Function: Operational Technology Specialist

Start: February 1, 2026
Type: deta-permanent -> no ZZP
Rate: € 80, - including MSP fee
Hours: 40 hours per week
Location: to be determined depending on location
Please note: this class starts in February. This is an ongoing application, classes will also start in June and October.

Ensuring that the lights stay on in thousands of households, even in tomorrow's sustainable world. Operating at the interface between electrical engineering and automation engineering. That is what you do at Qirion, from your base in Haarlem, Leeuwarden or Duiven, as OT Specialist (Operational Technology). You will get to know the monitoring, control and security of the high-voltage grid and high-voltage substations in detail. You will take the lead in further digitizing the power grid. This is a full-time position. You will make the grid future-proof at Alliander.

The energy transition is impossible without you as OT Specialist
You are the technician who intervenes in the event of malfunctions and takes responsibility for work on secondary components at our high-voltage substations. You will prepare and execute projects yourself, of course with proper guidance from an experienced specialist. With the continuous addition of increasingly complex installations, station automation is becoming increasingly important. As a specialist, you configure these systems using various software programs. You are an indispensable link in the further development of the smart grid.

In this challenging development program, you will receive training in which you will spend the first three months learning all about high-voltage technology. You will undergo thorough safety training and learn more about the substations where you will eventually work. The following eight months are a mix of theoretical deepening and practical assignments. Together with experienced colleagues, you will be on the road every day. This way, you gain all the knowledge and skills you need to work on the secondary systems at the substations. Eventually you will know how the substations and all secondary components are put together. This allows you to manage colleagues and coordinate work. NOTE: The next starting time is in February '26.

We are creating the energy network of the future for everyone, with everyone. And as an OT Specialist, you work on this. You are busy with the:

• Maintain and configure secondary installations (OT), both in realization and maintenance. Relays, remote terminal units, it all comes along as you work on high-voltage substations, cables and lines. The voltage on the connections you work on ranges from 10 kV to 150 kV.
• Learning about and working on new systems in the test lab.
• Running second-line breakdown watch shifts.
• Preparing work, making schedules and directing actual execution.

Want to learn more about Qirion Operational Technology? Then watch this video: Working on smart energy networks? Join Qirion OT!

You make the grid more complete at Alliander Did you know that Alliander is made up of different companies working together to create a reliable and future-proof energy grid? With a large club of professionals, we develop and manage the energy network for millions of residents and entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. Everything we do, we do with an eye for the people who rely on us: our customers. And thanks to our talents, we have full confidence in the energy future of the Netherlands. Together with you, we make the energy transition possible, for and with our customers.

You will be working at business unit Qirion. Here you will work on energy infrastructure and smart energy solutions. You will design, build and maintain the high-voltage grid of today and the future.

You make the net more energetic
Working with the latest technology and innovations. You do that from your own strength and talent. And you do it with us. Do you contribute to that with your structured way of working and logical way of thinking? Great! Especially if you complement this with:

• A college degree, for example in Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Mechatronics, Measurement and Control Engineering or Aviation Technology
• driver's license B.
• A flexible schedule, you will work second-line breakdown shifts which means you will sometimes be working outside office hours.

Just better arranged for you (when you join Alliander right after the deta-permanent period, not applicable right now all)
For that you will get based on a 40-hour work week:  

• A salary of €3,584.86 to €5,121.23 gross per month.
• A service car that can also be driven privately.
• an annual individual choice budget (IKB) of 18% (full-time) or 12.8% (part-time) of your gross annual salary. This includes 8% vacation allowance. You can have this amount paid out, but you can also buy extra days off, for example. You choose what suits you.
• 24.5 vacation days per year, liberally supplementable from your IKB.
• A December year-end bonus of 6% of your annual salary.
• A DI budget of €500 each year for your sustainable employability. For example, choose to pay for your hobby sport, make your home more sustainable and greener, or reduce your study debt with DUO. You decide where your budget goes. 

Of course, we have much more! Read more about all your benefits.