Interface Manager

Your contribution to TenneT

The Interface Manager assures the interface management process of the Grid Connection System project(s). You will assure that all (technical) interfaces are managed by the project and will assist the project team with a clear process, system and way of working. You are in close contact with project members and contractors personnel to ensure progress and a high quality of deliverables.

As an Interface Manager, you will be working in the Cluster Borssele, in the team Integration & Commissioning. The Integration & Commissioning team is accountable for facilitating and managing all processes and issues that are overarching and affecting multiple (minimum two) technical workstreams (Offshore and Onshore Converter Stations, HVDC Cable, 380kV Substation, Offshore Wind Farms (OWF)), internal and external stakeholders and contractors. The various technical workstreams are responsible for the successful and compliant realization of their own scope, including the deliverables related to technical interfaces.

Tasks and responsibilities include:

• Safeguard that all contract requirements for Interface Management are met and assure dedicated contractor involvement. Support and supervise the review and delivery of Interface requirements, Interface query procedures and any other deliverables related to Interface Management. Ensure risks related to interfaces are identified by Project team and contractors.
• Act as a central contact person for assigned stakeholders with regard to Interface management. Manage and motivate the consortium/contractor to deliver the quality required, within the agreed timelines. Facilitate meetings and interface disputes resolutions between contractors, stakeholders and/or the employer.
• Verify all interface milestones have been reflected in the project schedule. Prepare and guide the workstreams interface towards other workstreams, projects and stakeholders, inside and even outside TenneT if needed. Promote the importance of Interface Management during the different project phases by explaining employer expectations based on contractual requirements and employer experience.
• Support the TenneT specialists of the various technical workstreams, on request, by e.g. meetings, documentation reviews and performing audits. Review on daily and report on a monthly basis on progress and provision of all necessary information for forward-looking scheduling, and active management of risks and opportunities
• Aligning with experts and teams within the Large Projects Offshore department and various other departments within TenneT and taking into account lessons learned from other large projects. Active contribution to a safe working environment for yourself, your colleagues and contractors.

Jouw profiel en achtergrond

• Bachelor degree in the field of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or comparable.
• Experience in the field of complex infrastructure projects, turn-key and multi lot. Relevant professional experience and knowledge in the field of, System Engineering and Systematic Contract Control.
• Excellent communication -, cooperation - and influencing skills and are able to challenge and motivate the contractor, your own project colleagues as well as relevant stakeholders. Dynamic, enthusiastic, intrinsically motivated, you take your responsibility and ownership (committed); you are a team player, no 'nine to five-mentality' and you are open for business trips lasting several days (including Asia and Europe).
• Proven stakeholder management skills. Familiar with TenneT internal stakeholders related to offshore projects. Show initiative, you are persuasive, sensitive, aware of your stakeholders and capable of balanced judgment. Ability to grasp new concepts quickly and to become acquainted with a range of topics.
• Physical fitness and willingness to travel are essential (work is for 2 days in the office in Arnhem)(short travel in- and outside Europe, about once every 4 to 6 weeks).
• Fluent in English and Dutch, both verbally and in writing.

Due to the Christmas period, resumes will be reviewed in the new year. You can expect further response in January.

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.

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. ________ 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