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Systems Engineer (Electrical, Instrumentation, Automation)

Hybrid in Soria·Full-time·Added 23 days ago

Overview

Job details

  • Permanent contract

    Full-time hours.

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Have the right to work in Spain

    Recursos de la Biomasa (REBI) doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.

  • Be near Soria, Spain (Hybrid) for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

  • Have 3+ years of experience

    Mid-level role.

  • Higher vocational training (FP Grado Superior)

    “Formación: FP de grado superior en Automatización y Robótica Industrial, Electrónica o Ingeniería Técnica.” — per the ad.

This job was automatically translated to English.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Good work environment

  • Contract type: Permanent, with a 6-month probationary period.

  • Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours/week

  • Schedule: Monday to Thursday flexible start, 8:30 hours of actual work. Friday flexible start, 6 hours of actual work.

  • Hybrid modality: 10 annual remote work days.

  • Exclusive dedication.

  • Collective agreement: Industry, Services, and Metal Installations Sector of Soria.

  • Category/Group/Level: As per collective agreement

  • Vacations: 22 days as per collective agreement.

  • Life and accident insurance: according to the applicable collective agreement and conditions offered by the company at any given time.

  • Access to the flexible compensation plan: you will be able to purchase the offered products, within the limits and criteria established in the flexible compensation plan in effect at any given time.

  • Start date: Immediate.

  • Workplace: Calle Medinaceli 2, 1st floor, Soria.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Required knowledge: At least 3 years programming SCADA and PLC in real projects, including commissioning.

  • Experience: Demonstrable in Ignition or another equivalent SCADA platform.

    PLC programming in at least two of the three indicated brands (Siemens, Schneider, Trend).

    Reading of electrical and instrumentation diagrams.

    Knowledge of industrial networks: IP addressing, VLAN, managed switches, and fieldbuses.

Education & certifications

  • Education: Higher level Vocational Training (FP) in Industrial Automation and Robotics, Electronics, or Technical Engineering.

Languages

  • Languages: English minimum B2 is desirable.

The role

What you'll do

FUNCTIONS, TASKS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES

You will program and maintain the supervision and control systems of our facilities, from the field PLC to the operator's screen. You will work on proprietary SCADA platforms and on controllers from various manufacturers, with real leeway to propose how things are done.

  • Development and maintenance of SCADA applications in Ignition: Perspective and Vision screens, tag structure, alarms, historian, and Python scripting.

  • Programming and configuration of supervision in IQVision: graphics, plant diagrams, and commissioning.

  • Programming of Trend IQ4 and IQ3 controllers with SET, and management of Trend networks.

  • Programming of Siemens PLCs (TIA Portal, S7-1200/1500, and Step 7 in existing installations).

  • Programming of Schneider PLCs (EcoStruxure Machine Expert / Control Expert, Modicon range).

  • Integration of signals and equipment via Modbus TCP/RTU, BACnet, M-Bus, OPC UA, and Profinet.

  • Field commissioning, functional testing, troubleshooting, and engineering documentation.

How you'll work

  • No team under supervision.

  • Travel: approximately 30% national.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

  • Software: Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite. Autocad

  • Qualities for teamwork, but with a high degree of autonomy.

  • Proactivity.

  • Results-oriented, technical, and analytical person.

  • Analysis and processing of information.

  • Flexible and adaptable to hybrid environments

  • Communication skills (written and oral in Spanish and English).

  • Planning and organization

  • Rigorous, logical, methodical person, with a great capacity for listening and analysis, highly oriented towards problem-solving and achieving results.

  • Ability to perform and manage multiple tasks and projects at the same time

  • Negotiation

  • Integrity

🚀 SELECTION PROCESS 🚀

Hiring process

1️⃣ Send your resume: We won't make you fill out a thousand fields; it's simple, you just need to upload your CV and answer a few brief questions.
2️⃣ Pre-selection: If your profile matches our requirements, we will contact you to get to know you through a video interview, sometimes preceded by a brief phone interview.
3️⃣ Interview: If your profile fits our team 😉, we will get in touch with you for an interview at our facilities (technical or language tests may also be conducted, which we will inform you about in advance).
4️⃣ Whether you have been selected or not, our team will contact you.

About Recursos de la Biomasa (REBI)

Recursos de la Biomasa (REBI) is a Spanish industrial company specializing in biomass energy plants. The company designs, builds, operates, and maintains biomass combustion and gasification facilities, converting organic waste and forestry by-products into renewable energy. REBI operates industrial-scale plants across Spain, positioning itself as a key player in the country's renewable energy infrastructure.

Headquartered in Donostia-San Sebastián, REBI is a Spanish-founded company with a strong local presence. For international professionals, REBI offers opportunities in industrial operations, automation, and IT roles within a growing renewable energy sector. The company's work involves hands-on technical positions in plant operations, offering a chance to work in Spain's industrial energy landscape.

Industry
Industrial
Founded
2010
Employees
100–250
Headquarters
Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
In Spain
Donostia-San Sebastián
Website
rebi.es

Good to know if you are moving

  • Spanish company with a strong local presence in the Basque Country; Spanish language skills are essential for most operational roles.
  • Roles are largely hands-on industrial positions (plant operation, electrical, automation) rather than office-based roles.
  • The company operates in the renewable energy sector, a growing industry in Spain with EU-level support.
  • Positions may require shift work and on-site presence at industrial plants.
  • The company is relatively small, offering a more intimate work environment compared to large multinationals.

In their own words

About the company & team

  • Engineering and Technical Office Department.

Additional information

At REBI we value talent regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or other personal or social circumstances. We promote equal opportunities, focusing on identifying and developing the potential of people based solely on their work skills, always with respect for diversity and non-discrimination.

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