LEW is a 2,300-person regional utility in southwest Bavaria, owned by E.ON, operating electricity and gas distribution, 36 hydroelectric plants, and an 8,000 km fiber-optic network. The engineering-heavy hiring mix (56 roles, majority senior-level) and active projects around billing system customization, grid modernization, and renewable energy feed-in tariffs signal operational scale and regulatory complexity typical of incumbent utilities navigating the energy transition.
LEW supplies residential, commercial, and municipal customers across southwest Bavaria with electricity, gas, and telecom services. Subsidiary LEW Verteilnetz GmbH operates the regional power distribution network; LEW Wasserkraft GmbH manages 36 hydroelectric facilities and rooftop solar installations. The company also operates its own 8,000 km fiber backbone for broadband. Core technical dependencies center on SAP (billing, IS-U module for utilities) and Microsoft 365 for operations. Active challenges include billing accuracy for renewable feed-in tariffs, network stability, and hydroplant modernization.
SAP (including IS-U utilities module) for billing and customer management, Microsoft Office 365, Power BI for analytics, AutoCAD for infrastructure design, and Excel with DAX for reporting.
Augsburg, Germany. The company serves the southwest Bavaria region and operates only in Germany.
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