SCADA Electrical Engineer

Would you like an exciting career with a high degree of development and responsibilities? Does it motivate you to be on the frontline of the renewable energy business? And would it motivate you to work with conceptual and detailed design of SCADA systems designed for transmission interfaces and HV infrastructure safety & protection systems? Then perhaps you are our new member in the Electrical Engineering team.

European Energy is an international company in exponential growth. We develop, build, and operate wind and solar parks as well as Power-to-X and energy storage projects globally. Consequently, we play a significant role in resolving climate issues by reducing the world’s CO2 emissions. We are more than 700 employees with 43 nationalities represented in 20 countries and 28 offices.

You will be part of our Electrical Engineering team within the EPC department, which handles all Electrical Engineering activities within our European and international building program either as technical advisor or full EPC engineering. The team´s main responsibilities are to design our electrical infrastructure from Point of Connection through sub- and transformer station to LV distribution networks including Power Plant Control and SCADA. We navigate between inhouse design, subcontractors design including multi-contracting approach where sub-contractor management are a big part of the daily routines.

As Electrical and SCADA Engineer you will be part of the EPC team where you in close corporation with procurement, structural, and design teams support and safeguard our projects through innovative design, studies and models etc. and further on a regular basis report back to our project teams by use of company-based Project Life Cycle (PLC) software and meetings. With focus on SCADA you will handle, design and supervise SCADA applications across our projects both in Denmark and abroad where you will have direct or in-direct dialog with DSO and TSO.

You will be responsible for several tasks on multiple projects and be accountable for the completion of electrical activities on a selection of projects with support from team members.

Areas of responsibilities

• Design concepts, specifications, control concepts, communication schemes, network topologies and single line diagrams
• Developing the concepts of process control of producing units
• Overall SCADA management, Parametrizing of controllers with focus on interfaces between Power Plant Controller and Utility Compagnies/Grid Operators IT and SCADA applications
• Relay protection studies including interlocking and intertripping schemes
• General electrical engineering within HV/MV and LV systems
• Commissioning and FON tests towards DSO and TSO
• Exploring regulative standards in order to optimize designs
• Specifying and developing functional requirements of remote and central hardware for plant control and monitoring in close corporation with engineering team.
• Coordinating the collaboration with suppliers in respect of interfaces and final design
• Specify and follow up on documentation from suppliers including final project documentation
• Follow up on time schedule from suppliers in according to project schedule
• FAT and SAT of application software at the suppliers’ facilities, online or at site
• In-depth engineering support to our asset management teams including site support and trouble shooting
• Contributing to the technical perspectives in data acquisition strategy, comprising logging and redundancy

Professional skills we expect from you

• 2-5 years’ experience within the area of SCADA and relay protection for HV, MV & LV Systems for power generating facilities, and further we expect a practical and theoretical background
• 2-5 years’ experience within general electrical engineering and design power infrastructure projects is an advantage
• High focus on quality and deadlines
• Educational background as Electrical SCADA or Power Engineer
• Good collaboration skills
• Technical understanding and experience within solar projects are an advantage
• English at a professional level is a requirement

We seek a highly motivated, enthusiastic, curious, and problem-solving personality, who thrives in working in a high-paced and multidisciplinary environment. It is crucial that you possess high coordinating capabilities and can provide a data-driven approach to your work.

We imagine that you have a background in SCADA software/IT engineering combined with an interest in energy systems and that you are eager to learn about the physics of energy-producing plants. Experience within control systems is a must, and it is an advantage if you have been deeply involved in the setup of controllers and network components such as switches and routers, also comprising troubleshooting. We expect that you have basic knowledge of various TCP/IP protocols and have done basic programming tasks in C++ or Python.

We offer

We offer an opportunity to take on a role with great responsibility in the renewable industry. As part of an international and engaged team in a fast-growing company with colleagues from various countries and with different professional backgrounds, you will work and benefit from a diverse and innovative working environment as well as a flat company hierarchy.

We value a social work environment, and we arrange many activities for our colleagues to socialize outside work, including various sports activities and an annual company trip. We can offer relevant certifications for existing and future work projects, and we emphasize a flexible work culture with possibilities to work from home.

Reports to: Søren Zdrinka Nannestad, Director, Head of Electrical Engineering

Location: Søborg, Copenhagen

Contact person: Talent Acquisition Specialist, Mette Sommerlund Thomsen, [email protected]

Our working environment is built on mutual respect for the varied strengths and talents of our employees, with a flat hierarchy and entrepreneurial thinking at its foundation. Our employees value our flexible working culture, permitting better reconciliation of work and personal life. We are a team, whether it is in the workplace, on our company trips or during our weekly company training sessions. At European Energy, you will not only gain great colleagues, but also new friends from every corner of the globe.