OT Connectivity Engineer (m/f/d) in Renewable Energies

What do we rely on at ENCAVIS? The sun. The wind. And on you.

Welcome to Encavis! Our world is all about the power of the sun, the wind and the more than 400 people across our group who are working together to shape the energy system of the future in order to ensure a sustainable energy supply for future generations.

ENCAVIS Management GmbH & Co. KG is the holding company of ENCAVIS GmbH, one of Europe's leading electricity producers from renewable energies. We operate a broadly diversified portfolio of over 330 onshore wind farms, ground-mounted solar plants and battery storage facilities in 13 European countries with an installed capacity of more than 3.8 GW. And best of all, we are continuing to grow! Our subsidiaries, Stern Energy SpA, which operates throughout Europe as a specialist in technical services for photovoltaic systems, and Encavis Portfolio Management GmbH, which specialises in supporting institutional investors, complement our portfolio.

What does this mean for you? The opportunity to make a difference, to shape and change things. As part of a multinational team that enjoys helping to make the energy transition a success.

Connect and enable our renewable energy assets across Europe
As OT Connectivity Engineer, you play a crucial role within our SCADA & Monitoring team by ensuring the reliable and secure connectivity of our renewable energy assets across Europe. You work at the intersection of engineering, IT/OT and operations, enabling seamless communication between plant-level systems and central platforms. By assessing communication architectures, resolving complex connectivity challenges and driving standardization, you create the technical foundation for efficient monitoring and operation of our growing PV, BESS and hybrid portfolio. This role offers you the opportunity to strengthen the digital backbone of renewable energy infrastructure and actively contribute to the energy transition.

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OT Connectivity Engineer (m/f/d) in Renewable Energies

• ENCAVIS GmbH (Hamburg oder Neubiberg bei München)
• Permanent
• Full-time
• 50% Mobile Office possible

We'll get wind of that soon:

• Academic Background: You hold a degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications, computer engineering or a comparable technical field.
• Relevant Professional Experience: You bring several years of experience in plant connectivity and SCADA environments within renewable energy, ideally in solar PV or battery storage systems.
• Technical & System Understanding: You have a strong understanding of networking, system interfaces and device-level communication within energy plant environments.
• Communication Protocols & Integration: You have hands-on experience with industrial communication protocols such as Modbus TCP/IP, MQTT, IEC-based communication as well as APIs for data access and system integration.
• Hands-on Mindset & Problem Solving: You approach challenges with a practical mindset and are able to identify and resolve real-world connectivity issues in complex plant environments.
• Collaboration & Communication Skills: You communicate effectively and collaborate confidently within international and cross-functional teams.
• Language & International Environment: You are fluent in English; German, Italian or other European language skills are considered a plus.
• Mobility & Travel: You are willing to travel occasionally within Europe, for example to Hamburg and Parma.

Your sunny outlook:

• Plant-Level Connectivity Ownership: You take ownership of plant-level connectivity and integration across Encavis’ European portfolio of photovoltaic (PV), battery storage (BESS) and hybrid assets.
• Communication Architecture & Assessment: You contribute to the evaluation and assessment of communication architectures for existing and new projects, ensuring reliable real-time and near-real-time data transfer.
• System Integration & Interface Management: You ensure seamless communication between plant-level components such as inverters, Power Plant Controllers (PPCs), data loggers, Energy Management Systems (EMS) and BESS controllers, and their integration into central monitoring platforms.
• Troubleshooting & Operational Support: You support the analysis and resolution of connectivity and communication issues in coordination with local O&M providers from an IPP perspective.
• Standardization & Governance: You coordinate cross-company and cross-country stakeholders and contribute to the standardization of connectivity concepts and interface definitions across the portfolio.
• IT/OT Collaboration & Security: You work closely with IT/OT teams to ensure secure and compliant system architectures and support network and information security requirements, including documentation, audits and security reviews.
• Monitoring Integration & Data Availability: You support integration into central SCADA and monitoring platforms and ensure consistent data availability and quality across the portfolio.

What we offer:

Please note:

When we advertise vacancies internationally, the benefits listed usually relate to our locations in Germany and may vary depending on the country and role.

Employee Assistance Programme

Individual counselling and coaching by the Fürstenberg Institute

Professional & personal development

Comprehensive onboarding, individual training opportunities, language courses, development programmes

Health & well-being

Health platform machtfit (including health budget), health weeks, free drinks and fruits

Culture & Collaboration

Small and large corporate and team events, Giving Back Week, Sustainability Working Group

Lunch offer (only in Hamburg)

Subsidised meals in the office in Hamburg

Referral Bonus

Finder's Fee for new colleagues

Employee Discounts

Use of Corporate Benefits

Mobility

Takeover of the Deutschlandticket and subsidised JobRad

Modern workplaces

Modern, fully equipped office spaces in Neubiberg and Hamburg (located directly on the Elbe), featuring for example height-adjustable desks, ergonomic office chairs, on-site workshop rooms, and phone booths (“mini offices”) for private work or undisturbed meetings.

Office room for animals (only in Hamburg)

Possibility to bring a pet to a specially reserved office if the care of a pet cannot be guaranteed

Retirement & Insurance

Employer subsidy for company pension scheme and occupational disability insurance, group accident insurance free of charge, subsidy for computer glasses

Work-Life-Balance

Flexible working & mobile office (up to 50%), 30 days holiday (+1 day each for Christmas and New Year's Eve)