Commissioning and Service Engineer

At TenneT, you will work on the reliability of the Dutch high-voltage grid. As a Commissioning & Service Engineer, you ensure that secondary installations and protection systems at high-voltage substations continue to function optimally. You perform tests, analyze faults, and contribute to ensuring that new and existing installations can be deployed safely and reliably.

The Dutch electricity grid is facing its largest expansion ever. As a Commissioning & Service Engineer at TenneT, you will make a direct contribution to this every day. You ensure that our secondary installations and protection systems continue to function reliably, so that electricity can be transported safely and without interruption.

You will work on complex high-voltage installations, perform tests, analyze technical issues, and ensure that new installations can be safely commissioned. In doing so, you play an important role in making the Dutch high-voltage grid future-proof.

As a Commissioning & Service Engineer, you are responsible for the maintenance, inspection, and testing of secondary systems within our high-voltage substations. Your activities include:

• Performing inspections, measurements, and functional tests on protection and control systems.
• Checking and assessing new and modified installations.
• Analyzing and resolving technical malfunctions.
• Interpreting measurement results and test protocols.
• Recording performed activities and technical findings.
• Supervising the quality of work performed by contractors and external parties.
• Actively contributing to a safe working environment and reliable operations.

You are a practical-minded electrical engineer with strong analytical skills, you think in solutions, and you feel responsible for the proper execution of your work.

In addition, you possess:

• A completed MBO-4 degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Preferably several years of relevant work experience within the energy, industry, or infrastructure sector.
• Interest in high-voltage technology, protection systems, and fault analysis.
• Good command of the Dutch language.
• The willingness to further develop yourself within a specialized technical field.

For this position, we are looking for someone who recognizes themselves in the following competencies:

Action-oriented
You are proactive, have a positive attitude, and take initiative when the situation calls for it.

Technical understanding
You quickly master new techniques, have an interest in existing technologies, and work accurately.

Result-oriented
You complete tasks successfully, both technically and administratively, and set high standards for the quality of your own work.

Safety is always number one at TenneT. Therefore, we expect you to clearly understand which activities you may and may not perform within the applicable instruction structures and guidelines for electrical operations. You work consciously, carefully, and address colleagues when safety requires it.

• A challenging technical position within an organization working on the energy transition.
• A position in scale 6 with a starting scale of 5.
• An extensive range of training and development opportunities.
• Working with advanced high-voltage technology.
• Professional colleagues who prioritize safety, craftsmanship, and collaboration.

Are you the technical specialist who gets energy from high voltage, protection technology, and solving complex technical issues? Then we would love to meet you.

Do you have questions about the application process? Please contact Bianca Fokken via bianca.fokken@tennet.eu or 0641865093. Do you have questions about the position? Please contact Lieke de Korte via lieke.de.korte@tennet.eu.

You can apply exclusively via the application form. We cannot process emails with CVs. Recruitment in response to this vacancy is not appreciated and will therefore not be processed.