Technicians
As a technician for Elia, every day is different. From urgent repairs to daily maintenance, the work is always surprising, instructive and challenging.
Technicians
As a technician for Elia, every day is different. From urgent repairs to daily maintenance, the work is always surprising, instructive and challenging.
High-voltage technicians
As a high-voltage technician at Elia, you have a versatile job with plenty of responsibility! You inspect facilities, identify causes of defects and carry out mechanical maintenance on the equipment making up the high-voltage grid, such as switches, disconnectors and transformers, or on their low-voltage electrical driver circuits.
You measure electricity and test new equipment prior to commissioning. Safety is always your priority. Our high-voltage technicians are creative, can read wiring diagrams and have a good overview of complex systems. As a technician for Elia, every day is different.
Low-voltage technicians
Elia utilises a wide range of technologies, from low-voltage equipment with conventional wiring to communication via bus systems. You modify wiring diagrams where necessary, ensuring that security mechanisms are turned on to the right range and at the right time.
Our systems and processes are highly digitalised, so we rely on your analytical skills. You are interested in automation and PLC controls. Driven colleagues, training and independence keep your job interesting. Within Elia, you can carve out a wide-ranging career as a generalist in the technical sector or as a technical specialist in your field, where continuous learning is key.
Cable and line technicians
Are you comfortable with heights or being underground? As a cable and line technician, you work with underground and overhead cables and lines. You check everything, carry out work and make repairs, meaning that every day you are responsible for the safety of local residents and the contractors working on our high-voltage lines.
You regularly patrol the grid, manage measurements and negotiate pruning. This role encompasses a wide range of tasks whereby safety is a priority and you are responsible for urgent and preventive works. Your work is surprising, instructive and challenging, like when you have to climb to the top of a 150-kV pylon!
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Starting your career
Step 1: Selection procedure
After applying at Elia, our recruiters will screen your CV and, if your profiles matches the job, give you a call. This will give us the chance to get to know each other. If you pass this step, you will receive a link to a number of online tests. The next step is your first face-to-face (or virtual) meeting: an interview with the hiring manager and recruiter where we will delve further into your career, values and attitudes to make sure there is a cultural fit. For some roles, we will also schedule an assessment with our external partner.
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Starting your career
Step 2: Signing your contract
If at the end of this process both you and Elia feel that you are a match, you will receive an offer and we will explain our contract and terms of employment. Once you have signed your contract, we will welcome you as a new Elian! Before you start, you can use our Welcome app to learn much more about our company and activities. We strive to ensure that our new talents feel welcome at Elia!
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Starting your career
Step 3: Welcome Day
Here at Elia, we like to give our new employees a warm welcome. We start with an orientation day at our Schaerbeek site. After a spot of breakfast, you learn about safety, receive practical information, and visit dispatching and a high-voltage substation.
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Starting your career
Step 4: Lighting Day
Once you have been at Elia for six months, we invite you to our site in the centre of Brussels. This is a time to reflect during a day filled with presentations about the energy transition or ongoing projects. Our CEO Chris Peeters will also be there. We provide more information about our culture, while you can put your questions to HR staff and better get to know your colleagues. We end the day with a reception with snacks and drinks.
Elia is Top Employer 2020
Thanks to our inspired HR policy, Elia has been awarded the Top Employer 2020 label, the third year in a row we have received this honor. This label means that Elia is one of the top two employers in the energy sector. It also recognises Elia's warm welcome of new employees, with a specific approach adopted from the moment they sign their employment contract to their first days at the company. We rest assured that our focus on encouraging continuous development among our employees and candidate experience in the recruitment process is also rightly recognised. The Top Employer label is an acknowledgement of the way we view new ways of working, including flexible working hours, working from home and employees' work-life balance. Receiving the label was ultimately not down to us, so we especially want to thank our employees. After all, there is no Top Employer without Top Employees!
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