Head of Industrial Turbine Controls

Location: Hybrid in Lisbon/Amadora, Portugal; willingness to travel around 25% depending on project and business requirements.

Company

hirify.global develops energy technologies and systems supporting reliable, sustainable power generation and the global energy transition.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop the Controls Engineering team in Lisbon.
• Oversee industrial steam turbine Controls projects from project handover through engineering, procurement support, FAT, commissioning support, handover, and closure.
• Manage project scope, schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, changes, costs, quality, and stakeholder communication.
• Harmonize Controls standards, architectures, templates, workflows, tools, and reusable solutions.
• Coordinate technical requirements covering control systems, automation, HMI, network architecture, cybersecurity, documentation, system interfaces, and commissioning.
• Improve resource planning, competency development, customer satisfaction, and collaboration across global engineering locations.

Requirements

• University degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Control Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Project Management, or a comparable technical field.
• Several years of experience in Controls Engineering, automation, industrial steam turbines, power generation, systems engineering, project management, or technical team leadership.
• Strong knowledge of industrial turbine Controls, DCS, PLC, HMI, network architecture, industrial communication, cybersecurity, instrumentation interfaces, FAT, commissioning, and engineering workflows.
• Several years of project management experience covering scope, schedules, costs, risks, customer requirements, engineering deliverables, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong leadership, coaching, communication, stakeholder management, decision-making, and continuous improvement skills.
• Fluent Portuguese and English, written and spoken.

Nice to have

• Experience with T3000, PCS7, SIMATIC, S7, COMOS, EPLAN, configuration management systems, or comparable industrial Controls and engineering solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• International collaboration with a global Controls Engineering organization headquartered in Erlangen, Germany.
• Remote and flexible work options within the hybrid arrangement.
• Medical benefits, paid time off, holidays, and parental leave.
• Continual learning through Learn@Siemens-Energy platforms.
• Opportunities to work on and lead innovative energy projects.