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The Operations Manager is a central member of the Execution Management Team.

As Operations Manager you are responsible for the network availability of several Grid Connection System (GCS*) of the AC700MW cluster in the North Sea. We are growing fast with new operational assets joining in the upcoming years.

Are you the one? Who will manage by executing plant management combined with a project management approach, having a natural drive for leading growth, improving and professionalizing a team.

You will manage the daily operations of multiple Asset Clusters in different life cycles stages.

Ensuring budget and risks for the planning, control and execution of operational activities and maintenance activities. You will take care of fault incident management and are also fully engaged in operational readiness activities coordinating with other business units. You are in the midst of it all, leading your teams in calm and collective manner to align with a huge variety of external and internal stakeholders in a cross-border organization whilst working with (inter)national partners.

General duties and responsibilities:

 -     Overall day to day operation, coordination of the manned and unmanned operation of         all main and auxiliary systems of the offshore   platforms including connections to               onshore grid.

-     Prioritize, plan, execute and control all preventive and corrective maintenance and project execution activities in close cooperation with technical teams and relevant stakeholders.

-     Prioritize, plan, execute and control operational readiness activities in close cooperation with technical teams,  project departments (LPO), internal stakeholders within TenneT, customers and 3^rd parties.

-     Responsibility driven for the overall budget, risks and quality of the respective grid connection system

-     Supporting the continuous improvement of operations & operational readiness activities, by analyzing and executing change.

-     Supporting the well-being and growth of your team members, creating ownership and connection in high performance teams.

-     Driving safety leadership by nature and commitment in your community.

-     You will be working together with other Operations Managers to ensure smooth and organized execution of all assigned assets.

-     As Operations Manager you will be part of the Leadership Team of Area West within GFO Offshore Operations.

Your profile:

·       You have successfully completed a degree, preferably with a focus on project management or in a technical or economic field of study with technical understanding.

·       Alternatively, you have a comparable qualification.

·       You have multiple years of experience in leading projects and/or (power) plants and/or operational readiness either in the energy sector, (offshore) oil and gas industry or other for complex installations in an f.e. infra structural environment.

·       Ideally, you already have experience in an offshore environment and feel comfortable in a highly dynamic environment and interface management.

·       You have excellent teamwork skills and are preferably experienced in working with interdisciplinary teams.

·       You have a high degree of assertiveness and initiative, are well-organised and goal-oriented

·       With a high degree of responsibility and quality awareness as well as your independent way of working, your work will support the maintenance of security of supply in offshore operations.

·       You have very good communication skills in Dutch and English. German skills are an advantage.

·       Known and have familiarity with working with OneERP systems such as SAP.

·       Ideally, you already have an offshore certification such as GWO, NOGEPA etc.

* The Grid Connection System, our power plant at sea, distributing the energy of our customers offshore wind farms through our our offshore platforms,  HV Sea cables to onshore HV substations. Enabling the supply of green energy to the EU grid.