Strategic Planner

Join TenneT in Building the Electricity Grid of Tomorrow

At TenneT, we work every day on building the electricity grid of tomorrow. Our goal? A reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy system.

As a Strategic Planner within Large Project Offshore Netherlands – Project Management Office - Delivery & Development (LON – PMO – DD), you play a crucial role in realizing this ambition. In this team, we focus on collaboration in projects, standardization of schedules, guiding teams toward the end goal, translating ideas into implementation, and convincing stakeholders.

Ready to make an impact?

Your Role

How will you keep the Netherlands powered? As a Strategic Planner, you are responsible for developing, rolling out, and implementing the planning standard within our projects. You will clean up and maintain the Primavera database, provide scheduling support to projects, and assist with the implementation of CAF in projects. This ensures a reliable and uniform way of working that supports decision-making and progress.

• Setting up and maintaining program-level planning based on government and project requirements, ensuring feasibility within predefined frameworks.

• Developing and maintaining scenario planning at program level to support scheduling, decision-making, and risk assessment.

• Reviewing and auditing schedules (internal and external, including contractor schedules) for feasibility, integrity, and compliance with agreed requirements.

• Assessing schedule status and analyzing change impacts, including visualizing scenarios for management reporting.

• Advising project teams on Earned Value Management (time, budget, and costs) and risk management (probabilistic planning).

Additional tasks: You identify and assess interfaces between departments, projects, contracts, and third parties, and coordinate with Offshore Development in case of deviations. You deliver and develop standards for setup, progress monitoring, and reporting within project teams and the 2GW program office, creating best practices for consistent project planning. You contribute to further developing time management maturity within Large Projects Offshore, maintain the Primavera database for efficient user operation, and actively participate in the functional expert group Scheduling. You report directly to the Team Manager PMO–DD Offshore.

The Team
You will work within the Large Projects Offshore Netherlands (LON) unit, which plays a key role in the energy transition by developing offshore grid connections. Within PMO – DD, you will collaborate with approximately 15 colleagues, including cost engineers, schedulers, quality advisors, and PMO advisors. The team is experienced and skilled, currently consisting of 3 planners (with a possible 4th in the future), and operates in a dynamic environment with rapidly changing projects. Collaboration partners include planners from various projects; Project Control functions within PMO and Projects (cost engineers, cost controllers, quality advisors/managers); P6 governing teams (IT and key users & business owners in the Netherlands on- and offshore); and contractors (for audit and tender support).

Your Profile & Background

At TenneT, we seek professionals who contribute to the future of our electricity grid. We expect you to have the right experience and skills to make a valuable contribution to our team and mission.

What you bring:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree (e.g., Construction, Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Electrical Engineering) with at least 5 years of work experience in a professional environment, preferably across different industries.
• Knowledge: Prince2 or similar project management certification is a plus. Experience with Primavera P6, MS Office, quantitative risk analysis tools, and implementation of Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Able to support projects on various scheduling topics and ensure a uniform approach by defining standards, coordinating implementation, and aligning with internal stakeholders.
• Experience with strategic planning of complex international projects in both (pre)initiation and construction phases, including setting up and maintaining program-level planning, engineering and construction contracts on the client side, and with offshore and/or high-voltage grid projects.
• High social competence, strong communication skills (oral and written), proactive, self-starter, analytical, structured, and accurate.
• Fluent in English, Dutch is an advantage. Living in the Netherlands or willing to relocate to the Netherlands

Competencies:

• Strategic Scheduling & Program Planning — Setting up, maintaining, and steering program-level schedules, including scenario planning across the full project lifecycle.

• Analytical Rigor & Risk/EVM Expertise — Strong in schedule audits, impact analyses, quantitative risk analysis, and EVM implementation.

• Stakeholder Communication & Influence — Able to align diverse internal/external stakeholders, standardize approaches, and communicate complex information clearly.

What We Offer

TenneT offers you the opportunity to contribute to a sustainable energy future. Together with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders, you will work on innovative solutions that enable the energy transition. We provide space for your talent to grow in an environment where your development is central.

• A permanent contract with a two-month probation period, based on 40 hours per week (32 hours or more negotiable).
• A salary in scale 9: €4,675 to €9,196 per month, plus 8% holiday allowance, 6% year-end bonus, and 70% pension contribution.
• A solid pension plan via ABP: we pay 70% of your premium.
• 43 vacation days per year. All mentioned conditions apply to full-time employment unless stated otherwise.

We value a good work-life balance and your personal development. Therefore, we offer flexible solutions such as:

• Hybrid working, including travel, internet, and home office allowances.
• Support for your vitality, with contributions for a sports subscription and health insurance.
• Development opportunities via the TenneT Academy, so you can continue to expand your knowledge and skills.

We encourage initiative and give you space to bring new ideas. Together, we ensure the Netherlands stays in motion and ready for the energy of tomorrow.

Do you have questions about the position? Please contact Bianca Kreijger, Recruiter People & Talent Acquisition, via Bianca.Kreijger@tennet.eu.