Europe's largest gas distribution network operator with water and energy services
Italgas operates critical infrastructure across gas distribution, water utilities, and energy efficiency across Italy and Greece, serving 12+ million gas customers and 6.3 million people through water subsidiaries. The tech stack reflects operational maturity in industrial controls (SCADA, Modbus, PROFINET, LoRaWAN) paired with enterprise systems (SAP, Microsoft Project), but hiring is heavily weighted toward engineering and operations roles with minimal data and sales coverage—typical of a legacy infrastructure operator in digital transformation mode rather than market expansion.
Italgas is Europe's leading gas distribution operator following its 2016 acquisition of 2i Rete Gas. The company manages over 150,000 kilometers of gas network infrastructure, primarily in Italy and Greece. Beyond gas, Italgas operates water utility services through subsidiaries serving 6.3 million people across Lazio, Sicily, and Campania—representing roughly 10% of Italy's population. Founded in 1837, the company is organized as a public utility with three operational pillars: gas distribution, water services, and energy efficiency. Current priorities center on network modernization (metering software, telecontrol systems, districtization projects) and sustainability optimization.
Primary systems: SAP for enterprise resource planning, Microsoft Office suite (Project, Access, Outlook) for administrative workflows, and SCADA/Distributed Control System/Modbus/PROFINET/LoRaWAN for industrial network operations and asset monitoring.
Current projects include metering software evolution, gas distribution network modernization (districtization), telecontrol system upgrades (DANA/COPT 2.0), water network efficiency improvements, sustainability data optimization, and emergency response planning.
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