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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 Sub Project Lead Cable Installation at our location in Arnhem who will contribute to this and that might be you?
 

Your profile and background

  • Educational Background: Preferably a master’s degree in civil engineering or a related field.
  • Experience: minimum of 5-10 years in the offshore wind industry, with hands-on experience in managing and executing projects. Ideally, this includes involvement in offshore cable installation projects.
  • Skills: Team-oriented, strong communication skills, assertive, independent, and open-minded. Fluent in English, both spoken and written. Dutch is an advantage. 
  • Attributes: Dynamic, enthusiastic, intrinsically motivated, responsible, and ownership-driven.
  • Other Requirements: Willingness to travel to offshore sites (contractor in Rotterdam and Sweden) possession of a class B driving license, and ability to pass necessary company and offshore medical examinations.
 
 

Your contribution to TenneT

In role of Sub Project Lead Cable Installation, you will be involved in the design, construction, and commissioning of three 2GW grid connections. These connections will link the Ijmuiden Ver Beta, Ijmuiden Ver Gamma, and Nederwiek 2 wind farm sites to the 380kV high voltage substation at the Maasvlakte. Specifically, you will focus on the 525 kV DC cable bundle that NKT will manufacture and install between the offshore HVDC converter and the onshore converter.

Role Overview: As the Sub Project Lead for Offshore Cable Installation, you will, alongside another sub project lead, manage the entire technical scope of subsea cable installation projects. This includes ensuring compliance with project contracts and TenneT specifications from the signing of the EPC contract through to the handover to the operations department.

A Sub Project lead Cable Installation had the following key responsibilities:
  • Project Management: Supervise all aspects of the subsea cable installation sub-project, including overseeing the contractor’s design and engineering. Regularly update the Project Lead on progress, challenges, and milestones.
  • Review and Approval: Assess and approve the contractor’s engineering designs, procedures, and activities. Conduct site and vessel visits as required. Select and manage offshore representatives during critical project phases.
  • Technical Alignment: Work closely with TenneT’s internal departments and external experts, including the Marine Warranty Surveyor and relevant authorities, to ensure the highest quality standards for the project.
  • Interface Management: Oversee the interface between the cable installation contractor and offshore stations contractor
  • Compliance: Ensure adherence to deadlines, budget, quality standards, HSE guidelines, contract requirements and permit conditions.

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

• The weekly working time is 40 hours.
• 43 holidays per annual on a full time basis.
• Salary for this position is in grade 9, between € 4.675,- and € 9.196- gross based on a fulltime position, according to TenneT CAO 2025.
• Indefinite contract with 2 months probation.
• Additional benefits such as: health insurance, internet and sport compensation.
• Work hybrid, we stimulate a healthy work-life balance.
• Interviews for this position will possibly be held in English (or Dutch). Please send us your application document in English as well.

Salary

4816 € - 9472 €

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