Data Engineer

Job Description

Otary is a leading Belgian company specializing in the development, construction, and operation of offshore wind farms in the Belgian North Sea. With our headquarters situated in Ostend, we are at the forefront of sustainable energy production.

Otary is a partnership of eight Belgian renewable energy companies. As a Belgian pioneer we develop, finance, build and manage offshore wind farms, with a strong focus on innovation. Otary is responsible for Rentel & SeaMade which are both fully operational and good for a total capacity of around 800 MW.

To strengthen our team in Ostend, we are looking for a Data Engineer/Analyst

We are looking for a passionate Data Engineer / Data Analyst who thrives on building data pipelines, maintaining data platforms and transforming technical data into actionable insights. In this role, you will support the entire business and actively contribute to the further development of our data-driven organisation.

As a data engineer, you will be responsible for validating, improving and structuring data quality to enable data analytics. You will work closely with the Asset Management team on data projects within Offshore Wind.

In this versatile role, you will take responsibility for three core areas:

• Management of data platforms & dashboards: you will ensure that our technical and finance data platforms and dashboards remain reliable, up-to-date and high-performing.
• Data engineering & pipeline development: you will build new data streams and contribute to a robust data infrastructure. You will manage various data projects from start to finish, working closely with the various departments and, in particular, with the asset management team.
• Technical data analysis: you provide analyses that offer insights into technical performance and processes, and you support the teams with data-driven insights.

What do we expect from you?

You will be responsible for the end-to-end processing of data generated by our offshore wind farms and the energy market, setting up data pipelines to automate data flows between different sources ((datalake, data warehouse, APIs,...). With your critical eye you detect irregularities, report them, and look for solutions and optimizations. In addition, the maintenance and optimisation of the pipelines is an important aspect.

Together with your colleagues you build dashboards and integrations that enable data-driven policy and management. You provide support in setting up and maintaining dashboards and ensure that they are used correctly and sufficiently in the organization. You provide training where needed.

You will help build and improve the data quality and data culture throughout the organization. In doing so, you actively participate in finding ways to improve and automate our work processes related to data. In addition, you will also support the other departments by analysing technical data from our assets.

You have a social attitude and challenge the business where necessary to do certain aspects differently by, for example, optimizing process flows or the use of certain reporting. From your understanding of the business needs, you deliver the necessary data products.

Your data products can be smoothly used for daily analysis, business insights and data science.

You are the perfect candidate for us if

• You have excellent programming skills (Python, PyTest, GIT, CI/CD...).
• You have experience with Microsoft Azure, Fabric, PowerBI, Excel,...
• You have good knowledge of data warehouses (OpenTSDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and data visualization tools.
• You have at least 2 to 3 years of relevant work experience as a data engineer and preferably hold a Master's degree (degree (industrial/civil engineer with technical data engineering skills) or equivalent through experience.
• You have experience with APIs (REST).
• You have a critical attitude and can easily explain complex systems.
• You are problem-solving, efficient and demonstrate excellent analytical skills.
• You are stress resistant with a hands-on mentality and able to think multifunctional
• You are fluent in both English and Dutch
• You have a healthy interest in data analysis and are energized by data engineering

You have a plus if

• You have technical knowledge of the wind energy sector, including its technical challenges, and/or experience in an O&M environment.
• You have experience with Grafana and/or Five Tran.

What do we offer you?

• A challenging & dynamic working environment in the offshore wind energy sector with a daily dose of fresh sea air in an office with a view of the sea
• An innovative vibe (feel welcome in our VR room, meet our digital twin, immediate onboarding on the Machine Learning journey)
• A growing and knowledge-driven organization where respect, positivity, quality and leadership are our characteristic values.
• A motivating salary package (including green company car) in line with your experience and responsibilities and the possibility to work from home.
• Opportunity for further development in line with the job

Our organisation is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, and we firmly believe that diversity and inclusion lead to innovation and success. That is why we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.