Mercuri Urval GmbH | Germany | 33xxx Paderborn | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 23.04.2026 on stepstone.de
Head of Technology - Distribution System Operator (m/f/d)
Our client is a municipal network operator and is responsible for the reliable supply of around 700,000 customers with electricity, natural gas and drinking water. The regional distribution networks are operated efficiently and safely for industry, industry, agriculture and households. Modern technologies and innovative system solutions are used. More than 1,000 employees ensure reliable operation and continuous development of the network infrastructure. In the coming years, the company is investing in the development and modernisation of the networks and is increasingly becoming a data-based infrastructure manager. At the same time, structures and processes are further optimized to further strengthen efficiency and digitization. The technical sector, consisting of gas, electricity, system management and network development, plays a central role in implementing the transformation and investment projects. We are looking for the management and further development of this area. .
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Total responsibility for the strategic and operational management of the technology sector with a significant influence on the sustainability of the electricity, gas and communication networks Leadership of an important area of responsibility with 4 directly reporting departments and around 220 employees Further development of a technically and economically viable investment and maintenance strategy taking into account regulatory, technological and entrepreneurial requirements Embossing role in key future topics such as digitalization of networks, network management 2035, standardization and network development (asset management) in the context of energy transformation Ensuring safe, trouble-free, legally compliant and resource-efficient network and plant operations including operator responsibility and crisis organisation Responsibility for the further development and successful implementation of the third-party market business in the field of technology
Successfully completed master's degree in electrical engineering, renewable energies, energy, environmental or utility technology or a comparable discipline Multiannual, ideally 7 to 10 years of professional and management experience in relevant technical infrastructure areas, in particular in the planning, construction and operation of networks and/or in system management, network development (asset management) Proven ability to develop strategies, anchor organisation and effectively translate them into operational results Representative leadership with experience in the development of powerful organisations, in the control of change processes and in the promotion of a performance and customer-oriented culture High technical and systemic competence in network management and a secure understanding of business management relationships Experience in the management of complex technology, transformation and organizational projects and in the identification and realization of innovation and optimization potentials
Key function in a highly relevant environment for the future of energy supply Large strategic and operational design space in a central technical responsibility Possibility to sustainably shape the technological and structural development of a network operator Wide, content-oriented range of tasks across gas technology, power plants, system management and network development (asset management) Visible leadership with high organizational relevance and the chance to set sustainable impulses in an important business area
Location
![]() | Mercuri Urval GmbH | |
| Paderborn | ||
| Germany |
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