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Excited to work for a key Belgian player in the energy landscape?

The Belgian and European energy landscape is in full swing. Did you know that Elia Belgium plays a crucial role in this? As part of Elia Group, a European transmission system operator, Elia Belgium ensures the reliability and sustainability of the electricity supply in our country.

Side-by-side with your talented colleagues, you will play a part in building a sustainable, green and reliable energy infrastructure that stimulates economic growth and reduces our ecological footprint.

Only together can we make the biggest impact possible! We believe in the power of diversity: we are convinced that an inclusive and diverse work environment leads to more innovation, creativity and better results.

Chapter Lead Engineering

Reference ID:  8917

EXTERNAL Function

 

Within Elia Group’s division for Digitalization, IT & Innovation (Division D), we have recently implemented a product organization as new operating model to complement our classical project-oriented way of working. Division D offers a series of chapters specialized according to expertise areas in which the primary goal is to offer highly qualified resources towards the different projects and products. One of these chapters is the Engineering Chapter gathering profiles such as cloud engineers, ops engineers specialized in designing, implementing, and operating execution environments. We are looking for a Chapter Lead who will attract, develop, and retain scarce talents in order to capitalize the know-how, rationalize the best practices and increase our maturity in the different expertise areas. As a Chapter Lead, you will be the line manager of a team composed of internal and/or external resources. You will report directly to the Director of Chapters.

 

Your Tasks as Chapter Lead

 

  • Define a coherent vision, strategy, and budget for the chapter in accordance with Elia Group’s strategic goals, in-line with other Chapter Leads.
  • Define and run the operating model of the chapter together with the other Chapter Leads to ensure transversal efficiency (budget follow-up, resources sourcing & allocation, work organization…).
  • Organize SPOC and collaborate closely, as a sparring partner, with a wide range of stakeholders across the organization, including product or project teams, senior managers, and external partners to identify strategic priorities. Manage the demand and the capacity of the chapter.
  • Hire and develop the members of the chapter, including defining the career growth path, skill development, and performance reviews.
  • Ensure that best practices, tools, and methodologies are shared and standardized across the chapter by facilitating knowledge sharing, learning, and continuous improvement across a broad range of expertise areas.
  • Drive the change initiatives impacting the chapter's functional areas.
  • Evangelize and “tell the story” of the chapter through various communication channels to all key stakeholder segments.
  • Gather, track and report on the value proposition KPIs of the chapter.
  • Oversee and ensure group cohesion on chapter level, considering the diversity of the respective chapter members. This may require travel efforts between 50hz and ETB locations.

 

Specifically, as the Chapter Lead for Engineering, you have the non-exhaustive following tasks:

 

  • Drive continuous improvements of the offered services (design, implementation, and operation) and the supported execution environments in terms of reliability, scalability, and security.
  • Challenge, qualify and coordinate impacts from requests of products or applications running on supported execution environments.
  • Resolve priority conflicts due to resources availability with stakeholders.
  • Contribute to convergences towards other execution environments.
  • Play a key role in optimizing costs, troubleshooting complex issues and contribute to the overall cloud architecture.
  • Mentoring chapter members, staying updated on cloud technologies.

Your Profile

 

  • 3+ years of relevant experience in management of IT specialized resources from different expertise areas and maturities with strong leadership and demonstrated success of team build, including P&L responsibility.
  • Confirmed broad IT knowledge covering cloud domains (network, security, authentication, authorization) of modern infrastructures (k8s, terraform, databricks…).
  • 5+ years of proven experience in IT operations for high-available and resilient execution environments.
  • Your technical curiosity combined with your pragmatic and constructive mindset facilitates the emergence of sustainable solutions for our organization.
  • 3+ years of working with teams using agile methodologies.
  • You communicate in a clear and crisp fashion with experts on a technical level as well as with stakeholders on a conceptual level.
  • You have excellent presentation skills.
  • Having knowledge and experience in the energy and/or utility sector is a nice-to-have, not a must-have.
  • You are fluent in English, additional language skills in Dutch, German or French are a nice-to-have.

Offer

 

  • Salary: a competitive salary package, allowance for representation expenses, year-end bonus, double vacation pay, meal vouchers (€8 per working day), eco-vouchers, sport & culture vouchers, bonuses based on individual and group results.  
  • Insurance: group insurance, hospitalisation insurance, ambulant care insurance for the whole family and also personal accident insurance.  
  • Vacation: You will be entitled to 20 vacation days and 5 additional vacation days, 6 local days, 4 exempt days (after 1 year of employment) and up to 5 long-service days (1 day for every 3 years in employment).  
  • Social fund: Sinterklaas and year-end vouchers, birth and marriage allowance. We will also cover part of the cost of glasses, a dental prosthesis or similar needs.  
  • Communication: you will be given an iPhone, a phone subscription (for work and private use) and a laptop with internet reimbursement.  
  • Private PC plan: once every 3 years, a budget will be made available to you for a PC/tablet with software & peripherals for personal use.  
  • Discounts: you will enjoy a 30% discount on your gas and electricity bill.  
  • Mobility: we will offer you a company car and public transport or a mobility budget.  
  • Elia shares: Elia will give you the opportunity to subscribe to shares with a discount of 16.66% on the average share price. 

Location

 

20 Boulevard de l'Empereur, 1000 Bruxelles

There’s something electric in the air with this job offer!

In exchange for your work and dedication, you enjoy the following benefits:

A job full of variety with a top employer: Elia encourages innovation and collaboration. Within our company you will be at the forefront of the energy transition, and you will have the chance to contribute to ground-breaking technologies designed to accelerate this transition. It is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to further develop your knowledge and skills.

Focus on personal growth and well-being at work: Discover a wide range of professional training and coaching opportunities that are guaranteed to give your personal growth a solid boost.  At the same time, as a top employer, we put maximum effort into a positive work culture in which your well-being is central.

Development opportunities for a challenging career: At Elia, we encourage you to seek out and seize new professional opportunities. You will enjoy complete freedom to shape your career on your own terms.

A diverse team of passionate colleagues: Elia puts a high value on diversity and inclusion. You will join a diverse and passionate team that enjoys sharing knowledge and leading the way towards a more sustainable future together.

These are just a few of the benefits that distinguish Elia as a Top Employer. We are convinced that your contribution to our team will be invaluable and look forward to welcoming you soon!

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