Manager – Regional Environmental & Engineering Team 260909-ABL-001

Role Title: Manager Regional Environmental & Engineering Team (West-South Region)

Working Hours: 32 40 Hours / Week

Contract Duration: October 1 2026 September 30 2027 (1 Year)

Educational Requirement: Masters Degree or demonstrable equivalent academic working/thinking level (HBO/WO)

Location: Gouda / Hybrid (Minimum 2 to 3 days/week physical presence required in Gouda)

A dedicated manager is required for a temporary 1-year assignment to support a multidisciplinary environmental and engineering team focused on high-voltage grid expansion resolving grid congestion and driving energy transition projects across the South Holland and Zeeland regions.

The multidisciplinary team recently expanded (combining environmental management communications permitting land acquisition spatial planning and GIS specialists) into a 47-professional unit. To ensure staff receive proper line management mentorship and support an extra manager is being onboarded to directly lead an Enabling Team of approximately 17 professionals working in close partnership with the overall lead manager.

• People Management & Team Development: Provide direct leadership coaching and performance management for 17 specialized engineers and professionals. Conduct individual developmental and appraisal sessions while fostering a safe inclusive and collaborative work environment.
• Resource Management & Capacity Planning: Manage short- and long-term engineering resource planning for the regional team. Align internal and external capacity demand with realistic department capabilities and project workloads.
• Process Improvement & Quality Standards: Identify operational inefficiencies within the engineering framework for internal and external stakeholders. Implement best practices and ensure design compliance with national laws (e.g. ARBO health & safety regulations) and technical standards (BO DO and UO design phases).
• Cross-Disciplinary Alignment: Collaborate closely with regional build teams Lead Engineers and external peers to ensure timely delivery of technical scopes asset data and equipment orders.
• Stakeholder Reporting: Translate strategic guidelines into clear operational objectives for the team while communicating progress challenges and resource bottlenecks upward.

• Education: Masters degree or demonstrable academic working and thinking level.
• Leadership Track Record: Proven leadership experience within complex infrastructure energy large-scale production or maintenance environments.
• Multidisciplinary Management: Strong background in managing multidisciplinary teams across strategic tactical and operational levels.
• Process & Change Delivery: Demonstrated capability to drive operational performance improvements (output throughput time safety quality) and execute successful organizational change.
• Leadership Style: Courageous adaptive and inspiring leader capable of making tough decisions in the organizations best interest while turning resistance into active collaboration.
• Contractual Knowledge: Familiarity with standard Dutch infrastructure contract models (e.g. UAV and UAV-GC).
• Language Proficiency: Full professional fluency in Dutch (written and spoken).

• Direct experience leading large-scale infrastructure projects within the high-voltage or broader energy sector.