Experienced Airport Material Handling Specialist

Are you experienced in material handling systems and ready to apply your expertise to the dynamic airport environment? Join NACO – a global leader in airport consultancy and engineering – as a Material Handling Specialist in our Special Airport Systems (SAS) department.

What you do as a Experienced Material Handling Systems Specialist

As a Specialist of Material Handling Systems you will strengthen our Baggage Handling design, engineering and consultancy services.

Together with our master planners, terminal architects and special airport system consultants within NACO, you will have a leading role to design and coordinate the airport material handling process within complex multi-disciplinary projects. This will primarily be focused around the design and specification of the baggage handling and hold baggage screening (HBS) systems. Expert opinions and technical consultancy projects for the baggage handling process at airports will be another focus.

With your enthusiasm for material handling, you will lead our teams with your domain knowledge and project experience. You communicate directly with clients and stakeholders in an international environment. Consultancy in our field requires a holistic approach and the application of the latest innovative technological solutions, which you are familiar with from the baggage handling, material handling, or other adjacent industries.

While providing integrated and supplier independent solutions for our clients, you address all aspects and specific systems without losing track of the overall project requirements. You coordinate project solutions in a multi-disciplinary environment and are familiar with logistical processes that may also be applicable to the airport setting. As well as design and construction processes.

As a member of our Special Airport Systems team based in the Netherlands you will work on projects around the world and:

• Act as design lead for a project team and take responsibility for project results,
• Coach and develop junior staff in the field of your expertise,
• Contribute to the optimization of design processes,
• Strive to improve material handling at airports,
• Help to obtain new business and expand our capabilities.

Typical Project may include:

• Stakeholder consultation,
• Airport baggage strategy development & master planning,
• Demand analysis / simulations,
• Technical advisory,
• Integrated design development,
• Development of specifications,
• Constructability and phasing planning,
• System reviews and 2nd opinion,
• Application of relevant international standards and regulations (ICAO, EU, TSA, ECAC).

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 – Special Airport Systems advisory group in The Hague (Delft in May 2025), where we work with colleagues on projects in the Netherlands and for international clients. Working alongside master planners, terminal architects, other special systems consultants, and project managers, you’ll help design and coordinate baggage handling systems from the smallest to some of the busiest airports in the world.

What you bring

• 8–12 years of experience in material handling system design, preferably including airport baggage systems.
• Familiarity with automated systems, conveyors, sorters, scanners, and logistics flows.
• Experience with SCADA or industrial control systems is considered a plus.
• Comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams and guiding junior engineers.
• Able to independently manage scope and deliverables within small-scale projects.
• Willingness to work on international assignments from our office in the Netherlands.

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.