Responsable Technologie Opérationnelle (H/F)

Job Description

Our mission is to make clean power accessible. We are passionate about making a positive impact on communities and the environment where we work.

We're designing, financing, building and operating the world's most sophisticated battery systems to enable the take up of more renewable power, electrifying fleets for cleaner air, and providing clean, portable power including repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Our proprietary software and data analysis optimises operational performance for our customers to reduce emissions and costs.

Since we began in 2017, we've raised over £2.7 billion in debt and equity funding and transformed it into >1.2GW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract and c.3,400 electric vehicles supported. We have operations in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the US and Canada, with a global headquarters in London.

We're the leading owner and operator of battery storage in the UK, supporting the National Grid with the uptake of renewable power. We also work with c.90% of the UK's major bus companies, powering 25% of the UK e-bus market. We're also the number one owner and operator of e-buses in Australia and New Zealand, and are quickly expanding into light commercial vehicles and trucks. Our rapidly growing company is looking for highly talented and motivated people to join us.

The Opportunity

The Operational Technology Lead plays a critical role in enabling Zenobē's transition from delivering individual projects to operating a highly scalable, repeatable, and efficient deployment model across its growing BESS portfolio.

Reporting to the Head of Operational Technology, this role is responsible for developing and embedding the standards, templates, governance, and delivery frameworks that allow SCADA, control systems, and OT networks to be deployed consistently across multiple projects and customers.

Alongside this strategic responsibility, the Operational Technology Lead will remain actively engaged in the technical delivery of new BESS assets, working closely with customers, project teams, EPC contractors, OEMs, and system integrators to ensure OT solutions are designed, implemented, tested, and commissioned successfully.

Success in this role will be measured by the ability to deliver high-quality, secure, and operationally ready OT systems while building the repeatable frameworks, technical standards, and delivery practices required to support Zenobē's continued growth and expansion.

A Taste of the Day to Day

You will help shape Zenobē's transition to a scalable, standardised OT delivery model while supporting the successful delivery of live projects.

• Develop and continually improve OT standards, templates, and repeatable design frameworks for SCADA, controls, and OT networks.
• Provide technical expertise across multiple BESS projects through design, build, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Work closely with customers, project managers, OEMs, and system integrators to deliver robust OT solutions that meet operational and commercial requirements.
• Review and approve OT architectures, control system designs, and cybersecurity controls to ensure compliance with Zenobē standards.
• Coordinate SAT, commissioning, troubleshooting, grid code compliance testing and operational readiness across multiple stakeholders, ensuring successful validation, comprehensive documentation, and seamless handover of assets into operation
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery efficiency, reduce engineering effort, and accelerate deployment as the business scales.
• Manging the workload and development activities for engineers within your team to ensure we have the right people and skills to effectively support our projects
• Drive convergence with Technology, Data, Software, and Operations teams to ensure OT solutions align with broader platform capabilities, creating a seamless customer experience and maximising value across Zenobē's technology ecosystem.

Health and Safety

• Actively contribute to Zenobe's commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and sustainability by; integrating these principles into daily responsibilities, ensuring a safe and supportive work environment, promoting both the physical and mental health of self and colleagues, and adopting sustainable and energy-efficient practices to minimize environmental impact. By doing so, each employee at Zenobe plays a vital role in fostering a culture that prioritises overall safety, holistic wellbeing, environmental sustainability in our business operations.

What We're Looking For

We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience. Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero carbon world.

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience developing and implementing OT standards, governance frameworks, and engineering templates across multiple assets or sites.
• Experience working within a rapidly growing organisation and helping scale engineering or operational delivery functions.
• Knowledge of grid connection, compliance testing, and Grid Code requirements for utility-scale energy assets.
• Experience integrating OT systems with cloud platforms, enterprise data architectures, analytics, or digital products.
• Experience managing system integrators, EPC contractors, and multi-vendor delivery environments.
• Understanding of asset optimisation, energy trading, ancillary services, or flexibility markets.
• Experience supporting operational teams and driving continuous improvement through lessons learned and fleet-wide standardisation.

Working at Zenobē

We're passionate about sustainability and are proud to offer Team Zenobē a pioneering and collaborative working environment. We encourage our people to take ownership of their career progression and celebrate those that can think outside the box.

If you'd like to join our community of likeminded people hit the apply button now, we'd love to hear from you!

What We Offer

Charge your career at Zenobē and receive

• Up to 33% annual bonus for being awesome
• 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service up to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Private Medical Insurance
• £1,500 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do
• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Pension scheme, up to 8% matched contributions
• Enhanced parental leave
• Cash back health plan
• Plus more

Lots of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexitime and hybrid working. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but please talk to us about the flexibility you need and let's see how we can make it work.

Our Approach to Diversity and Inclusion

Our people are our strongest asset and the key determinant of our success, and we value a range of skillsets and perspectives. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We work to provide equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment, where everyone is fairly treated in the application process and through their career at Zenobē. If there are any adjustments that would help improve your experience with Zenobē, please let us know when you apply.