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Principal Consultant Digital Grid Operations
Local Unit & Position Description:
Do you want to take a step up in the Digitalisation of the Energy Sector? Are you commited to Energy transition?
Do you want to be part of the world’s leading energy advisory firm? Do you enjoy collaborating with market leading clients and knowledgeable and engaged colleagues? Then you may find the role as Consultant Digital Grid Operations in DNV GL Energy to be a great fit for you!
Job Opportunity
About the Service Area & Department
ENERGY ADVISORY: The increasing demand of electricity through electrification and the ever-growing supply of renewables, requires a reliable and low-cost Transmission and Distribution (T&D) system and market facilitation. Our Energy Advisory provide expertise to stakeholders in the energy value chain. Our services span grid asset management, digital grid operations, efficient grid development and future energy markets. We have 200 consultants and engineers in the NEMEA region (Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa). Our offices are in Belgium, Dubai, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and UK.
Role & Key Responsibilities
What We Offer
BE CHALLENGED
LEARN AND GROW
Our culture will help you learn and grow. Be assured that it is not just something we talk about. Every year we invest 5% of our revenue on research and development. We also invest strongly in competence development and progression for our people. From on the job learning to joining networks, receiving coaching and participating in training programs, we help to support you progress.
MAKE AN IMPACT
BE INSPIRED AND ENRICHED
BENEFITS PACKAGE
Do you want to take a step up in the Digitalisation of the Energy Sector? Are you commited to Energy transition?
Do you want to be part of the world’s leading energy advisory firm? Do you enjoy collaborating with market leading clients and knowledgeable and engaged colleagues? Then you may find the role as Consultant Digital Grid Operations in DNV GL Energy to be a great fit for you!
Job Opportunity
DNV GL Energy is looking for an experienced Principal Consultant Digital Grid Operations to strengthen our Intelligent Networks & Communication team at our headquarters in Arnhem, The Netherlands, or in our locations in London, Antwerp or Høvik.
The candidate will get the opportunity to provide expert advise in the digitalisation journey of the energy sector.
The overall purpose and mission of the job is to help DNV GL safeguard life, property and the environment and achieve our company vision: To be a trusted voice to tackle global transformations.
About the Service Area & Department
ENERGY ADVISORY: The increasing demand of electricity through electrification and the ever-growing supply of renewables, requires a reliable and low-cost Transmission and Distribution (T&D) system and market facilitation. Our Energy Advisory provide expertise to stakeholders in the energy value chain. Our services span grid asset management, digital grid operations, efficient grid development and future energy markets. We have 200 consultants and engineers in the NEMEA region (Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa). Our offices are in Belgium, Dubai, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and UK.
In our Intelligent Networks & Communication department, we are focused in modernizing the utility through communications, infrastructure and technologies. We do this via 5 topic areas:
- Next Grid Operations Framework
- Data Management & CIM
- Smart Grid Roadmaps
- Digital Substation
- Smart Metering
Role & Key Responsibilities
As a Principal Consultant for Digital Grid Operations, you will be part of the team developing our NEMEA Market for Digital Grid Operations (DGO) and reinforce the digital grid operations practice of the NEMEA team globally. Based on your affinity with the (electrical) utility industry you will deliver excellent and concrete results for our customers. This may include requirement specification, development and management related to next generation applications that run in the core of a power utility like SCADA, ADMS (Advanced Distribution Management Systems), MDMS (Meter Data Management), GIS and DERMS (Distributed Energy Resource Management).
As a Principal Consultant Digital Grid Operations your main roles and responsibilities wil be providing our customers in the energy sector with the following types of consultancy services:
- Digitalization
- Roadmap studies
- Proof of concepts
- Requirement Specifications for SCADA, ADMS, EMS communication systems, data acquisition systems and meter data management (MDM)
- System specification and modelling
- Supplier selection and Tendering support
- Project Management
- Test Management
- QA reviews
- Providing Training and workshop facilitation
Position Qualifications:
To qualify you must have, i.e. essential skills:
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A Master’s degree in Computer Ccience, Business IT and/or Electrical Engineering
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Knowledge and experience related to power utility processes
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More than 10 years of experience and knowledge related to ADMS, EMS, GIS, CIM, AMI integration, MDM and/or Utility Telecommunication
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More than 15 years of Project Management experience and certifications
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Hands-on experience with integration of grid operation systems
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Experience with procurement procedures of technical systems
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Experience in outlining, writing, and delivering service proposals, whether in response to utility client requests (e.g., RFPs) or through unsolicited business development activity
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Knowledge/experience with Substation automation systems and cybersecurity would be valuable
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Fluency in English, both spoken and written
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Besides a thorough knowledge of and experience with relevant systems and technologies, be interested in business economics aspects.
Key competencies, skills, and personal attributes:
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Commercial feeling and approach
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Client-oriented and flexible attitude
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Teamwork
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Goal orientation and perseverance.
What We Offer
A career in DNV GL is not just a job. It is an extraordinary opportunity to develop and enrich your life and make more of a global impact than you ever believed possible. Discover more here.
BE CHALLENGED
We have an enviable client list – we work with the biggest names out there. Our position enables us to lead the development in many industries. Whether we work with renowned companies, innovative startups or joint industry projects, you will get a chance to utilize your expertise together with specialists from a wide range of disciplines. It will all broaden your view and deepen your skills.
LEARN AND GROW
Our culture will help you learn and grow. Be assured that it is not just something we talk about. Every year we invest 5% of our revenue on research and development. We also invest strongly in competence development and progression for our people. From on the job learning to joining networks, receiving coaching and participating in training programs, we help to support you progress.
MAKE AN IMPACT
Joining us is an opportunity to make the world a better place. Employees in DNV GL feel strongly about the company’s Purpose to “safeguard life, property and the environment”. This is our reason for being since our foundation in 1864. Our Vision to be “a trusted voice to tackle global transformations”, gives our people direction and expresses what we would like to accomplish in the long term.
BE INSPIRED AND ENRICHED
You will be part of a culture that embrace the values of caring, daring and sharing. These are the three core values that shape our performance; We care for each other, our customers, our planet, and we take care of ourselves. We dare to explore, to experiment, to be different, and to be courageous, curious, and creative. We share our experience and knowledge. We collaborate with each other and our customers, and we continue to grow and develop as a result.
BENEFITS PACKAGE
- Our benefits package is specifically designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being
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Receive a competitive compensation package
- Get secured for the future with our pension scheme, profit share, health care benefits and wellness programs
- Enjoy the flexibility to handle your work in a way that suits you and your lifestyle and achieve a good work/life balance
- Great atmosphere of working together with professionals and some of the most engaged and knowledgeable people in the industry
- Receive guidance from colleagues through coaching, mentoring and participating in international networks
- Advance your professional skills and technical expertise, through individual competence development plans and tailored training
- Develop your managerial skills, by going through our state-of-the-art leadership programs
- Be part of a world growing and renowned organization with origins dating back to 1864.
Company & Business Area Description:
DNV GL: Each day, you will find us at work with over 100,000 customers, in more than 100 countries, building the invisible infrastructure of trust. Discover more in our corporate video.
We are the independent expert in risk management and quality assurance. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence. As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.
DNV GL – Energy delivers advisory, certification and testing services to stakeholders in the energy value chain. Our expertise spans energy markets and regulations, onshore and offshore wind and solar power generation, power transmission and distribution grids, energy storage and sustainable energy use. Our experts support customers around the globe in delivering a safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable energy supply. Learn more at www.dnvgl.com/power-renewables.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
DNV GL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity!