
Head of Operations Department Electrical and Control Technology in Mine Gas Operations
Iqony
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Saarbrücken • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Lead
About the role
- Responsibility for leading and supervising the Electrical and Control Technology operations departments in mine gas operations
- Planning, ensuring compliance with, and reporting on repair budgets
- Preparation of technical specifications for various plants, components and systems in instrumentation & control (I&C), control and metering technology
- Ensuring compliance with guidelines while taking mining legislation into account
- Training and further development of staff
Requirements
- Completed degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation & Control (I&C) or Automation Engineering, or a comparable qualification with many years of professional experience
- Equivalent vocational qualification as a master electrician or technician
- Extensive knowledge of I&C (MSR) technology and metering technology, as well as solid experience handling gas and explosion protection
- Team player with high commitment and persuasiveness
- Enjoys collaborative working and maintains a collegial approach
- Strong process understanding and a confident appearance
- Independent and structured way of working
- Solid knowledge of relevant guidelines and standards (in particular DIN, DIN EN, VDI, DVGW, Federal Mining Act - BBergG)
- Basic knowledge of PLC technology and programming, as well as gas analysis techniques (CH4, CO2, O2)
- Willingness to participate in on-call duties (after familiarization)
- Confident use of SAP/4HNA systems and common Office applications
- Willingness to obtain further qualifications
- Class B driving license
Benefits
- Work in an agile and dynamic team
- Support for personal and professional development, especially for the VEFK area
- Iqony company bike leasing (Iqony Dienstrad) and other employee offerings, for example on health topics
- Central location with good transport connections
- Collective agreement–based salary structures
- Company pension plan
- Work–life balance and family-friendly policies
- 30 days of annual leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Electrical EngineeringInstrumentation & Control (I&C)Automation EngineeringMSR technologymetering technologygas and explosion protectionPLC technologygas analysis techniquestechnical specifications preparationrepair budget planning
Soft skills
team playerhigh commitmentpersuasivenesscollaborative workingcollegial approachstrong process understandingindependent workingstructured working
Certifications
degree in Electrical Engineeringdegree in Instrumentation & Control (I&C)degree in Automation Engineeringvocational qualification as a master electricianvocational qualification as a technicianClass B driving license