TenneT is growing fast to realize its strategic ambitions. We play a leading role in driving the energy transition. We are looking for a passionate Operator / Asset Support Engineer at our location Maasvlakte who will contribute to this and that might be you?
Your contribution to TenneT
BritNed Development Limited (BritNed) is a joint venture between TenneT Holding BV (TenneT) and National Grid plc (National Grid), who acts as the owner and operator of the high voltage direct current interconnector (1000MW) linking the electricity markets of Great Britain and The Netherlands. The Interconnector was commissioned and went into commercial operation at the beginning of April 2011.
In the combined role as Operator and Asset Support Engineer you will work as part of an international joint venture supporting the Operations Team in the delivery of safe, reliable, and efficient operations of the BritNed Interconnector.
Key responsibilities:
- Managing day by day maintenance inspections and act as ‘work responsible’ according to BEI-BHS, BEI-BLS and BritNed specific rules (Safety and Operational), having responsibility for managing HV, LV, mechanical and civil works at the Maasvlakte site.
- Provide support in the delivery of asset management and maintenance policies monitoring the performance of the maintenance contractor against contractual performance indicators.
- Support the audit programme for BritNed’s internal audits.
- Assist the continued delivery of the spare parts management strategy.
- Support the planning activities associated with scheduled outages including planning resource levels and analysing asset performance data to prioritise works.
- Provide high quality asset condition information to provide input to future operational investment plans.
- Support the delivery of emergency response activities – site and control room requirements - this will include (on-call) standby duties.
- Lead investigations into any asset issues/incidents, proactively identifying root causes and improvements.
- Liaise with other Interconnector businesses and Construction/Development departments on best practice.
- Contribute towards emergency planning and preparation across the interconnector.
- Support the Operations Management Team in continually monitoring availability and reliability across the interconnector to produce trend analysis and fault statistics.
- Maintaining and reviewing the asset management risk register and make recommendations as to when, due to its significance or impact, an Operational level risk should be escalated to being included in the business level risk register.
Your profile and background
- Electrical HBO / MBO+ or equivalent level by work experience.
- A strong team player with the ability to build positive relationships.
- A good understanding of the energy infrastructure (NL and UK).
- Good Dutch and English language skills are required.
- Ability to analyse information and offer advice on conclusions to support effective asset management decision making.
- Organisation skills with an ability to develop manage and implement complex maintenance outages and associated work activities.
- A willingness to be highly flexible with a ‘hands on’ approach to getting things done without lose sight of safe operations.
- Ability to think around an issue to identify safe and efficient solutions to operational asset related issues.
- A commercial mind-set with an ability to understand the commercial implications of operational courses.
What can you expect?
BritNed is a high-profile business with an external reputation for operational excellence. Being part of the BritNed Operations Team would see you joining a young and dynamic business where everyone has the opportunity to make a difference. The challenges you will face from an operational asset management perspective, alongside the highly commercial nature of the BritNed team, means that the Operator / Asset Support Engineer role provides a unique opportunity to develop your career as part of interesting and dynamic international work environment.
Your duty station will be Maasvlakte converter station site although on occasion you may be required to travel to Arnhem, the UK (Isle of Grain and Solihull) or, less frequently, to other European locations.
Whilst working for BritNed you will continue to be employed by TenneT and be covered by TenneT terms and conditions of employment.
Our recruiting process
Our offer
This will be our challenge
Strategy and Partnerships is set up because of TenneT's needs in new ways of working to realize our ambition to advance the energy transition. In doing so, innovative partnerships will be key to driving scalable solutions for flexibility, renewable energy integration and digitalisation.
Additional information
- The weekly working time is 40 hours
- The position is unlimited
- Job interviews for this position will be (partly) in English. Please send us your application document in English as well
TenneT is a leading European grid operator committed to a secure and reliable electricity supply - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We are shaping the energy transition for a sustainable energy future. As the first cross-border transmission system operator, we plan, build and operate an almost 24,500 kilometres long high and extra-high voltage grid in the Netherlands and Germany and are one of the largest investors in national and international electricity grids, on land and at sea. Every day, our 6,600 employees give their best and ensure with responsibility, courage and networking that more than 42 million end consumers can rely on a stable electricity supply.
Lighting the way ahead together
We are family friendly and flexible
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