General position description
The Energy Data Specialist works full time in the ENTSO-E Secretariat in Brussels in the System Development section, within a team of around 10 employees and reporting to the Adequacy Manager.
The Adequacy team oversees preparation of adequacy assessments, covering time frames from several months ahead (Seasonal Outlooks) to several years ahead (European Resource Adequacy Assessment-ERAA). The team handles complex and agile workstreams, suggesting simplifications and other approaches to be used by downstream projects.
Within the System Development section, the Adequacy Team strongly interface with the System Modelling team, which oversees data collections from TSOs, data quality and consistency.
The role is based in ENTSO-E’s office in Brussels. Travelling limited to 2-5 times per year (approximately 2 days each) may be required.
Your responsibilities
The Energy Data Specialist contributes to the Association work mainly by supporting studies, with a stronger focus on data processing.
S×he is expected to provide support and actively contribute to various tasks of the team. S×he can also be asked to take the lead on some specific aspects/projects. The tasks can evolve, depending on the priorities in the teams and in the section.
Key tasks and responsibilities can include:
- Supporting innovation to improve tools and/or modelling approaches to achieve higher quality and improve efficiency.
- Design, implement and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines to support the products.
o Develop solutions to automate the ETL/ELT process of data retrieving, validation, and transformation.
o Work with data warehousing systems, ensuring data governance, management, and modelling.
o Proactively looking for opportunities for improvement to the optimization of data workflow.
- Drafting technical documentation and reports
- Supporting the quality assurance / quality control process to assess the plausibility of input or output datasets, which requires to develop metrics and visuals, using state-of-the-art data analytic techniques and sound understanding of what studies are modelling.
- Supporting internal communications and coordination within expert level groups at ENTSO-E. This can include preparing and moderating meetings, defining agendas, setting session files, presentations, and decisions, drafting minutes, tracking actions and following up to closeout actions.
Your profile
The position requires the following skills and abilities:
- University degree, preferably in in IT, Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related fields.
- Experience in the European energy landscape is an asset.
- Experience in scripting with Python is key as our software landscape is made of a blend of industrial tools and scripts.
- Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT processes.
- Experience with data visualization or BI tools is a bonus.
- Experience in working with complex datasets and automated quality checks.
- Able to develop a helicopter view and dig into the detail of processes
- Team player with ability to self-prioritise and adapt to new priorities.
- Fast learner and able to adapt easily to a continuously changing work environment. Eager to take coordination initiative and facilitate consensus.
- Excellent writing and oral communication skills in English.
- Ability to work independently and team setting with competing deadlines.
- Motivation to work in a multi-cultural environment and to contribute to the European energy transition.
- Positive mindset aligned with the values of ENTSO-E: Team, Trust, Future-thinking, Integrity and Excellence.
Our offer
Our people are truly at the heart of our association. You will be part of a multinational and multi-cultural environment, with colleagues from over 30 different nationalities. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce which allows us to create an environment where we learn from each other and develop together. We strongly believe in continuous learning and offer a broad range of training and development opportunities to our employees. We are a hybrid workplace and offer a maximum of flexibility enabling to have a good balance between remote working (from Belgium) and engaging physically with colleagues.
We offer market competitive compensation and an extensive benefit package, with excellent insurance coverage for you and direct family members (such as hospitalization, supplemental medical plan). You will benefit from group insurance and travel insurance. You will have the opportunity to participate in a Flexible Benefits Plan to choose for those benefits that create the best value for you.
Additionally, we offer employees from our TSO Members the chance to apply for secondment opportunities, further enriching your experience and expanding your horizons.
Interested?
Please submit your application, consisting of a curriculum vitae and a motivational letter on the ENTSO-E career site. Replies will be handled in strictest confidence.
ENTSO-E is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion or political beliefs.
