At TenneT, we work every day on shaping the electricity grid of tomorrow. Our mission? To create an energy system that is reliable, affordable, and truly sustainable. As a Project Manager Cable - Offshore Operations within Grid Field Operations Netherlands, you play an essential role in keeping our offshore cable infrastructure safe, resilient, and ready for the future, a cornerstone of the energy transition.

In this role, you guide, connect, and empower. You oversee and steer projects from initiation to completion, ensuring they deliver real value while bringing people and stakeholders together. Your leadership helps us protect critical offshore assets and keep the energy transition moving forward.

Ready to make a meaningful impact on the future of energy?

Your profile and background

At TenneT, we are looking for professionals who help shape the future of our electricity grid. We value people who bring expertise, care for collaboration, and a drive to make a positive impact. You recognise yourself in the following:

Competencies

• Strong communication and stakeholder skills, enabling you to build trust, navigate diverse interests, and create alignment across teams.
• Solid planning and organizational abilities to structure complex HV offshore cable projects and maintain clear oversight of progress, risks, and budgets.
• A proactive, responsible mindset, with the willingness to co-shape maintenance and repair strategies for high-voltage cable assets.

Other qualifications

• Relevant experience as a project or works manager on HV offshore cable installation or repair projects.
• Knowledge of the offshore industry and survey operations; experience with ESRI ArcGIS is an advantage.
• Understanding of geo-sciences and offshore cable systems.
• A project management certification (IPMA D, PMP, or higher).
• Fluency in English; proficiency in Dutch (B1) or German is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel within Europe and suitability for offshore work according to AWMF standards.
• Confident use of Microsoft Office tools.

Your contribution to TenneT

How will you help power the Netherlands? As a Project Manager Cable , you are responsible for managing complex maintenance and repair projects within TenneT's offshore grid connection systems. Your work ensures the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of our high-voltage cable assets, both onshore and offshore. In addition, you are responsible for:

• Managing offshore cable maintenance and repair projects - Set up, control, monitor, and close complex technical projects related to HV on- and offshore cable repairs, seabed surveys, and remedial actions, with a strong focus on safety, budget, quality, and timelines.
• Leading multidisciplinary project teams - Coordinate internal specialists and external contractors, and manage interfaces with key stakeholders, including grid connection managers and maintenance planners.
• Planning, reporting, and decision-making - Prepare repair and maintenance plans, project reports, change requests, and decision proposals for authorities, sponsors, and steering committees.
• Risk, permit, and compliance management - Identify risks, assess impacts, implement mitigation measures, and ensure compliance with permits, contractual requirements, and TenneT standards during both construction and operational phases.
• Safeguarding documentation and asset data - Ensure technical documentation meets TenneT and Grid Field Operations Offshore requirements to support safe and efficient long-term operation.

You will be part of Grid Field Operations Netherlands and work closely with colleagues across operations, maintenance, and asset management. Ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement are central to the way we work.

Our recruiting process

Our offer

Flexibility

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

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

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

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

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 make the energy transition possible. You will have the space to develop your talent in an environment that puts your growth at the center. We believe in collaboration, forward thinking, and innovation.

We offer you:

• 8% holiday allowance + 6% year-end bonus.
• A solid ABP pension scheme, with TenneT covering 70% of the contribution.
• 43 days of annual leave (based on full-time employment).
• Hybrid working, including an internet allowance of €32.50 and a home-office allowance.
• Support for your vitality, with contributions towards a gym membership and health insurance.
• Development opportunities through the TenneT Academy, so you can continue to expand your knowledge and skills.

Apply today and become part of our team! You can apply in just a few clicks through our online form. Once we receive your application, we will review it and contact you as soon as possible.

• The process consists of two interviews, and a security screening is part of the procedure.
• Finally, if the vacancy is no longer listed on our website, it means the position has (temporarily) closed.
• Applications can only be submitted through the website, not by email.

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 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