OT Engineer at Northland Power Inc.
Berlin, Berlin, Germany -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Dec, 26

Salary

10000.0

Posted On

21 Sep, 26

Experience

1 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Industry

Electrical Equipment Manufacturing

Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Engage and support offshore technicians and relevant operations departments
  • Liaise between OT, IT, marine coordination, operational teams, OEMs, and grid operators for seamless collaboration.
  • Communicate system status, risks, and improvement opportunities to management.
  • Monitor service status, troubleshoot and coordinate maintenance, updates, upgrades, and replacements.
  • Independently diagnose and troubleshoot faults, coordinating with internal teams, suppliers, and third parties.
  • Prepare root cause analyses for SCADA and OT infrastructure failures and propose technical solutions.
  • Standardize, monitor, and improve predictive and preventative maintenance programs.
  • Create, update, and maintain documentation on systems and processes.
  • Maintain accurate asset records and documentation to support audits and lifecycle management.
  • Assist in creating work scopes, bid packages, and oversee plant outages.
  • Assist in developing project schedules in alignment with operations and maintenance departments.
  • Uphold health and safety values on windfarm and office sites.
  • Abide by IT/OT security policies and ISMS protocols, ensuring compliance with global and local standards.
  • Follow industry best practices for installing, configuring, and maintaining OT hardware, systems, and networks for wind assets.
  • Support technological development of the OT landscape and best practices at Northland.
  • Provide OT expertise to new projects within the Northland Group.
  • Required to participate in schedule on-call rotation and travel in northern Germany and work on-site offshore based on business need.

Who you are:

  • Methodical and organized: you naturally work in a methodical way and relish the opportunity to add structure, processes, and order to your work. This will help with the competing priorities you will be managing.
  • Collaborative: You build relationships easily and enjoy working as a team to get things done
  • Diligent: Your solid attention to detail will ensure that documentation is accurate, and you follow up with others where needed to ensure outstanding information or actions are complete
  • Independent: You are an independent thinker and naturally set your own timescales and milestones to ensure you meet your objectives. You know when you need to ask for help and are comfortable doing so
  • Flexible: You are agile in your approach to your work and in working hours, after all you will be working alongside colleagues in other countries
  • Pragmatic: You are hands on and love getting involved in the detail
  • Communication: You can communicate at a high level in English and German both with internal and external stakeholders  

Qualifications and experience:

  • A degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or experience as an OT Engineer with several years of professional experience.
  • Sound knowledge and several years of experience in OT & Wind Farm Management Systems (SCADA)
  • Experience in network operations and/or Linux OS based Software Applications is desirable
  • A thorough understanding of how to perform all job requirements in a safe manner, in compliance with all local acts and regulations, so as not to endanger themselves, fellow workers or site equipment.
  • A strong desire to “do what it takes” to ensure the reliability and availability of the facility with ability to work overtime, weekends and holidays as dictated by plant schedules. The ability to travel may also be required.
  • Proven troubleshooting and fault isolation skills

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

  • Engage and support offshore technicians and relevant operations departments
  • Liaise between OT, IT, marine coordination, operational teams, OEMs, and grid operators for seamless collaboration.
  • Communicate system status, risks, and improvement opportunities to management.
  • Monitor service status, troubleshoot and coordinate maintenance, updates, upgrades, and replacements.
  • Independently diagnose and troubleshoot faults, coordinating with internal teams, suppliers, and third parties.
  • Prepare root cause analyses for SCADA and OT infrastructure failures and propose technical solutions.
  • Standardize, monitor, and improve predictive and preventative maintenance programs.
  • Create, update, and maintain documentation on systems and processes.
  • Maintain accurate asset records and documentation to support audits and lifecycle management.
  • Assist in creating work scopes, bid packages, and oversee plant outages.
  • Assist in developing project schedules in alignment with operations and maintenance departments.
  • Uphold health and safety values on windfarm and office sites.
  • Abide by IT/OT security policies and ISMS protocols, ensuring compliance with global and local standards.
  • Follow industry best practices for installing, configuring, and maintaining OT hardware, systems, and networks for wind assets.
  • Support technological development of the OT landscape and best practices at Northland.
  • Provide OT expertise to new projects within the Northland Group.
  • Required to participate in schedule on-call rotation and travel in northern Germany and work on-site offshore based on business need.

Who you are:

  • Methodical and organized: you naturally work in a methodical way and relish the opportunity to add structure, processes, and order to your work. This will help with the competing priorities you will be managing.
  • Collaborative: You build relationships easily and enjoy working as a team to get things done
  • Diligent: Your solid attention to detail will ensure that documentation is accurate, and you follow up with others where needed to ensure outstanding information or actions are complete
  • Independent: You are an independent thinker and naturally set your own timescales and milestones to ensure you meet your objectives. You know when you need to ask for help and are comfortable doing so
  • Flexible: You are agile in your approach to your work and in working hours, after all you will be working alongside colleagues in other countries
  • Pragmatic: You are hands on and love getting involved in the detail
  • Communication: You can communicate at a high level in English and German both with internal and external stakeholders  

Qualifications and experience:

  • A degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or experience as an OT Engineer with several years of professional experience.
  • Sound knowledge and several years of experience in OT & Wind Farm Management Systems (SCADA)
  • Experience in network operations and/or Linux OS based Software Applications is desirable
  • A thorough understanding of how to perform all job requirements in a safe manner, in compliance with all local acts and regulations, so as not to endanger themselves, fellow workers or site equipment.
  • A strong desire to “do what it takes” to ensure the reliability and availability of the facility with ability to work overtime, weekends and holidays as dictated by plant schedules. The ability to travel may also be required.
  • Proven troubleshooting and fault isolation skills

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