Control Room Operator

Location: Rome EUR, Italy
Reports to: Director of Remote Operations

Role Overview

The Control Room Operator plays a key role in supporting the Operations Supervisor to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations across a diverse portfolio of power facilities. This role is responsible for maximizing revenue delivery, coordinating real-time responses to alarm conditions, and ensuring compliance with all regulatory and contractual obligations.

Key Responsibilities

- Monitor and operate a wide range of large and small generating assets using multiple monitoring and control platforms.
- Evaluate complex operating conditions against regulatory and contractual requirements, including operating contracts, O&M; agreements, transmission and scheduling guidelines, and business practice manuals.
- Support O&M; compliance during equipment changes by enforcing change management policies and safeguarding Generator Owner interests.
- Monitor equipment not yet under O&M; jurisdiction, identify high-priority alarms, and provide risk mitigation recommendations to commissioning teams.
- Operate multiple power plant control systems, understand the behavior and capabilities of each technology, and predict grid responses to control actions.
- Implement voltage schedules in line with operating agreements and contracts.
- Initiate and document alarm response plans, ensuring timely communication of all required notifications to owners, transmission providers, and scheduling entities.
- Perform root-cause and failure analysis using historical data (e.g., inverter trips,



MV equipment failures, control system faults), ensuring accurate outage classification and reporting.
- Collaborate with maintenance teams to balance contractual obligations, outage impacts, and revenue optimization, always maximizing fleet value.
- Maintain the operator log to track outages, alarms, control actions, contractual changes, and interactions with regulatory bodies.
- Provide contractually required notifications of equipment failures and performance issues.

Experience & Qualifications

Experience

- 6+ years of experience in power plant operations.
- Solid technical knowledge of plant processes, electrical systems, and SCADA.
- Proven ability to analyze equipment performance and resolve performance issues.

Behavioral Skills

- Strong coordination skills, with a focus on safety, quality, and schedule adherence.
- Problem-solving ability, both independently and in collaboration with teams.
- Comfortable working in high-pressure environments with direct impact on safety and reliability.
- Fluent in Italian and English; knowledge of French is an advantage.

Technical Skills

- Proficiency with MS Excel, Word, Project, and Outlook.
- Experience with CMMS platforms (e.g., Salesforce).
- Knowledge of electronic power system protection equipment.
- VBA and/or SQL knowledge is an advantage.

Education

- Degree in power systems engineering, electrical engineering, or equivalent apprenticeship training.
- Relevant industry experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

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📌 Control Room Operator (Roma)
🏢 Samuel Knight International
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