Netcontrol
Our secure, connected solutions are daily helping hundreds of power utilities and energy operators to implement and operate intelligent grids that cut both costs and carbon use and deliver critical resilience in a world where security and quality of supply is becoming ever more essential and ever harder to maintain.
Our products include substation gateway controllers, SCADA systems for control centres, RTUs, motor actuators, recloser and switch controllers, data radio devices and network solutions based on IP technology. All are designed for retrofit as well as for new installations, and all integrate perfectly with products from a wide range of other manufacturers. Network automation is all we do. It is the sole focus of both our operations and our research and development. When you talk to Netcontrol, you talk to the experts.
Who we are
Netcontrol is an international company in the energy network automation industry. We are committed to understanding our customers’ needs to offer our customers excellent services and to support and provide them with unique industry-leading systems for utility supervisory and control, substation and distribution automation and long range, secure utility communication.
Our objective is to offer the best experience of secure connectivity and control of primary and secondary equipment in the energy utility networks and smart grids of today and tomorrow. Our solutions are durable, safe and easy to connect to existing and new multi-vendor primary and secondary systems; put simply, they provide the best life-cycle experience of products in the industry.
Driven by our customers’ needs and our belief in secure connectivity, we actively work to deliver continuous improvements to our products. The Netcontrol team consists of professional engineers and we spend a high percentage of our revenue on research and development.
Our customers
Our customers include electricity companies, renewable energy producers, electric railways, energy intensive industry plants, and district heating plants and pumping stations. Netcontrol systems are operating in countries across the world, including our original Nordic base, the Middle East, UK, northern and central Europe, Americans, Africa and South East Asia.
Certificates and policies
Our quality, information security, environmental and health and safety management systems comply with internationally recognized standards covering our office locations across Europe.
Since Netcontrol’s inception in 1991, one of our main company missions is to provide high quality products and services. This mission is a critical function and drive of the business of Netcontrol, remaining our core focus in product development.
The policies and the code of conduct are reviewed annually at the management review meeting [current: QM00-EN-15, Q10468-MA-EN-3].
Quality policy
Netcontrol’s Quality System is ISO 9001:2015 certified.
Our ambition is to be the most successful company within the trade and to create competitive conditions for our customer’s activities.
In order to fulfil these objectives we need:
- Satisfied customers and partners
- A personnel that is motivated, knowledgeable and dedicated
- To comply with requirements and continually improve the effectiveness of the Quality Management System
- An efficient supply chain
- To continuously keep up efficient processes describing our activities
Everyone employed by us is, within their own involvement, required to support our efforts in accomplishing our objectives.
Information security policy
Netcontrol’s information security management system is ISO 27001:2013 certified.
This policy applies to entire Netcontrol Group, in all its countries of operation. In addition, the local legislation is taken into account. When applicable, this policy also applies to Netcontrol Group’s cooperation with its partners.
This policy is regularly reviewed by the Netcontrol Group management team and approved by the Netcontrol Group CEO. The employees and applicable partners are informed of this policy, and this policy is also published on the Netcontrol Group web site.
Objectives
The ultimate objective of this policy is to ensure Netcontrol Group’s business continuity. This is achieved through protection of the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Netcontrol Group’s important information. Netcontrol Group shall likewise protect personal information as well as the stakeholders’ information insofar as it has control over it. The assets for processing, transferring and protecting information must themselves be protected.
This policy contributes to Netcontrol Group’s capability of making products which support data security.
This policy serves adherence to laws and regulations, compliance and good governance.
Roles and responsibilities
The Netcontrol Group CEO appoints personnel responsible for information security and those responsible for privacy and oversees their work. The CEOs of the individual Netcontrol companies are responsible for deploying the policy in their respective organisations and for adherence to the local laws and regulations.
Netcontrol employees shall follow the law, Netcontrol guidelines and instructions from the information security personnel.
It is the information security personnel’s duty to provide awareness training and guidelines to the employees, along with topical instructions when requested and also according to their own judgement. The information security personnel perform continuous improvement of information security management in cooperation with the quality personnel.
Deviations
Security incidents shall be reported to the information security personnel.
The information security personnel shall be consulted when any changes in information processing are planned that have security implications and shall be notified of any findings with similar relevance.
Employees are encouraged to react to information security risks when becoming aware of them and furthermore to report them to the information security personnel.
Deviations from guidance and instructions may be escalated to upper management as applicable.
Matters with privacy implications are subject to rules corresponding to the above, involving the appointed privacy personnel.
Environmental policy
Netcontrol’s environmental management system is ISO 14001:2015 certified.
Netcontrol has a responsibility to care for the improvement of the environment as part of its activities, it shall take future generations into consideration and support a sustainable development.
Netcontrol shall give highest priority to solutions and products with minimum environmental impact and maximum use of resources.
Netcontrol’s personnel shall have proper knowledge of environmental matters, be aware of environmental requirements applying to Netcontrol’s activities and be aware of the environmental requirements of the society.
To achieve sustainable development, we are:
- Following up and adapting our activities to applicable legal requirements
- Enhancing recycling and reuse,
- Informing interested parties of our environmental policy and demanding behavior that contributes to our work to accomplish our environmental policy,
- Decreasing the negative environmental impact of our energy consumption, and
- Decreasing carbon footprint of logistic solutions
Health & safety statement
Netcontrol acknowledges that the key to successful health and safety management requires an effective policy, organisation and arrangements, which reflect the commitment of senior management. Our management system of occupational health and safety in the UK is ISO 45001:2018 certified.
Code of conduct
The above policies are augmented by a separate code of conduct document.
Open positions
Sweden
Our Västerås office is looking for
- a Technical Sales Representative, Relay Protection (Teknisk säljare, Reläskydd)
- a Project Engineer, SCADA and Networks
Norway
Our Oslo office is looking for
For the details, please follow the links.
General application
Netcontrol has expanded and our personnel have continually increased in number. We have employed project managers, project engineers, software and hardware designers and sales engineers.
Occupational training or generally formulated applications have typically lead to employment. We are continually prepared to receive new applications. A generally formulated application may be submitted to:
Mikael Nordman
Netcontrol Oy
Karvaamokuja 3
FI-00380 Helsinki
Finland
The more information your application incorporates, the better is the picture that we can form of and the better are our possibilities to find a job that would suit you. Please also attach educational certificates and credentials from previous experience.
The application is valid 6 months. All information submitted will be treated with strict private and confidential procedures.