Head of Protection, Automation and Control

vor 3 Wochen


Erlangen, Deutschland Siemens Energy Vollzeit

**A Snapshot of Your Day**

The Head (f/m/d) of Protection, Automation, and Control (PAC) will play a pivotal role in leading and overseeing all aspects of protection, automation, and control engineering starting with R&D, Proposals, and Project Execution. The rapidly changing energy landscape with increasing penetration of renewable energy sources requires you to develop an understanding of changes in the way grids are planned, operated, and serviced. You will meet with regulators, industry experts, and customers to participate, discuss and explain our value proposition. As part of a fast-growing business, you will be responsible for hiring, coaching, and leading a team of diverse professionals globally. You will develop and communicate the expectation levels and vision to members of your organization.

**How You’ll Make an Impact**
- Develop a clear understanding of the regulatory, market, and customers’ needs to ensure competitive and successful offering of PAC solutions tailored to regional needs. Ability to demonstrate value to customers to enable differentiation.
- Identify product/solutions short-term to win in a competitive market and develop long-term strategy with R&D leads to evolve our substation automation portfolio accordingly.
- Be the trusted partner for Sales organization by supporting customer meetings to explain the PAC portfolio, understand regional requirements and ensure compliance with local codes and standards, and work with Sales on developing regional market growth plans.
- Demonstrate thought leadership presence by participating in industry alliance to develop grid of the future while positioning Grid Automation as the trusted partner in enabling customers’ energy transition journey.
- Identify resource gaps and drive a culture of growth, innovation, diversity, and business sustainability.
- Build-up and lead a diverse team of engineers, market specialists, and R&D project managers. Support, Develop, Guide and Promote the team helping develop a winning culture.
- Coordinate with other units and segments, integrating objectives and ideas for organizational growth.

**What You Bring**
- Bachelor’s or Master’s (preferred) degree in electrical engineering, automation, or similar field
- Long term working experience with substation protection and control systems in energy transmission and distribution including renewable integration
- Profound technical knowledge and long-standing working experience in automation technology, digital substation, and grid integration
- Be a leader who is visionary with innovative mindset, who helps create the future solutions helping build the organization for long term success
- Deep understanding of transmission market, with its drivers, stakeholders, and regulatory environment
- A global attitude with strong intercultural sensitivity and the ability to work collaboratively with customers and partners around the world
- Several years of responsibility as an engineering or project lead with strategic direction or ideally experienced in disciplinary leadership for a team or a department
- Full proficiency in English and willingness to travel (~30%)

**About the Team**

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

**Who is Siemens Energy?**

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 94,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

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.

**Our Commitment to Diversity**

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.

**Rewards/Benefits**
- Neben einem attraktiven, marktgerechten Vergütungspaket erwartet Sie eine attraktive arbeitgeberfinanzierte betriebliche Altersversorgung
- Daneben bieten wir die Möglichkeit, zu sehr interessanten Mitarbeiterkonditionen Aktionär*in von Siemens Energy zu werden
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