KEPPLER. Personalberatung | Germany | 50xxx, 51xxx Köln | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 20.05.2026 on stepstone.de
Head of Operations & Technology – Water Production (m/f/d)
RheinEnergie AG, based in Cologne, is one of Germany's major municipal energy and water suppliers and is embedded in the Stadtwerke Köln Group. The water sector generates around €150 million per year and supplies over €1.4 million. People in Cologne and the region reliably with drinking water – over six water plants, about 120 wells and 10 reservoirs and 20 pressure control systems, in which about 80 million m3 of water are obtained and processed annually. In the field of water production, three equal-level departments – operation & technology, laboratory & quality and sustainability & resource security – are responsible for the interaction of plant availability, water quality and resource strategy, supported by a long-term philosophy of sustainable management, security of supply and technical sustainability. In the course of an age-related post-occupation, we are looking for a professionally versed and strategically thinking personality as: Operations & Technik – Wasserproduktion (m/w/d) Water management – Cologne and region This is why: They take over one of the most substantive divisions of the German water industry – in a consolidated and highly efficient benchmarked water production with high performance and design depth. In addition to the ongoing operation, you are responsible for a demanding infrastructure and modernization program with new waterworks construction as well as preparation, storage and transport management projects and specifically strengthen the technical resilience of water supply. They work in a cooperative and professionally strong leadership environment with short paths, close cooperation between the three departmental directors and a team that visibly identifies with their facilities. .
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Guided tour & organisation: You conduct around 70 employees in a disciplined and professional manner through the groups Machine and Process Engineering (WBM), Electrical and Automation Technology (WBE) and the Planning & Project Management Unit. Operational responsibility: You ensure the reliable, economical and legally secure operation of six water plants, around 120 wells and 10 storages and 20 pressure control systems – with full responsibility for plant availability and maintenance strategy. Asset strategy & investment: You develop the asset management strategy for the plant landscape along modernization and life cycle paths, are responsible for an investment volume of around € 20 million p.a. (project-related significantly higher) and derive multi-year renewal decisions. Processing & Digitization: You evaluate new processing methods against the background of increasing quality requirements and consistently drive the digitization of control and automation technology. KRITIS & Resilience: You actively build up the business continuity management according to KRITIS Dachgesetz, take over the overlayed emergency responsibility of water production and strengthen the technical resilience – including grid replacement systems and climate change adaptation. Stakeholder & Committees: You represent the department sovereign to authorities, supervisory bodies and municipal partners and use the excellent access to DVGW, VKU and BDEW to actively participate in key industry topics. Horizontal cooperation: You are closely linked to the sister departments of Labor & Qualitäts, Sustainability & Resource Security and with RheinNetz GmbH as the operating director of the distribution networks.
Foundation: Graduate or Master's degree in urban water management, civil engineering (water-economic deepening), utility or process engineering – or a comparable engineering-scientific qualification with drinking water or water Installation reference. Technical safety: Multiannual leadership experience in a technical field, ideally in drinking water supply – as an alternative in adjacent industries with their own water supply and comparable plant complexity (e.g. chemical industrial parks, airport suppliers, industrial water suppliers, Bundeswehr-Wasserwerke). asset & investment expertise: detectable control of larger projects or investment programs; familiar with life cycle and economic considerations of a KRITIS infrastructure. Regulatory safety: knowledge of the relevant rules of drinking water supply and routine in interaction with authorities and supervisory authorities. Economic judgment: characterised commercial understanding and the ability to combine technical and economic perspectives in long-term infrastructure and investment decisions. leadership & communication: appreciation, clear and decision-making; You give orientation to a professionally strong team – through presence, master's tours and business visits – and communicate confidently with authorities, municipal responsibilities and associations. Macher mentality: High design will, crisis and emergency strength as well as the willingness to live in the Cologne area in order to be on site in trouble and crisis situations. .
Location
 | KEPPLER. Personalberatung | |
| 50823 Köln | ||
| Germany |
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