At TenneT, we work every day on tomorrow's electricity grid. Our goal? A reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy system. As an HSE Expert with a strong affinity for environmental topics, you contribute across the full HSE scope while acting as the go-to specialist for environmental themes. You help shape and strengthen the environmental approach within the offshore domain by ensuring compliance, supporting improvement initiatives and building organizational capability around waste management, emissions and environmental impact.

This is not a narrow environmental role. You operate broadly as an HSE expert, contributing to procedures, audits, risk management and overall HSE performance within the offshore division.

Your profile and background

You thrive in environments where multiple interests meet. With a clear vision on environmental performance, you are able to persuade, collaborate, and act decisively-whether working independently or alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams. Your work helps safeguard TenneT's license to operate while supporting innovation and growth.

Your experience

• BSc in Engineering (environmental, chemical, mechanical, process engineering, or similar).
• Strong affinity with environmental engineering and environmental compliance.
• Proven experience with environmental impact assessment methodologies.
• 5-10 years of relevant HSE and/or process-industry experience.
• Excellent writing skills, particularly for policies, standards, and procedures.
• Fluency in English and willingness to learn Dutch.

Your are..

• Customer focused and build strong, trusting relationships by delivering practical, customer-centric environmental solutions.
• Able to balance stakeholders, anticipating and managing the needs and interests of multiple parties in complex technical and regulatory contexts.
• Action oriented, proactively taking on new opportunities and challenges with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and energy.
• Interpersonally savvy, communicating openly and working effectively with diverse groups across disciplines, cultures, and levels of the organization.
• Persuasive, using well-reasoned and compelling arguments to gain support and commitment for environmental standards, policies, and initiatives.
• Driven by vision and purpose, translating environmental strategy and compliance requirements into a clear and motivating direction that inspires others to act.

This role falls within the HSE Advisor job profile, ensuring clarity for both you and TenneT regarding the responsibilities, expectations, and growth opportunities associated with this position.

Your contribution to TenneT

You will join the HSE Offshore Expert Team, supporting the organization across Health, Safety & Environment. As HSE Expert, you combine a broad HSE role with a strong focus on environmental topics. You act as the go-to specialist for environmental compliance, waste management and emissions, while contributing to overall HSE performance within the offshore division.

Your responsibilities

• Act as subject-matter expert on environmental compliance, permits, reporting and impact assessments
• Drive improvements in waste management, emissions and environmental performance
• Translate environmental requirements into practical guidance for operations
• Contribute to HSE procedures, standards and continuous improvement
• Support incident investigations, risk assessments and internal audits
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering and project teams

What you bring

• Broad HSE mindset with a strong affinity for environmental topics
• Ability to connect strategy, compliance and daily operations
• Clear communication towards both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proactive, hands-on and eager to learn

What you get

• A broad HSE role with real impact on offshore operations
• The opportunity to deepen your environmental expertise
• A collaborative expert team with room for autonomy
• Direct contribution to the energy transition

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

Offshore is responsible for the development, construction, and management of the offshore electricity grid. With the North Sea as the green engine of the energy transition, Offshore plays a clear and vital role within TenneT's organisational structure.

The Offshore division manages the entire lifecycle of all TenneT offshore installations, from development and realisation to maintenance and handover to the Operate division. A crucial task is the construction of 2 GW offshore 'sockets', which collect and transport generated wind energy to the mainland.

Additional information

TenneT gives you the opportunity to contribute to a sustainable energy future. Together with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders, you work on innovative solutions that enable the energy transition. You'll have room to develop your talents in an environment where your growth is a priority. We offer you:

• In first instance a year contract with the intention of following up with a permanent contract.
• Market-conform base salary in scale 8: €4.276,- to €8.443,- per month,
• Extra 8% holiday pay and a 6% year-end bonus, with 70% pension contribution.
• Flexible benefits including hybrid working, travel allowance, internet reimbursement, and a home office allowance.
• Support for wellbeing, including contributions to fitness membership and health insurance.
• Development opportunities via the TenneT Academy.

Together, we ensure the Netherlands stays in motion and is ready for the energy of tomorrow. Together, we power the Netherlands!

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.

TenneT keeps the Netherlands powered. We transport electricity 24/7 across the high-voltage grid, connect customers, and enable the energy transition by expanding the grid and using it more intelligently. Together with our partners, we work towards a reliable, affordable and resilient energy system. This is how we connect the Netherlands to a sustainable future.

Connecting everyone to a brighter energy future.