Operational Planner Control Centers

Therefore, personal initiative, analytical thinking, and collaborating in a complex playing field with opposing interests are essential skills.

• You have strong analytical abilities and quickly see through complex situations
• You are proactive and find it a challenge to seek out and find solution possibilities
• You can collaborate well and are communicative, which helps you with handover and coordination.

We offer you:

Additionally, we offer:

• You have a completed HBO technical degree, preferably in the direction of Electrical Engineering, Energy Technology, Maritime Technology, or Naval Architecture; the Power minor is a plus.

• For this position, excellent command of the Dutch language is necessary, both orally and in writing, but you can also manage well orally in English.

• A permanent contract with a two-month probationary period
• A salary in scale 7 from € 4,211 to € 7,447 with 8% holiday allowance and 6% year-end bonus.
• A solid pension via ABP: we pay 70% of your premium.
• 43 vacation days per year.
• Additionally, due to the varying and weekend shifts, an 8.1% irregularity allowance

All mentioned employment conditions apply to full-time employment, unless stated otherwise.

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

• For this role, an AIVD-B screening is required

How do you keep the Netherlands running? As a National Operational Planner, you are co-responsible for strengthening and optimizing the electricity grid, so that the Netherlands can continue to rely on reliable and sustainable energy. You will be working in the Operational Planning team, consisting of 13 colleagues. Together, you will work on the preparations for tomorrow in the areas of system, market, and transport, an essential task for a stable and sustainable energy supply. Within our team, an open, safe, and collegial working atmosphere prevails, in which innovation and collaboration are central.

The energy transition requires smart, decisive professionals. In Operational Planning, we work daily on the preparation of an N-1 secure grid, the coordination of available transport capacity to the market, and the market coupling in Northwest Europe so that the Netherlands can also rely on a reliable electricity grid tomorrow.

During shifts, you will work in a secure environment, where you are responsible for monitoring daily, time-critical processes, and timely adjusting/intervening/informing all stakeholders so that ultimately everything is in place to enable undisturbed operations of the high-voltage grid within agreed frameworks for the following day. Good preparation is the basis for this. To prepare you for practice, you will be assigned a buddy; together with your buddy, you will go through an extensive induction program that ensures you build the necessary knowledge to be able to execute the processes. In this, you will work closely with operations, our connected parties, market participants, and neighboring TSOs.

• Facilitating market coupling in Northwest Europe;
• The final assessment of the daily energy balance, during which you have contact with a large number of (international) market participants, exchanges, and other TSOs;
• Monitoring the available regulation and reserve capacity;
• Identifying transmission problems (congestion) and solving problems in advance or preparing solutions for them;
• Improving collective insight through reporting and consultation;
• Collecting, calculating, and providing data for market transparency (ACER, ENTSO-e) and contractual obligations;
• Leading/contributing to projects for the development and maintenance of processes and applications;
• Initiating improvement proposals for processes, procedures, and applications within the department.

The work of a National Operational Planner continues 365 days a year. The activities are currently carried out from 08:00 - 16:00, but in the (near) future, an afternoon shift (15:00-23:00) may be added alongside this. Additionally, you are expected to work a weekend shift at least once every 5 weeks, plus have a reserve shift once every 5 weeks, and you may be scheduled on public holidays. This is offset by an irregularity allowance of 8.1%, which will be higher in the event of a future afternoon shift. On days when you do not have a shift, you determine your own working hours and can work partly from home. The team you will work in is very flexible, which allows for a pleasant work-life balance.

Furthermore, you are also responsible for, among other things:

This role falls within the System & Markets Specialist job profile, so that it is clear to both you and TenneT which responsibilities, expectations, and growth opportunities belong to this position.