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

Greencells Group; Saarbrücken; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Open culture

Central Saarbrücken location

Flexitime core hours

Hansefit

Parking or transit allowance

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Zusammenfassung

Greencells Group in Saarbrücken seeks an SCADA Engineering Manager to own SCADA, monitoring, plant control and communication systems for utility-scale PV and BESS projects.

You will coordinate between engineering, customers, grid operators and external suppliers, ensuring proper specification, integration, testing and commissioning. Strong technical and stakeholder management skills are required.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in electrical/automation/control/mechatronics or equivalent.
• Several years of professional experience in SCADA and industrial automation.
• Experience with utility-scale PV/BESS or grid integration is desirable.
• Good understanding of SCADA architectures, networks, and plant control systems.
• Familiarity with Modbus TCP, IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104 and OPC UA.

Aufgaben

• Own SCADA, monitoring, plant control and communication systems for PV and BESS projects.
• Coordinate SCADA/PPC providers and hold them accountable for specs, integration and delivery.
• Serve as central technical interface between engineering, project teams, customers, grid operators and suppliers.
• Provide testing and commissioning oversight for SCADA, PPC and communications.
• Coordinate engineering and project activities across full plant lifecycle.

Kenntnisse

SCADA

Industrial automation

Power plant control

Renewable energy

Grid integration

IEC 61850

IEC 60870-5-104

Modbus TCP

OPC UA

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering

Tools

SCADA platforms

Industrial networks

Jobbeschreibung

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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