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I have been retired since April 2025, but I remain keenly interested in the energy industry and wish to continue working - now as a freelancer. I see my field of work in the area between market, engineering, IT, and regulation. My training is primarily in electricity, but my experience includes gas, heat, and power plant and gas storage technology. I see my strengths in the overall company perspective on its respective project, always beyond departmental boundaries. Furthermore, I see my strength in many years of practical knowledge of daily operations and processes between and within energy suppliers. This ranges from embedding a process into the overall company to details of implementation and troubleshooting.
German
Native or bilingual
English
Basic
Russian
Basic
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Celle-Uelzen Netz GmbHFreelance EngineerENERGY AND UTILITIESApril 2026 - Today (4 months)Celle, GermanyDevelopment of a manual and other documents for grid operationConsulting on technical issues in grid operation
- freiberuflichEngineerENERGY AND UTILITIESApril 2025 - Today (1 year and 4 months)Bassum, NI, Germany○ Field of work is energy supply between market, engineering, IT and regulation○ Training in power grids, experience includes gas, heat, power plant and gas storage technology○ Strengths: Overall company perspective on its respective project; overcoming departmental boundaries in thinking○ Strengths: many years of practical knowledge of organization, daily operations and processes between and within energy suppliers○ Customers targeted include energy and water utilities
- Stadtwerke Lengerich GmbHDipl.-Ing.ENERGY AND UTILITIESOctober 2000 - March 2025 (24 years and 5 months)Lengerich, NW, Germany○ Head of Electricity Department, operationally involved in the grid, on-call duty until the end of 2024○ Energy procurement electricity, natural gas, EUA, derivative price hedging○ Design of new or to be modified grid systems in the power grid○ IT management, many small permanent IT solutions, including hardware assembly○ Supervision of IT apprentices, organization of training cooperation○ Creation of an EDM (Energy Data Management) support solution due to a lack of commercial offers at the beginning of liberalization in the energy market, coupled with the ERP system○ Project development for investments○ Ongoing operation of investments○ Management of investments○ Representation of SWL in the advisory and decision-making bodies of its municipal shareholders○ Development of cooperation fields, cooperation partners, business areas○ Rapid establishment of new business models at the beginning of liberalization in the energy market○ Development of contracts with cooperation partners and customers, clarification of legal issues○ Representation of SWL in various committees: former VDN, BDEW, BBH, GÖRG, almost all specialist commissions of the shareholders in investment projects○ Representation of SWL's shareholder interests in energy industry investments○ Supervision of grid control system, ISMS○ Change of grid control system product and control system manufacturer○ Transition of grid control system to SaaS solution○ Future organization of the interface between grid control system and remote control technology○ Transfer of expertise and experience to successor personnel
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Education
- Dipl.-Ing. Electrical Power Supplyformer Technical University of Zittau1988○ Mehrjährige Nebentätigkeit an der Hochschule, energiewirtschaftlich mit IT-Bezug (Berechnung elektrischer Netze) ○ 4 Monate Teilstudium am Moskauer Energetischen Institut ○ Praktikum in einer Netzleitstelle Strom ○ Spezialisierung: Regimesteuerung elektrische Energieversorgungssysteme
- Limited higher education entrance qualificationformer Technical University of Zittau1984Vorkurs für junge Facharbeiter zur Erlangung der Hochschulreife