Team Lead Substation Automation System

Siemens Gas and Power GmbH & Co. KG; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Time off/Paid holidays and parental le

Learn@Siemens-Energy platform

Employee resource groups

Global project opportunities

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Senior Leader for Grid Automation in the United Kingdom. You will lead the day-to-day operations of an engineering team within Grid Automation, allocate work, manage priorities, and resolve conflicts while supporting engineers through technical and professional challenges.

You will represent your domain in discussions with Project Managers, customers, and discipline leads, driving consistency, quality, and continuous improvement to shape the team’s future direction.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience managing engineers or technical teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to represent the domain to customers and senior leadership.
• Experience making sound decisions balancing delivery pressure, quality and team well-being.
• Technical background in HV substations, SCADA/RTU, and OT networking is valued.
• Servant-leadership approach with accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead Daily Operations: oversee work allocation and prioritization within the team.
• Own Capability and Standards: ensure consistent ways of working across the team.
• Coach and Develop Engineers: identify gaps and shape development plans.
• Influence Hiring and Promotions: contribute to building a strong team.
• Serve as Senior Point of Contact: represent domain in project discussions with customers and cross-discipline teams.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Judgment under pressure

Technical credibility

Collaborative leadership

Job description

\"We energize society\" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Newcastle up Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

• UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND


• England


• Manchester

Company

Siemens Energy Limited

Organization

Grid Technologies

Business Unit

Digital Grid

Full-time

Experience Level

Manager / Team Leader

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join a dynamic team where your leadership will drive the success of substation automation systems! In this role, you will focus on leading the day-to-day operations and continuous improvement of an engineering team within Grid Automation. You will allocate work, manage priorities, and resolve conflicts while supporting engineers through technical and professional challenges. Your ability to maintain consistent standards and ways of working will be crucial as you represent your domain in discussions with Project Managers, customers, and other discipline leads. This is your opportunity to shape the future of the team while leveraging your senior technical background to support and develop your engineers.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead Daily Operations: Oversee the allocation of work and management of priorities and conflicts within the team.


• Own Capability and Standards: Ensure consistent ways of working across the team, driving quality and efficiency.


• Coach and Develop Engineers: Identify capability gaps and shape development plans to foster technical and professional growth.


• Influence Hiring and Promotions: Contribute to building a strong, well-rounded team through input on hiring and promotion decisions.


• Serve as Senior Point of Contact: Represent your domain in project discussions, collaborating with customers and cross-discipline teams.

What You Bring

• Proven Leadership Experience: Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, or mentor engineers, with a focus on their development.


• Strong Communication Skills: Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to represent your domain to customers and senior leadership.


• Judgment Under Pressure: A track record of making sound decisions while balancing team well-being, delivery pressure, and quality.


• Technical Credibility: Senior-level experience in High Voltage substation automation, SCADA, RTU, and OT networking, enabling you to challenge and support the team effectively.


• Collaborative Leadership Style: A servant-leadership approach that empowers others while holding accountability.

EU citizens who are willing to relocate to the UK will be considered.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With over 100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably.

The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character—no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

• Opportunities to work with a global team


• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects


• Medical benefits


• Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave


• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform


• Access to a variety of employee resource groups