Airport Pavement Specialist

What you do as an Airport Pavement Specialist

As Airport Pavement Specialist you work on projects over the globe, sometimes visiting a project to make sure our pavement designs adhere to the highest standards. In this role you are responsible for the following:

• Collection and interpretation of field investigation data.
• Structural analysis of airport pavements worldwide.
• Interaction within a multi-disciplinary team to ensure fully integrated pavement solutions.
• Interacting with clients in developing state-of-the-art pavement design solutions.
• Providing technical support to site supervision teams and advising on quality control matters.
• R&D to further strengthen our worldwide reputation in the aviation sector.
• Contributing to project proposals and business development.

As the position offers global exposure where you will be working on international projects and gain valuable experience in diverse environments, it is expected that you travel for short and medium-term assignments to other countries.

Where you will work

Royal HaskoningDHV is an international, independent engineering consultancy and project management firm that integrates 140 years of technical expertise with digital technologies and software solutions. Our 6,000 colleagues work from offices in more than 25 countries worldwide. With our mission ‘Enhancing Society Together,’ we contribute to a better society and make the lives of large groups of people worldwide easier, healthier, and safer.

You will be part of our Airport Asset Design Civil advisory group in The Hague (Delft in May 2025), where we work with approximately 50 colleagues on projects in the Netherlands and for international clients. As a designer, you will collaborate internally with other departments within NACO and RHDHV. With more than 40 nationalities and 230 colleagues at NACO, the working language is English. The team is very experienced and will gladly help you on your way in your career.

What you bring

You have a master’s degree in civil engineering, preferably with a specialization in pavement design, accompanied by 0-5 years of relevant experience. Alternatively, 5-10 years of hands-on experience as pavement engineer.

• Proficiency in pavement design methods, including linear elastic and mechanistic-empirical approaches,
• Familiarity with software tools for pavement analysis and design,
• Experience with specifying geotechnical and pavement investigations and interpretation of associated test results (e.g. analysis Heavy Weight Deflectometer (HWD) test results).
• Understanding of technical specifications and standards, such as FAA, ICAO, EASA, ASTM, and Euronorm.
• You are a team player with a problem-solving mindset.
• Client oriented and conceptual and creative ability to approach and solve complex problems.

What we offer you

We offer you a stimulating environment where we put people first and where you are empowered to craft your own career path while working with and learning from the smartest people in our field. We prioritise our well-being by offering flexibility, support and a strong sense of community, all to ensure work and personal life go hand in hand. To make this concrete, we offer you:

• A competitive primary salary.
• Annual profit sharing, where one-third of our profit is distributed among employees and the opportunity to purchase company shares.
• Pension accrual through our own pension fund with an employer contribution of 18.3%.
• 2.15% personal budget that you can tailor to your preference - cash it out monthly or turn it into extra vacation time for those well-deserved breaks.
• 28 vacation days per year based on a 40-hour workweek and the option to buy 16.5 additional days.
• Many opportunities to develop yourself, such as our learning weeks, various development programs and access to a range of online courses on LinkedIn Learning.
• A conveniently located workplace at our office in The Hague and travel expense reimbursement or an NS-Business Card including a 40% discount on private travel.

Are you our new colleague?

Do you want to shape the future of some of the most important airports in the world as our Airport Pavement Specialist? We’d love to hear from you! Apply now or send any questions you may have to recruiter Max Kapteijn via max.kapteijn@rhdhv.com.