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Coordinator Sustainability

Posted 26 Mar 2024
Work experience
3 to 5 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
Dutch (Fluent)
Deadline
31 Dec 2020 22:59

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The position

As the Coordinator Sustainability for the Area Netherlands department, based in Rotterdam, you help achieve Van Oord’s sustainability ambition. You are driven to realise the best sustainable results to meet the customers’ needs and the ambition of Van Oord Netherlands. You have the freedom to pioneer and develop this subject and the ambition within our tenders and projects.

Your responsibilities

You stimulate the team to make the right sustainable choices within tenders and projects focused on the deployment and the use of sustainable materials. You create insights by applying analysis to create the most sustainable choices. Furthermore, you are responsible for:

  • Securing sustainable commitment within our project as determined in our tenders;
  • Understand the customers’ needs and wishes regarding sustainability aspects and help determine the most suitable strategy for our tenders;
  • Initiate and implement sustainable improvements;
  • Good communication with EMVI-, tender- and project management;
  • Determine CO2- and MKI-values via Dubocalc.

Job requirements

You are motivated to help Van Oord adopt more sustainable business in a structured way. With your excellent communication skills and enthusiastic mindset you stimulate renewal and innovation within the organisation. In addition, you have:

  • A bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or similar;
  • Relevant work-experience within civil engineering and or infrastructure;
  • Preferably affinity with our core business, wet and dry earthmoving with large equipment;
  • Preferably experience with Dubocalc calculation program;
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position;
  • Good command of the Dutch language.

We offer

Working in an international, high demanding and dynamic organisation, with the possibility to truly have impact on our business, people and environment. We offer a complete package with excellent secondary employment benefits. The package includes among other things:

  • A salary that matches your responsibilities and experience;
  • 32 leave days of which a max. of 7 days can be appointed as collective leave days;
  • A pension scheme;
  • A variable bonus;
  • Extensive learning and (personal) development possibilities;
  • An adequate travel allowance;
  • Collective health insurance (optional);
  • Flexible working hours.

About Van Oord

Van Oord is a leading global contractor in dredging, hydraulic engineering and offshore projects (oil, gas and wind). We are an innovative partner for our clients and have been contributing to the infrastructure of tomorrow's world for over a hundred years. Our people are committed, enterprising professionals with a passion for water and technology.

Van Oord is a global player in the field of Offshore Wind, Offshore and Dredging. We also have a strong share in the civil industry within the Netherlands. These 4 segments form our Business Units. Our mission "Create a better world for future generations, by marine ingenuity" makes us actively committed to sustainability and the energy transition. We are…


Van Oord is a global player in the field of Offshore Wind, Offshore and Dredging. We also have a strong share in the civil industry within the Netherlands. These 4 segments form our Business Units. Our mission "Create a better world for future generations, by marine ingenuity" makes us actively committed to sustainability and the energy transition. We are an innovative partner for our clients and have been contributing to the infrastructure of tomorrow's world for over a hundred years.

Engineering
Rotterdam
Active in 38 countries
5,000 employees
70% men - 30% women
Average age is 38 years

What employees are saying

Mahsa Goudarzi

Trainee

Mahsa Goudarzi

It was a privilege to work in my own group of trainees and watch each and every one of us grow into the people we are today. The traineeship has transformed all of us into confident young professionals proud of the work we’ve done and enthusiastic to do more in our future roles in Van Oord.

Ignacio Quintanilla

Trainee Data Engineer

Ignacio Quintanilla

Although I came well prepared, there was still a lot to learn. Luckily the traineeship is set up for exactly that; you learn by doing but also have people to reach out to if you get stuck. In addition we participate in trainings and activities which help us navigate the challenges we face