Team Lead Substation Automation System

Team Lead Substation Automation System

2026-09-27T00:00:00

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Region: Tyne and Wear

Country: GB

Postal Code: NE1 7

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Application Deadline: 2026-12-28T19:00:38.807

"We energize society" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

Organization: Siemens Energy Limited

Business Unit: Digital Grid

Type: Full-time

Experience Level: Manager / Team Leader

A Snapshot of Your Day

Join a dynamic team where your leadership will drive the success of substation automation systems! In this role, you will focus on leading the day-to-day operations and continuous improvement of an engineering team within Grid Automation. You will allocate work, manage priorities, and resolve conflicts while supporting engineers through technical and professional challenges. Your ability to maintain consistent standards and ways of working will be crucial as you represent your domain in discussions with Project Managers, customers, and other discipline leads. This is your opportunity to shape the future of the team while leveraging your senior technical background to support and develop your engineers.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Lead Daily Operations: Oversee the allocation of work and management of priorities and conflicts within the team.


• Own Capability and Standards: Ensure consistent ways of working across the team, driving quality and efficiency.


• Coach and Develop Engineers: Identify capability gaps and shape development plans to foster technical and professional growth.


• Influence Hiring and Promotions: Contribute to building a strong, well-rounded team through input on hiring and promotion decisions.


• Serve as Senior Point of Contact: Represent your domain in project discussions, collaborating with customers and cross-discipline teams.

What You Bring

• Proven Leadership Experience: Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, or mentor engineers, with a focus on their development.


• Strong Communication Skills: Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to represent your domain to customers and senior leadership.


• Judgment Under Pressure: A track record of making sound decisions while balancing team well-being, delivery pressure, and quality.


• Technical Credibility: Senior-level experience in High Voltage substation automation, SCADA, RTU, and OT networking, enabling you to challenge and support the team effectively.


• Collaborative Leadership Style: A servant-leadership approach that empowers others while holding accountability.

EU citizens who are willing to relocate to the UK will be considered.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With over 100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably.

The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character—no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Opportunities

• Opportunities to work with a global team


• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects


• Medical benefits


• Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave


• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform


• Access to a variety of employee resource groups

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"We energize society\" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandNewcastle up TyneNewcastle upon TyneUNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELANDEnglandManchesterCompanySiemens Energy LimitedOrganizationGrid TechnologiesBusiness UnitDigital GridFull-timeExperience LevelManager / Team LeaderA Snapshot of Your DayJoin a dynamic team where your leadership will drive the success of substation automation systems! In this role, you will focus on leading the day-to-day operations and continuous improvement of an engineering team within Grid Automation. You will allocate work, manage priorities, and resolve conflicts while supporting engineers through technical and professional challenges. Your ability to maintain consistent
standards and ways of working will be crucial as you represent your domain in discussions with Project Managers, customers, and other discipline leads. This is your opportunity to shape the future of the team while leveraging your senior technical background to support and develop your engineers.How You'll Make an ImpactLead Daily Operations: Oversee the allocation of work and management of priorities and conflicts within the team.Own Capability and Standards: Ensure consistent ways of working across the team, driving quality and efficiency.Coach and Develop Engineers: Identify capability gaps and shape development plans to foster technical and professional growth.Influence Hiring and Promotions: Contribute to building a strong, well-rounded team through input on hiring and promotion decisions.Serve as Senior Point of Contact: Represent your domain in project discussions, collaborating with customers and cross-discipline teams.What You BringProven Leadership Experience: Demonstrated
ability to lead, coach, or mentor engineers, with a focus on their development.Strong Communication Skills: Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to represent your domain to customers and senior leadership.Judgment Under Pressure: A track record of making sound decisions while balancing team well-being, delivery pressure, and quality.Technical Credibility: Senior-level experience in High Voltage substation automation, SCADA, RTU, and OT networking, enabling you to challenge and support the team effectively.Collaborative Leadership Style: A servant-leadership approach that empowers others while holding accountability.EU citizens who are willing to relocate to the UK will be considered.Who is Siemens Energy?At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With over 100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably
and sustainably.The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character-no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.Opportunities to work with a global teamOpportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative
projectsMedical benefitsTime off/Paid holidays and parental leaveContinual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platformAccess to a variety of employee resource groups #J-18808-Ljbffr