Offshore Licensing & Agreements responsible

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 colleague at our location Arnhem who will contribute to this and that might be you?

Your contribution to TenneT

The (Dutch speaking and writing) Offshore Licensing & Agreements (OLA) responsible - as part of Dutch offshore operations team - is responsible for the operational work package of licenses, permits and crossing agreements in our daily operations of assigned offshore assets of AC700MW platforms in the North Sea and cable connections (to other countries). The OLA is responsible for monitoring and execution of activities and our obligations to contracted parties, (governmental) stakeholders and interdepartmental operations.

The OLA is a connector, who will coordinate whilst working in multi-disciplinary teams and ensures a smooth operation between all stakeholders with a result-oriented focus for timely delivery.

In your role you make sure that TenneT is and remains compliant with the obligations that come with licenses, permits and/or (crossing) agreements and you monitor the activities and/or our obligations towards other parties in relation to our assets in the North Sea.

You work closely together on interdepartmental level with other teams such as Lead Rights and Environment Management and Offshore Project Licensing to ensure proper handover protocols for newly build assets and managing licenses and agreements during change procedures.

This role requires next to the daily operations activities also tactical and strategic mindset and action, as the role is new in the organization you will need to connect all different teams in a workable operations mode and help improving the organization to “become future ready” on the OLA activities. You will have a coordinator role in building the organization together met Area Leadership Team.

Your job is versatile with different roles as:

• coordinator in handovers, licensing obligations, crossing agreements
• stakeholder management internally and externally with governmental bodies which means relation builder optima forma
• builder of Offshore Licensing & Agreements organization and processes
• advisor in subject matter expert role

Your profile and background

• Bachelor working and thinking level and you have experience in comparable position(s) in an equivalent operational department with a focus on contract management from a content aspect (e.g. technical contract manager with an eye for legal aspects);
• Affinity with automation and digital working (preferably SAP S4);
• Able to handle different tasks simultaneously in a short time frame without losing track;
• You are very punctual, concrete and problem-oriented and are able to set up controlling processes, focus on simplicity.
• You are driving issues and challenges forward; you take actions, take ownership;
• You have great interpersonal skills and natural capacity for teamwork. You are fluent in Dutch and English, both writing and speaking at Level B2 (confident) or higher;
• Must have experience in above mentioned (government) licensing projects

This will be our challenge

Grid Field Operations is executing Field Operations, Maintenance and (Baseload) Projects. We ensure the integrity and safety of our assets entrusted to us, while also ensuring their maximum availability. We make sure that the onshore grids of TenneT is reliable in Germany and the Netherlands.

Additional information

• Start date: in consideration with candidate, but preferably as soon as possible, as of 1 November 2024
• Contract: starting with a one year contract with the intention of transforming this into a permanent contract after the first year. CAO contract salary grade 8/9, pending on experience
• Weekly working hours: 40 hours Work location is Arnhem
• Job interviews for this position will be (partly) in Dutch.

Salary

4369 € - 8594 €

AI and more about TenneT

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