Operational Technologies Engineer

Bring your curiosity and passion into action. Join Galp today!

You will joint the Renewables, New Businesses & Innovation business unit that develops a diversified and sustainable portfolio of renewable energy - solar and wind - with a focus on the Iberian Peninsula. It also maps, evaluates and develops business opportunities in the energy space, such as the battery value chain.

About your future Team:

The mission of the Operational Technologies (OT) Engineer is to act as a focal point for all on-site OT equipment and support the implementation and management of renewable assets in Galp’s L2 monitoring systems.

How will your day-to-day look like:

• Act as a focal point for all on-site OT equipment, providing transversal expertise to Galp internal and external stakeholders and being the main keeper of Galp real-time operational data flow;
• Ensure continuous evolution of OT equipment maximizing the plant’s productivity;
• Collaborate in the integration of Galp’s assets assuring data integrity for real-time and historical analysis purposes;
• Ensure the continuity of the Control Center (CC) activities in terms of applications, communication, and systems;
• Participate in the specification, designing, development and implementation of main systems’ functionalities that require high level of technical background and transversal knowledge assuring the evaluation of the most current technology available and preparing written specifications and recommendations for implementation;
• Continuous evolution of OT equipment supported by a business strategy that focus on improving the service reliability and reducing the costs;
• Monitor the work plans and schedules to integrate, perform updates or retrofits of OEM SCADAs and other OT equipment considering internal and external stakeholder’s requirements;
• Establish best practices for the integration of new project sites as well as coordination of the execution of validation activities during installation and commissioning process of OEM SCADA and other OT equipment to ensure new asset’s integration and retrofits, generating periodic and final reporting to all stakeholders;
• Ensure real-time control systems analysis and incidents resolution according to predefined priorities and coordinating all the activities with OEM SCADA and OT equipment suppliers as well as with the internal stakeholders;
• Assurance of operational data integrity for internal databases used for real-time and historical analysis purposes.

What makes you Unique:

• Graduation in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunication, Computer Sciences, or another that fits the desired profile;
• At least 5 years working in the Renewables sector;
• Previous experience working with OEM SCADAs;
• Strong knowledge of industrial communications protocols (IEC-60870_5_101, IEC-60870_5_104, MODBUS, OPC-UA, DNP, OPC DA & OPC XML) and databases (SQL, others);
• Valuable experience in OT Cyber Security;
• Solid communication skills with capability to establish technical discussions in different cultural environments;
• Ability to multi-task and work concurrently on multiple projects;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• High attention to details.

Your life at Galp:

• An energy company integrated in the energy sector where you can make a difference;
• Challenging Projects;
• Competitive salary and bonus;
• Health insurance for you and your family;
• Meal allowance.