Functional Administrator (Building Management, Safety and Security Systems)

Leave your mark on our time! Join TNO as a Functional Administrator (Building Management, Safety and Security Systems) in The Hague!

About this position

At TNO, technology plays a crucial role in making groundbreaking research and innovations possible. The Corporate Real Estate & Facilities (CREF) department’s Management & Maintenance team ensures that our high-quality buildings, installations, and safety provisions operate optimally. As functional administrator, you will contribute to this directly by guaranteeing the reliability, security, and continuity of our building management systems and safety and security systems. This is a role with real impact in the technological heart of TNO.nk

What will be your role?

In this position, you will be responsible for the functional administration and optimisation of building management systems (BMS) and safety and security applications. You will ensure that these systems are always stable, secure, and up to date, fully in line with TNO policy and relevant laws and regulations. You will monitor updates, security levels, system performance, and the overall lifecycle of both the applications and the associated peripheral equipment and field devices.

You will work closely with IT specialists, maintenance and service partners for security systems, and building automation specialists who work with the systems on a daily basis. You will support and advise these users and service partners in their operational duties and ensure that they can work optimally with the systems.

In addition, you will work in a high-tech, safety-critical environment where your contribution will have a direct impact on safe, reliable, and innovative research. As you will also perform work for commissioning parties within the defence and security domain, a Certificate of No Objection (VGB) is required. This means you will first have to undergo security screening A by the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD).

What we expect from you

We are looking for an enthusiastic and driven functional administrator with demonstrable experience in the technical management of building management systems (BMS) and safety and security systems. You are able to engage with IT specialists, measurement and control specialists, and maintenance and service partners for security systems. You work accurately, communicate clearly, and feel responsible for the quality, security, and availability of the systems.

Your responsibilities:

• Management and optimisation of building management and safety and security systems.
• Keeping applications and firmware up to date and performing OS updates.
• Functional administration of the VMW environment, hardware servers, and systems.
• Functioning as a liaison for IT and contributing to developments and architecture issues.
• Working with constructional contracting parties.
• Supporting and training users in the use of applications.
• Tracking market developments and monitoring compliance with laws and regulations.
• Implementing new technologies such as AI and energy management (BACS).
• Developing and pitching strategic improvement initiatives for the organisation.

Required knowledge and skills:

• In-depth knowledge of or willingness to learn quickly about packages such as AEOS, WinGuard, Ascom, Priva, and Johnson Controls.
• Experience in keeping applications and firmware up to date in a live environment.
• Basic knowledge of Windows OS, IT networks, and databases.
• Familiarity with communication protocols such as BACnet, ESPA, KNX, LonWorks, Modbus, OPC, etc.
• Strong communication skills at the technical level, both internally and externally.
• Skill in training and supporting users.
• Understanding market developments and laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of or interest in AI applications and energy management systems (BACS).
• An excellent command of spoken and written Dutch and English.

What you'll get in return

Challenging and varied work with a real impact. And plenty of opportunities as, at TNO, you are in charge of shaping your career. We offer a gross monthly salary between € 4.500,- en € 7.650,- (based on your knowledge and experience), 8% holiday pay, a 13th month bonus of 8.33% and a flex budget (5.58% + € 180). In addition, you will be given every opportunity to develop yourself.

TNO offers optional employee benefits, enabling you to tailor your benefits package to match your personal situation. You may also expect:

• An extremely professional, innovative working environment where colleagues are leading experts in their field.
• The opportunity to attend courses, workshops and conferences, and to receive training and coaching based on your needs.
• 33 days annual leave on a full-time basis plus a flexible holiday (prorated) that can be used on a cultural, religious, or otherwise important day of your choosing.
• Flexible working hours, the possibility to work parttime (32 of 36 hours) and the possibility of working from home.
• A good pension scheme.

TNO as an employer

Our people are at the heart of TNO. Their curiosity, expertise and entrepreneurial mindset make it possible to deliver high-impact research and innovations that contribute to society’s sustainable wellbeing and prosperity.

Your talent and ambition have every opportunity to flourish at TNO. You work with experts (both within and beyond TNO), have access to advanced technology and the freedom to explore, experiment and innovate. Our strength lies in independence, reliability and collaboration. We find each other in wonder and ingenuity. We are driven to push boundaries. By working with businesses and government, and by connecting different perspectives, we strengthen our innovative capability and create responsible, meaningful results.