Regional energy, water, and transit utility serving Hesse with municipal ownership
OVAG-Gruppe operates a diversified utility holding across electricity, gas, water, heat, and public transport in central Hesse, owned entirely by three county administrations. The tech stack is heavily SAP-centric (IS-U, S/4HANA, BTP, ALM) paired with CAD/BIM tools (AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks), reflecting dual operational needs: utility billing and network management on one side, infrastructure planning and wind-farm development on the other. Current hiring velocity is accelerating with a mid-level-heavy, engineering-forward hiring mix, concentrated on construction, data, and ops roles — signaling active expansion of wind capacity and digital process modernization.
OVAG-Gruppe is a municipally owned utility company providing energy (electricity, gas, heat), water, public transport, and related services to three counties in Hesse. Founded in 1912, the company operates as a holding structure with full public ownership and employs 501–1,000 staff. The business spans generation and distribution (including recent wind-farm acquisitions), customer billing and energy advisory, and network operations. Active projects include wind-park integrations, BIM-based infrastructure documentation, building-permit coordination, regulatory compliance implementation, and modernization of the counting-warehouse process. Pain points center on aging water infrastructure, rising maintenance costs, process digitization, and compliance monitoring across regulated operations.
SAP-dominant: S/4HANA, IS-U, BTP, ALM, HANA Studio. Infrastructure tools: AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks. Backend: Java, Oracle, Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Automation: Power Automate, Jira.
Wind-park acquisitions, BIM-based plan documentation, building-permit workflows, fire-protection integration, EEG/CHP plant connections, and modernization of internal counting and billing processes.
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