SCADA Engineering Manager (m/f/d) – Utility Scale PV & BESS

Overview As SCADA Engineering Manager, you take technical ownership of SCADA, monitoring, plant control and communication systems for our utility-scale PV and BESS projects. You act as the central technical interface between engineering, project teams, customers, grid operators and external suppliers such as Gantner or meteocontrol — ensuring these systems are correctly specified, integrated, tested and commissioned.

• This role combines strong technical understanding with coordination and stakeholder management: you translate between grid operator requirements, customer expectations, supplier solutions and EPC project realities.
• Most importantly, when a plant reaches commissioning, you ensure SCADA, PPC and communication systems work reliably — rather than becoming the project's last unresolved interface.

• Your mission
• •Technical ownership of SCADA, monitoring, plant control and communication systems
• •Supplier management — coordinating SCADA/PPC providers (e.g. Gantner, meteocontrol) and holding them accountable for correct specification, integration and delivery
• •Acting as the central technical interface between engineering, project teams, customers, grid operators and suppliers
• •Testing & commissioning oversight for SCADA, PPC and communication systems
• •Engineering & project coordination across the full plant lifecycle

• Your profile
• •Degree in electrical engineering, automation engineering, control engineering, mechatronics, computer engineering, or a comparable technical discipline
• •Several years of professional experience in SCADA, industrial automation, power plant control, renewable energy, or grid integration
• •Experience with utility-scale PV, BESS, substations, or other power generation assets highly desirable
• •Good understanding of SCADA architectures, industrial communication networks, and plant control systems
• •Familiarity with communication protocols such as Modbus TCP/RTU, IEC 60870-5-104, IEC 61850, OPC UA or comparable
• •Understanding of active power, reactive power, voltage and grid control concepts is an advantage
• •Experience working with grid operators, utilities, or grid compliance requirements highly desirable
• •Proven track record coordinating external technical suppliers and managing complex system interfaces
• •Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across hardware, software and communication systems
• •Confident communicator with engineers, customers, suppliers and grid operators
• •Structured working style and a strong ownership mentality — you drive technical topics until resolved
• •Willingness to travel occasionally to project sites, suppliers or customers
• •Driving licence category B
• •Fluent English; German language skills strongly preferred
• •A responsible, proactive and solution-oriented approach to work, with the ability to apply professional expertise effectively in day-to-day activities
• •A commitment to respectful, trusting collaboration and mutual support within the team

What we offer

• •Work in a growing, international company with a start-up mindset
• •A workplace in a central location in Saarbrücken with good transport links
• •An open and friendly working atmosphere
• •Flexitime scheme with core working hours
• •Company sports programme (Hansefit)
• •Subsidised parking in the city centre or a travel allowance for public transport
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