Senior Automation Engineer (m/f/d)

Job Description

Are you a Senior Automation Engineer (Instrumentation, Automation, Control) engineer or project manager? Do you want to work with energy transition projects such as PtX, Carbon Capture, Energy Intensive Industries, or gas infrastructure? Do you want to play a central part in our projects?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Automation and Communication department as our new Senior Automation engineer and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

As our new Senior Automation engineer, you will be focal towards the clients, suppliers, and projects. As focal, you will be responsible for e.g., field instrumentation, automation systems, safety systems, network, fire & gas detection and interfaces towards mechanical & electrical packages and Supplier/Vendor management/engagement.

Your key responsibilities could include:

• Act as discipline lead/project manager on multidiscipline projects along with project team
• Liaison with clients and suppliers 
• Perform specification and design of automation systems e.g.:
  • Overall system topology and interfaces towards third part systems
  • SCADA, ESD/fail-safe systems or Fire and Gas
  • Field instrumentation 
• Provide input for procurement and handle technical clarifications before and during execution phase 
• Provide input for and participate in FAT, SAT and commissioning.
• Inspection/visit of installations on Sites.

Your new team

As our Senior Automation Engineer (m/f/d), you will be part of an exceptional technical environment with 95 passionate colleagues in Denmark, Germany, and other countries. The discipline is highly experienced and delivers engineering and consultancy services on a global scale within the energy sector. 

Transition to green energy is the department’s primary focus area. Our services cover the disciplines piping, layout and mechanical. We cover all aspects of a project including concept and feasibility studies, detailed engineering, EPC, and follow-up engineering. You may choose between working from Hamburg, Essen, Munich, Erlangen or any other Ramboll locations in Germany.

You will work within our Discipline team and work closely with other disciplines in a collaborative environment to deliver exciting projects for our clients.

About you

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. Whilst we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

These include:

• A Bachelor’s- or Master’s degree Automation/Electrical Engineering, Electronic and computer, Information- and communication technology, Marine Engineering or similar 
• Few years of relevant experience 
• Excellent communication skills in English are a must 
• Work in a structured and systematic way
• Able to handle many stakeholders
• We expect you have knowledge within some of the following areas: Field instrumentation, SCADA/Control, ESD/fail-safe, or Fire and Gas.
• Experience in design or operation of power plants, oil & gas or other process industries

What we can offer you

• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Be valued for the unique person you are
• Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realise their full potential.

Welcome to our Energy division

Ramboll is at the forefront of addressing the green transition and offers a holistic approach to energy that supports the sector on the journey towards more sustainable solutions. With 1,800 experts in 14 countries, covering the full spectrum of technologies and all parts of the value chain from production and transmission to distribution, we plan, design, and implement energy solutions all over the world.

Ramboll in Germany

Ramboll is a leading engineering, architecture and consultancy company founded in Denmark in 1945, with 18,000 employees globally. In Germany, we are 1,000 colleagues delivering innovative solutions within Buildings, Transport, Water, Environment & Health, Energy and Management Consulting. We invite you to contribute to a sustainable future, working in an open, collaborative, and empowering culture. 

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application. Be sure to include all relevant documents including your CV, cover letter, etc.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.