Data Engineer d/f/m

RWE Generation SE
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our OT team, responsible for our gas, coal and biomass fired power plants in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Turkey.
The OT environment consists of powerplants with PLC, DCS, Scada and expert systems, two redundant tier-3 data centers, WAN connections to the unit DMZ’s, the powerplant DMZ’s and connections with other data centers of other RWE business units and TSO’s.
Within the OT environment, we are running an OSIsoft PI environment archiving process data of most of our power plants. This data is used for real time process and quality monitoring, offline process improvement, maintenance management and reporting.
With evolving changes there is a push to store more data and to move to open standards. Therefore, we have started a project to investigate and probably implement a new PIMS, based on TimescaleDB, RabbitMQ and Grafana.

About the role

• Responsibility for maintaining the existing PIMS environment and investigating the transition to the new PIMS environment. 
• Design a data architecture that adapt to changing needs.
• Implement security measures without hindering data accessibility.
• Optimize performance across systems.
• Integrate AI and machine learning.
   

Job Requirements and Experience

• Time series databases, preferable OSIsoft PI and TimescaleDB.
• Timeseries protocols like OPC UA, OPC DA, MQTT.
• OSIsoft PI suite e.g. PI AF, PI Vision, PI interfaces (OPC DA and UA).
• Message brokers, like RabbitMQ.
• PowerShell and Python.
• Power generation and process control.
• OT Cyber security.

RWE is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment – we value your passion, your willingness to learn and your desire to thrive. So, if you don’t display all the skills above but think this is the job for you, need flexible working arrangements or adjustments which aren’t outlined already, we would still like to hear from you.

Your Benefits 

• An annual salary of approximately £55,000 to £75,000 dependent on experience and a 15% annual bonus opportunity.
• A personal retirement savings plan – if you put in 5% we will top up by a further 10% and you will get life assurance worth 4 x annual salary.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pro-rata.
• Company Paid Private Medical Insurance for you and your family.
• Enhanced parental leave from day 1 of you joining #TeamRWE – For primary care givers, weeks 1-29 will be fully paid and 30-39 paid via SMP. For secondary care givers, you’ll get 12 weeks of fully paid leave.
• One free professional membership subscription.
• Access to flexible benefits such as Critical Illness, Dental Plan, Health Cash Plan, Share Incentive Plan, Cycle2Work, Electric Car Lease Scheme, Buy Additional Annual Leave and retail savings scheme.
• Occupational Health support services for your wellbeing.
• Access to our employee assistance programme in times of need.
• Up to 2 days volunteering a year.

Apply with just a few clicks: ad code 89947, application period: 28.05.2025
Any questions? Contact HR: Lee Clark, +31 629189516

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We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation, and identity. #inclusionmatters

RWE Generation is Europe’s second biggest gas company. Its approximately 3,000 employees - among them many specialist technicians and engineers - operate power plants in Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Turkey and are moving with purpose towards our vision for a clean future. With hydropower and biomass plants already online, they blend conventional energy expertise with renewables innovation.

We are bridging the gap to the age of renewables by focusing on hydrogen, biomass and battery storage. By converting our power plant fleets to carbon-neutral fuels such as hydrogen and biomass, and successfully developing new storage technologies RWE Generation is making a key contribution to our ambitious goals. You'll discover we are continuously challenging ourselves creating a team that’s built on trust and respect.