TenneT

At TenneT, we work every day on the electricity grid of tomorrow. Our goal? A reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy system. As Technical Project Lead - HVDC Team within the Large Projects Offshore Netherlands team, you play a crucial role in realizing this ambition. Ready to make an impact?

Your profile and background

We are looking for an experienced project manager who brings the right expertise and mindset to make a valuable impact. What do you bring?

• Proven leadership and people management skills – you inspire, coach, and develop your team while managing and influencing contractors and stakeholders.
• Extensive project management experience – 10–15 years, including at least 5 years with onshore or offshore HVDC projects valued at €100M+.
• Strong technical and contractual knowledge – experience with major HVDC suppliers (GE, Siemens, Hitachi) and large FIDIC, DBFM, or EPC contracts.
• Preferably a Master’s degree and IPMA C certification (or willingness to obtain).
• Dynamic, enthusiastic, and intrinsically motivated, with strong communication skills and no nine-to-five mentality.
• Fluent in English (Dutch is a plus).
• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally as required.
• Living in the Netherlands or willing to relocate; EU passport or valid work permit required.

Your contribution to TenneT

How will you keep the lights on in the Netherlands? As Technical Project Lead, you are responsible for managing all phases of HVDC project execution, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met. You will coordinate between different disciplines and stakeholders, drive process improvements, and lead and develop a dedicated project team to successfully deliver large offshore projects.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Manage all phases of Hitachi’s activities during project execution – ensuring compliance with time, budget, and quality standards.
• Lead and motivate the HVDC project team – including Sub Projects Leads and technical specialists across design, manufacturing, testing, installation, and commissioning.
• Coordinate and manage interfaces between key subdisciplines – such as Platform, Site Management, PMO, and Finance, ensuring smooth collaboration.
• Deliver high-quality project plans, reports, and decision documents – supporting progress tracking and implementation of steering group decisions.
• Drive process improvements and standardization – ensuring organizational standards and optimizing synergies across HVDC systems and offshore platforms.

In addition, you will:

Support HVDC/Station team members on contractual, planning, and budget topics, escalate technical issues promptly, align with experts across TenneT’s Offshore departments in the Netherlands and Germany, and foster a culture of collaboration within Offshore and among HVDC suppliers across the 2GW portfolio.

You will be based in Arnhem (Rijnpoort office), working on-site on Mondays, Tuesdays, and occasionally Thursdays. The role requires travel to Borssele Land Station (2 days every 2 weeks) and international travel for contract and engineering meetings (approximately 1 week per month) to locations such as Sweden, India, and Malaysia.

About the Team

You will join the Large Projects Offshore Netherlands team, consisting of 15 to 20 highly skilled professionals (Master’s degree level) who are used to working as a self-steering team. The biggest challenge? Keeping the team aligned, bringing structure, and reporting weekly to the project management team. Collaboration and clear communication are key to success in this dynamic environment

Our recruiting process

Our offer

Flexibility

We are family friendly and flexible

 

Flexible working hours without fixed times and home office options allow you to organize your work individually. Our external partners also provide you with support services for various phases of life - for example, in matters relating to household services or care and career.

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Payment & more

Attractive remuneration and social benefits

 

We offer great benefits such as a salary based on our Collective Labor Agreement, an annual bonus and excellent pension scheme.

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Wellness Balance & Personal Growth

Health - your basis

 

Because we think it is important that you are healthy and feel good, we offer all kinds of great extras: we provide various opportunities to work out via our Always Energy program which offers a wide range of opportunities to indulge in sports (organised training for different sports, competitions and events). And you will receive a sports allowance if you are a member of a sports club.

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Technology & Innovation

Modern working environment

• Modern IT-tools
• Ergonomic workstations
• Very well equipped conference rooms and communication solutions that enable cross-location and cross-border collaboration

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This will be our challenge

Large Projects Offshore is a key contributor to the energy transition. The Unit is responsible for the current and future development of the offshore grid as a whole and subsequently for the development and realization of the DC interconnectors and the Offshore Wind Farm grid connections in both the German and Dutch sectors of the North Sea.

Additional information

What we offer

TenneT offers you the opportunity to contribute to a sustainable energy future. Together with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders, you will work on innovative solutions that enable the energy transition. At TenneT, you will have the space to develop your talents in an international environment that prioritizes growth. We believe in collaboration, forward-thinking, and innovation. 

Therefore, we offer:

• A FUCO contract based on scale 18
• Monthly salary gross between €4.675 and €10.831 including holiday allowance
• 30 vacation days per year 
• 40 hour workweek
• A solid pension via ABP: TenneT pays 70% of your premium.

All mentioned employment conditions apply to a full-time position unless otherwise stated.

We value a good work-life balance and your personal development. Therefore, we offer flexible solutions such as:

• Hybrid working, including an internet and home office allowance.
• Support for your vitality, with a contribution to a sports subscription and health insurance.
• Development opportunities through TenneT’s training programs to continue expanding your knowledge and skills.
• Vitality support and development opportunities via the TenneT Academy

Worklocation: You will be based in Arnhem (Rijnpoort office), working on-site on Mondays, Tuesdays, and occasionally Thursdays. The role requires travel to Borssele Land Station (2 days every 2 weeks) and international travel for contract and engineering meetings (approximately 1 week per month) to locations such as Sweden, India, and Malaysia.

We encourage initiative and give you the space to bring new ideas. Together, we ensure that the Netherlands keeps moving forward and is prepared for the energy of tomorrow. 

Apply Now! 

Ready to make an impact? Apply today and become part of our team! 

Job interviews for this position will be (partly) in English. Please send us your application document in English as well. 

In our online-application-form you can apply within only some minutes as long as this job is posted. Afterwards we screen your application and get back to you as soon as possible. Our selection process consists of two interviews, an assessment and a pre-employment screening. Given the sensitive nature of the HVDC technology and project it will be an extensive security screening (AIVD).

 If you have any questions about the position, please contact Bianca Kreijger, Recruiter People & Talent Acquisition at Bianca.Kreijger@tennet.eu.  

Together, we build a sustainable energy future! 

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Salary

4675 € - 10831 €

Diversity

Since we use AI as part of our recruiting process, we would like to create transparency and clarity at this point. The AI serves exclusively as a supporting and recommending tool to make our processes even faster and more efficient. At no time are automated decisions made.
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TenneT is a leading European grid operator. We are committed to providing a secure and reliable supply of electricity 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, while helping to drive the energy transition in our pursuit of a brighter energy future – more sustainable, reliable and affordable than ever before. In our role as the first cross-border Transmission System Operator (TSO) we design, build, maintain and operate over 25,000 kilometres of high-voltage electricity grid in the Netherlands and large parts of Germany, and facilitate the European energy market through our 17 interconnectors to neighbouring countries. We are one of the largest investors in national and international onshore and offshore electricity grids, with a turnover of EUR 9.2 billion and a total asset value of EUR 45 billion. Every day our 8,300 employees take ownership, show courage and make and maintain connections to ensure that the supply and demand of electricity is balanced for over 43 million people.

Lighting the way ahead together