Project Leader Energy Hubs Regional Energy Strategy South Limburg (RES ZL)

Project overview

For the municipality of Heerlen, YER is looking for a Project Leader Energy Hubs Regional Energy Strategy South Limburg (RES ZL).

The Position

Realizing projects to increase regional sustainable energy generation is almost impossible without embedding it in a local energy system of generation, storage, and optimized usage. Energy hubs are a local collaboration between energy users and producers, jointly coordinating energy generation, transport, storage, conversion, and consumption. Collaboration and local coordination can alleviate congestion in the short term and create space for local sustainable generation. Therefore, the RES ZL needs a Project Leader for Energy Hubs.

As Project Leader for Energy Hubs, you will work with great autonomy for and with municipalities, grid operators, and initiators of energy hubs in the region.

As Project Leader, you primarily have two roles: that of controller for projects in the region that need assistance, and that of an extension of the project organization of the municipalities. You know what is happening in the region, where promising projects emerge, and you keep track of where help is needed. You will assist in the initiation and progress of projects that can lead to a (cooperative) energy hub, preferably one that also involves generation.

For this, you will maintain close ties with the relevant municipal officials, as well as with Enexis, possibly active advisors and hub directors, initiators among companies, institutions, cooperatives, and possibly individuals. You will be the expert in realizing energy hubs. You will assist the municipal official when documents, decisions, or permit applications need to be processed by the municipal organization.

You will be aware of current developments regarding energy hubs, including legislation and regulations, and what is happening at the national level/Ministry of Climate and Green Growth, RVO, Invest NL, ACM, and grid operators on this topic. You will be able to quickly build trust between multiple parties and ensure that the added value of collaboration is recognized and utilized by all parties. You will also recognize when external expertise is needed in areas such as legal, organizational, technical, or financial.

About the Company

You will work with a team of enthusiastic colleagues within the spatial domain and can count on a good work-life balance. We also reward your commitment and performance with an attractive salary and appealing extras. Our employment conditions at a glance:

What You Bring

To perform the function properly, you must possess the following expertise, experience, and qualities:

Offer

Your Team

RES ZL is a collaboration of the 16 municipalities in South Limburg, the Province, the Water Board, and Enexis, working towards a sustainable South Limburg. This is done in three sub-regions: Parkstad Limburg, Westelijke Mijnstreek, and Maastricht-Heuvelland. Together with residents, businesses, and social organizations, we are investigating how we can save more energy, where we can generate sustainable electricity from solar and wind, and how we can phase out natural gas step by step.

You will work within the core team of RESZL, which, in addition to the program manager, includes several advisors, including two project leaders for solar on roofs.

Within this team, we work on the implementation of the RES South Limburg 2026 Program Plan, with the main pillars being:

• The tasks of the Project Leader Energy Hubs are roughly as follows: Guiding and supporting municipalities, companies, institutions, energy cooperatives, and energy communities in the formation, development, and realization of energy hubs;
• Supporting municipal officials when documents, decisions, or permit applications need to be processed by the municipal organization;
• Control function: Monitoring the status, initiating, and following up on necessary activities for the progress of the development of ongoing projects;
• Competitive fixed salary, depending on knowledge and experience;
• 25 vacation days and 8.33% holiday allowance;
• 7.55% 13th-month payment;
• Travel expenses reimbursement or lease car;
• Good pension scheme;
• Overtime arrangement: paid in salary or time-off-in-lieu;
• The above applies to collaboration on a contract basis; freelance is of course also possible;
• Continuously challenging assignments in the spatial domain;
• Intensive and personal guidance;
• Opportunity to participate in a personal coaching program;
• Inspiring masterclasses.
• Several years of experience in the business energy sector working with entrepreneurs;
• (HBO/WO education, preferably in energy, sustainability, spatial planning, or public administration;)
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in advising companies on the energy transition and business processes, including the (European) requirements for companies to become more sustainable;
• Knowledge of the region – or the ability to quickly acquire it.
• Knowledge of and experience with energy systems and technologies;
• Hands-on mentality, doer, supportive, flexible, and meticulous;
• Ability to connect well with the world of entrepreneurs, large and small, non-profit organizations, and municipal departments.
• General knowledge of/experience with the permit process and other relevant municipal processes;
• Solar Carports;
• Solar on Roofs;
• Large-scale generation;
• Energy Hubs;
• Energetic Farmers;

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: Heerlen, NL
• Languages: Dutch