality, and budget compliance.

Within our Digital Engineering division, we specialise in delivering and integrating digital solutions aimed at facilitating renewable energy production and ensuring dependable operations. As the primary provider of digital solutions within the Business Unit Offshore Wind, we oversee the whole value chain, from bid acquisition to asset construction and operation. Our focus lies on Operational Technology (OT) and IT, harnessing control and analytic modelling synergies to optimise engineering design through comprehensive data integration.

Cybersecurity remains paramount across our portfolio within BU Offshore Wind and other BA Wind business units, as we uphold the grand standards in this regard.

Presently, we seek a seasoned professional to assume the role of Head of SCADA Engineering, leading our SCADA Engineering section within the esteemed Digital Engineering Leadership team.

Be in your element with BA Wind
Our wind, solar and batteries business offers a unique opportunity to be in your element working to help harness the forces which will take us to fossil freedom.

As part of BA Wind you will play a key role in one of the most exciting pipelines in the industry with 24GW of capacity stretching out more than a decade ahead across our key European markets.

You won’t only be involved in developing projects but pioneering cutting-edge innovation, new business models and ways of working with communities and the environment. Working as part of a leading European utility also means you could be helping a growing number of major businesses and brands achieve their own sustainability goals through partnerships.

Your profile
Your role / what will you do?
As the leader overseeing SCADA engineering, you'll oversee various individually managed teams, including Scada Projects, SCADA Operations, Scada Infrastructure, and SCADA Products & OT. Your role as a catalyst for potential extends to elevating collaboration for enhanced project delivery and operational maturity, as well as empowering engineers for automation to drive digital transformation.

Managing stakeholders effectively across operational and strategic realms, you'll facilitate digital integration in greenfield and brownfield operations. Leveraging your extensive experience in digital product development and sustainable value creation, you'll spearhead initiatives that propel our organisation forward. Your strategic acumen and ability to navigate complex landscapes are crucial in guiding our digital journey to success. Your initial focus lies in cultivating robust internal collaboration and championing cross-functional teams for a cohesive approach. Utilising your leadership competencies, you'll align managers and individual team members to foster a shared vision and collaborative culture.

Also, you'll strengthen partnerships with key stakeholders within Vattenfall IT and our BA, enhancing operational efficiency and product delivery through agile methodologies. As a strategic and people-oriented leader, your expertise in digital product development and sustainable value creation drives your commitment to digital transformation.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Manage and develop a current Team of 4 managers and 50+ Full-Time Employed individual.
• Ensure sound collaboration with Vattenfall IT and our Business Area Digitalisation Team.
• Nourish product thinking in the organisation, and support teams in agile ways of working
• Manage and Develop capabilities in SCADA Engineering to stay competitive, relevant and efficient.
• Actively promote the technical authority to provide a value driven business focus
• Apply a feasible and disruptive innovative arena, balancing risk and opportunities in order to enable the business strategy
• Manage budgets and costs within the area.
• Some travel can be expected as the team is geographical spread in 5 locations in Northern Europe.

Your profile / who are you?
In our pursuit of the perfect fit for this role, we are particularly interested in candidates with demonstrated skills in navigating strategic, highly complex issues, problems, and challenges. We value individuals who can adeptly translate technical challenges into economic impact. The selected candidate will play a pivotal role in leveraging their strategic acumen to drive meaningful economic outcomes through innovative problem-solving approaches, contributing to the success of the organisation.

As our Head Of SCADA Engineering, you will bring:

• Ability to build strong relationships to influence the agenda also without formal authority.
• You have an engineering university degree (M.Sc. or PhD) with a minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience including experience in leadership.
• Experienced in Leading Leaders is beneficial.
• You command English in both verbal and written form.
• You possess a positive mindset and see opportunities with a “glass half full” approach to your work.
• You are highly motivated and communicative with enthusiasm and can be a role model for our technical specialist.
• Thriving leadership in turbulent times
• Business understanding and a commercial mindset.
• Experience with renewable energy technologies and surveillance
• Ability to work in large and detailed organisations.

Next to this, you bring:

• Strong understanding of the value of Data and digital solutions
• Strong Understanding of Data Pipeline, maintenance and establishment, including knowledge of one or more products to support data acquisition from distributed field operations.
• Good understanding of SCADA Logic and User Interfaces.
• Experience with portfolio management tools and software.

Why not start your journey to working for fossil freedom by applying now? We look forward to receiving your application!

Location Kolding, Denmark - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Hamburg, Germany

Additional information
Our offer
Looking for a career with growth?
Looking for a role where your superpowers can be leveraged to the maximum and with limitless opportunities for growth?

The scale and ambition of our wind, battery and solar business means you can really find your element with us. We’ll also provide you with all the learning and development you need to expand your horizons.

We strive to be the best place to work in the industry with highly competitive pay and conditions and an open, supportive culture. A commitment to a healthy work-life balance aims to ensure everyone plays to their strengths, whatever their background and experiences.

You will be part of a growing team of 1,700+ colleagues from 50+ nationalities where our positive approach to diversity is reflected in the fact that more than a quarter of staff are women.

More Information
For more informationabout the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Pia Køcks, [email protected]. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Christian Pathuel, [email protected]

We welcome your application in English no later than 17.05.2024. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click here

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The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party, Validata.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.

We look forward to receiving your application!

About the company
Vattenfall is a leading European energy company driving the transition to a sustainable energy system. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years and now have a mission of working for fossil freedom. We employ around 21 000 people mostly in our core markets in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK.