How to Apply to Redeia (Red Eléctrica)

10 min read Last updated April 20, 2026 25 open positions
Blake Crosley
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Key Takeaways

  • Redeia is the parent of Red Eléctrica de España (the Spanish electricity TSO), Hispasat (satellites), Reintel (dark fibre), and REI (Latin American transmission) — match your CV to the specific subsidiary.
  • SEPI holds roughly 20% of Redeia and the chair-CEO is a political appointment; this is a regulated, politically scrutinised employer, not a pure commercial firm.
  • The careers portal runs on SAP SuccessFactors at empleos.redeia.com — fill every structured field and use Spanish for Spain-based roles.
  • Regulated returns set by the CNMC make REE financially stable and capex-driven; non-regulated Hispasat and Reintel face real competition.
  • CECOEL and CECRE control-room roles involve rotating 24/7 shifts and rigorous psychometric and shift-tolerance screening.
  • Interview process runs 6–10 weeks across recruiter screen, technical rounds, and a serious values interview anchored on compromiso, integridad, excelencia, sostenibilidad.
  • Spanish C1+ is effectively required in Spain; English C1+ is required for ENTSO-E, REI, and Hispasat international work.
  • Salary bands are bounded by the Convenio Colectivo de Red Eléctrica de España — negotiation room exists but is narrower than at unregulated employers.

About Redeia (Red Eléctrica)

Redeia Corporación S.A. (BME: RED) is the Spanish-listed holding company that owns Red Eléctrica de España (REE) — the country's electricity Transmission System Operator — alongside satellite operator Hispasat, dark-fibre wholesaler Reintel, and international transmission concessions in Latin America (Red Eléctrica Internacional, REI). Headquartered in Alcobendas on the northern edge of Madrid, the group employs roughly 3,000 people across Spain, Peru, Chile, and Brazil. The corporate brand was renamed from 'Red Eléctrica Corporación' to 'Redeia' in 2022 to reflect the diversified portfolio: most jobseekers still associate the company with the iconic REE brand and its blue control rooms, but the parent now sits across regulated electricity, satellite communications, and neutral telecom infrastructure. Ownership is the most important context for any candidate. The Spanish state, through SEPI (Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales), holds approximately 20% of Redeia and treats it as a strategic asset. The remainder trades freely on the Madrid stock exchange. Because of this minority state stake, the chair-and-CEO appointment is a politically sensitive decision: Beatriz Corredor, a former PSOE Minister of Housing under the Zapatero government, has held the combined role since 2020. Her tenure has periodically attracted criticism from opposition parties (notably the PP) and from technical commentators after grid incidents. None of this should deter a serious candidate, but you should understand that Redeia is not a purely commercial enterprise — it operates under intense political, regulatory, and media scrutiny. The regulated core of the business is REE, which operates roughly 45,000 kilometres of high-voltage transmission lines and balances Spain's grid in real time from CECOEL (Centro de Control Eléctrico) and CECRE (Centro de Control de Régimen Especial), the world's first dedicated control centre for renewable generation. Spain runs one of the highest renewable shares in any major European grid — wind and solar regularly supply more than half of demand — and CECRE's dispatch protocols are studied by TSOs globally. Because REE earns a regulated return set by the CNMC (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia), revenues are predictable and capex-driven: every kilometre of new line is approved and remunerated through the tariff. This gives Redeia the financial stability of a utility but also the political exposure that comes with being a regulated monopoly. The non-regulated subsidiaries are smaller and more competitive. Hispasat (acquired in 2019 from Abertis for roughly €949 million) operates geostationary satellites from Madrid and from Río de Janeiro through Hispasat Brasil, and is under structural pressure from LEO constellations like Starlink. Reintel leases dark fibre and neutral telecom infrastructure to Spanish carriers and is benefiting from the Madrid–Barcelona data-centre boom. REI runs international transmission concessions in Peru and Chile from offices in Lima and Santiago.

Application Process

  1. 1
    Search openings on the official Redeia careers portal (empleos

    Search openings on the official Redeia careers portal (empleos.redeia.com / carreras.redeia.com), which runs on SAP SuccessFactors — the same platform used by most large Spanish IBEX-listed employers.

  2. 2
    Create a SuccessFactors candidate profile in Spanish (English is fine for intern

    Create a SuccessFactors candidate profile in Spanish (English is fine for international roles, but Spanish is expected for any position based in Spain). Use the same email you use professionally; profile data is reused across applications.

  3. 3
    Upload a CV in PDF (preferred) and complete the structured 'Datos personales', '

    Upload a CV in PDF (preferred) and complete the structured 'Datos personales', 'Formación', and 'Experiencia' fields manually — SuccessFactors parsers are inconsistent and the structured fields are what recruiters filter on.

  4. 4
    Identify which subsidiary the role belongs to (REE, Hispasat, Reintel, or REI) a

    Identify which subsidiary the role belongs to (REE, Hispasat, Reintel, or REI) and tailor your motivation paragraph to that business — a CECRE dispatcher role is very different from a Hispasat satellite operations role even though both list 'Redeia' as the employer.

  5. 5
    Expect an initial screening call (videoconference, Spanish) with a recruiter fro

    Expect an initial screening call (videoconference, Spanish) with a recruiter from the central Talent team in Alcobendas, typically within 2–3 weeks of application. Internal candidates and SEPI-affiliated transfers are often interviewed in parallel.

  6. 6
    Pass a technical interview with the hiring manager and at least one senior engin

    Pass a technical interview with the hiring manager and at least one senior engineer or operator from the relevant area — for engineering and operations roles this is rigorous and protocol-specific (IEC 61850, EMS/SCADA, protection settings, market clearing, satellite link budgets).

  7. 7
    Complete a competency-based interview anchored on the Redeia values framework (c

    Complete a competency-based interview anchored on the Redeia values framework (compromiso, integridad, excelencia, sostenibilidad). Prepare STAR-format answers; Spanish HR culture takes the values interview seriously.

  8. 8
    For control-room and 24/7 dispatch roles (CECOEL, CECRE), expect a psychometric

    For control-room and 24/7 dispatch roles (CECOEL, CECRE), expect a psychometric assessment and a shift-tolerance evaluation — the role involves rotating nights and stress decisions on live grid events.

  9. 9
    Receive an offer that references the Convenio Colectivo de Red Eléctrica de Espa

    Receive an offer that references the Convenio Colectivo de Red Eléctrica de España, with salary bands tied to a published category structure. Negotiation room is real but bounded by the convenio.

  10. 10
    Onboarding includes a security clearance check (the grid is classified as critic

    Onboarding includes a security clearance check (the grid is classified as critical infrastructure under Spanish Law 8/2011) and, for control-room staff, a multi-month shadowing period before solo dispatch.

Resume Tips for Redeia (Red Eléctrica)

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Write your CV in Spanish unless the posting is explicitly English-language

Write your CV in Spanish unless the posting is explicitly English-language. A Castilian Spanish CV signals you can integrate into Madrid HQ teams without translation friction.

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Use the European/Spanish CV conventions: include date of birth, nationality, dri

Use the European/Spanish CV conventions: include date of birth, nationality, driving licence (carnet B), and a professional photo if you are comfortable with it — these are still standard in Spanish utility hiring.

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Quantify grid, market, or operations work in MW, GWh, kV, or €M of capex managed

Quantify grid, market, or operations work in MW, GWh, kV, or €M of capex managed. SuccessFactors keyword filters at large Spanish utilities reward concrete numbers.

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Spell out Spanish-specific acronyms in full: CNMC, REE, OMIE, ENTSO-E, CECOEL, C

Spell out Spanish-specific acronyms in full: CNMC, REE, OMIE, ENTSO-E, CECOEL, CECRE. Hiring managers want to see you know the institutional landscape, not just generic 'transmission' vocabulary.

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For engineering roles, list the specific software stacks: PSS/E, DIgSILENT Power

For engineering roles, list the specific software stacks: PSS/E, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, EMS (ABB Network Manager, GE e-terra, Siemens Spectrum Power), CIM, IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104, OSI PI.

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For Hispasat roles, foreground RF/satellite specifics: Ku/Ka band, link budgets,

For Hispasat roles, foreground RF/satellite specifics: Ku/Ka band, link budgets, TT&C, GEO station-keeping, and any experience with satellite operators (SES, Eutelsat, Intelsat) or ground-segment vendors.

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For Reintel roles, emphasise dark-fibre, DWDM, neutral-host, and data-centre int

For Reintel roles, emphasise dark-fibre, DWDM, neutral-host, and data-centre interconnect experience — the team competes with Lyntia, Adamo, and Telefónica Wholesale.

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Include language certifications with CEFR levels (B2/C1/C2)

Include language certifications with CEFR levels (B2/C1/C2). English C1 is effectively required for any role touching ENTSO-E, REI, or Hispasat international operations.

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List any membership in Spanish professional bodies: Colegio Oficial de Ingeniero

List any membership in Spanish professional bodies: Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Industriales, COIT (telecoms), or AEE (Asociación Empresarial Eólica) — these signal sector embeddedness.

ATS System: SAP SuccessFactors

Redeia uses SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting (the same platform used by Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy, Repsol, and most IBEX-35 utilities) for its careers portal at empleos.redeia.com. SuccessFactors stores a single structured candidate profile per email address and reuses it across all applications, so the quality of your initial profile matters more than any individual cover letter.

  • Fill every structured field — 'Formación', 'Experiencia', 'Idiomas', 'Conocimientos informáticos' — even if the information is already on your CV. Recruiters filter on these fields, not on PDF text.
  • Use the official Spanish names for your degrees (e.g. 'Grado en Ingeniería Eléctrica', 'Máster en Sistemas de Energía Eléctrica') and the Spanish university name in Spanish.
  • Match keywords from the job advert verbatim in the 'Experiencia' descriptions — SuccessFactors keyword search is literal and does not handle synonyms well.
  • Upload a single, clean PDF named 'CV_Apellido_Nombre.pdf'. Avoid scanned PDFs, multi-column layouts with text boxes, and embedded images of text — the parser will silently drop content.
  • Set your job-alert preferences after creating the profile; many internal moves and replacement hires are filled from the alert pool before being widely advertised.
  • Re-apply to a refreshed posting if the same role is reopened — SuccessFactors treats each requisition as separate, and recruiters do not always carry forward old applications.

Interview Culture

Redeia's interview culture sits at the intersection of Spanish utility formality and the technical rigour expected of a system operator.

Expect a structured, multi-stage process conducted primarily in Spanish, with English used selectively for international or ENTSO-E-facing roles. The first conversation is usually a 30–45 minute videoconference with a corporate recruiter who will walk through your CV, motivations, salary expectations, and availability — Spanish recruiters tend to be direct about compensation early, and you should be ready to give a band rather than dodge. Technical rounds vary sharply by subsidiary. For REE engineering and operations roles, the technical interview is genuinely demanding: you will be asked about protection coordination, load-flow studies, market clearing on OMIE, balancing services, and how Spain manages curtailment under high renewable penetration. CECOEL and CECRE dispatcher candidates face scenario questions about real grid incidents and are evaluated on calmness under pressure. For Hispasat, expect questions on satellite link budgets, payload operations, and competitive positioning against Starlink and Eutelsat-OneWeb. For Reintel, the focus is on optical transport, neutral-host commercial models, and Spanish telecom regulation. The values interview is taken seriously and not treated as a formality. Redeia's published values — compromiso, integridad, excelencia, seguridad, sostenibilidad — map to STAR-style behavioural questions, and the panel will probe for evidence of safety-first thinking, ethical conduct in regulated environments, and long-horizon decision-making. Be honest about mistakes; rehearsed perfection reads as evasive. The overall process typically runs 6–10 weeks from application to offer. Internal candidates and works-council-protected transfers can lengthen the timeline. Final offers are issued in writing, reference the relevant convenio colectivo, and include a clear category and salary band — the negotiation window is real but narrow.

What Redeia (Red Eléctrica) Looks For

  • Deep technical fluency in your specific subsidiary's domain — generalist 'energy' or 'telecom' backgrounds are weaker than focused expertise in transmission, satellite operations, or fibre infrastructure.
  • Comfort operating inside a regulated, politically scrutinised institution where decisions are documented, audited, and sometimes second-guessed in the press or in Congress.
  • Spanish working proficiency (C1+) for any Spain-based role; native or near-native for control-room and customer-facing positions.
  • English C1+ for international, EU coordination, ENTSO-E, REI, or Hispasat roles — the EU TSO community runs in English.
  • Demonstrated safety-first mindset and respect for procedure — REE operates critical infrastructure and the cultural floor for safety is high.
  • Ability to work constructively with works councils (Comité de Empresa) and the Spanish industrial unions CCOO, UGT, and CSIF — adversarial labour-relations styles do not transplant well.
  • Long-horizon thinking suited to regulated utility planning cycles (10–20 year transmission plans, 15-year satellite lifespans) rather than quarterly product cycles.
  • Integrity in handling market-sensitive, security-classified, or politically delicate information — the company is subject to CNMC, CNMV, and Spanish critical-infrastructure regulation.
  • For technical leadership: track record of delivering complex multi-year capex programmes on time and within the regulated envelope.
  • Cultural fit with a Madrid-headquartered Spanish institution: relationship-driven, hierarchical when it counts, and proud of its public-service mission.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Redeia a public-sector employer?
No. Redeia is a private listed company on the Madrid stock exchange (BME: RED), but the Spanish state holds approximately 20% through SEPI and treats it as a strategic asset. You are hired under private-sector employment law and the Convenio Colectivo de Red Eléctrica, not as a civil servant, but the institution operates with a public-service mindset and is politically scrutinised.
Why was the company renamed from Red Eléctrica Corporación to Redeia?
The 2022 rename reflected the diversified portfolio. After acquiring Hispasat in 2019 and growing Reintel, the parent was no longer purely an electricity transmission company. 'Redeia' is the corporate brand; 'Red Eléctrica de España' (REE) remains the operating brand for the Spanish electricity grid.
What ATS does Redeia use and where do I apply?
Redeia uses SAP SuccessFactors at empleos.redeia.com (also reachable via carreras.redeia.com). Create a candidate profile, complete every structured field, and upload a clean PDF CV. The same SuccessFactors profile is reused across all Redeia subsidiaries.
Do I need to speak Spanish?
For any role based in Spain, yes — at least a confident C1 level. Internal communication, technical documentation, and union-relations meetings all run in Spanish. English C1+ is also required for international roles (ENTSO-E coordination, REI in Peru and Chile, Hispasat global operations) and for any role that interacts with European TSO peers.
How does the SEPI minority stake affect day-to-day work?
Operationally, very little — Redeia runs as a normal private company with a board, executive committee, and standard listed-company governance. Strategically, however, SEPI representation on the board and the political nature of the chair-CEO appointment mean that major decisions (large capex, international expansion, executive pay) are visible to the Spanish government and media.
What does CECRE do and what is it like to work there?
CECRE (Centro de Control de Régimen Especial) is REE's renewable-energy control centre — the world's first — and coordinates real-time dispatch of Spain's wind, solar, and other special-regime generation. Working there means rotating 24/7 shifts, intense focus during high-renewable hours, and a front-row seat on one of the most renewable-heavy grids in any major economy. It is operationally demanding and prestigious within the European TSO community.
How regulated is Redeia's business?
REE's transmission business is fully regulated by the CNMC (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia), which sets the allowed return on capital and approves the multi-year investment plan. This means revenues are predictable but capped, and growth comes from approved capex rather than market share. Hispasat and Reintel operate in competitive markets and face conventional commercial pressures.
Who are Redeia's main competitors?
REE has no direct competitor in Spain (it is the sole TSO) but works with peer European TSOs — RTE (France), TenneT, Amprion, 50Hertz, TransnetBW, Terna, National Grid, Statnett, Svenska Kraftnät, Energinet, Fingrid, Elia, PSE — through ENTSO-E. Hispasat competes with SES, Eutelsat-OneWeb, Intelsat, Viasat-Inmarsat, Telesat, and increasingly Starlink. Reintel competes with Lyntia, Adamo, Telefónica Wholesale, MasOrange, and Vodafone España (Zegona).
Is the chair-CEO role politically appointed?
Effectively yes. The combined chair-CEO is appointed by the board with strong influence from SEPI and, by extension, the sitting Spanish government. Beatriz Corredor, a former PSOE Minister of Housing, has held the role since 2020. This is normal for Spanish utilities with state minority stakes and you should expect occasional political controversy in the press.
What unions operate at Redeia and how do they affect hiring?
The main unions are CCOO and UGT (general industrial unions) and CSIF (engineers and technical staff). The Comité de Empresa (works council) is consulted on collective matters. Hiring is governed by the Convenio Colectivo de Red Eléctrica de España, which sets pay categories, working hours, and shift premiums. Individual offers are bounded by the convenio framework.
Where are Redeia's main offices?
The corporate headquarters is in Alcobendas on the northern edge of Madrid. REE control centres are in Madrid (CECOEL, CECRE) and Sevilla (backup). Hispasat is in Madrid with operations in Río de Janeiro (Hispasat Brasil). Reintel runs network operations from multiple Spanish cities. REI is based in Lima (Peru) and Santiago (Chile).
What is the typical interview timeline?
Six to ten weeks from application to offer is normal. Recruiter screen within 2–3 weeks of applying, then 2–3 technical rounds, a values interview, and (for control-room roles) psychometric and shift-tolerance assessments. Offers are issued in writing with a clear category and salary band tied to the convenio.
How much does the company invest in renewables integration?
REE's regulated capex plan is heavily weighted toward renewable interconnection, including the Bay of Biscay HVDC subsea interconnection with RTE France, Pyrenees reinforcements, and battery storage integration. Spain runs one of the highest renewable shares in Europe (frequently above 50% wind+solar) and CECRE's dispatch protocols are international references.

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  1. Redeia Corporación — Investor Relations —
  2. Red Eléctrica de España — Operation of the Electricity System —
  3. CNMC — Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia —
  4. SEPI — Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales —
  5. Hispasat — Corporate Site —
  6. Reintel — Telecom Infrastructure —
  7. ENTSO-E — European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity —
  8. Redeia — Annual Integrated Report 2024 —
  9. Bay of Biscay HVDC Interconnection — INELFE Project —
  10. Redeia Careers Portal (SAP SuccessFactors) —
  11. OMIE — Iberian Electricity Market Operator —
  12. Spanish Law 8/2011 on Critical Infrastructure Protection —