Practical internship - Data Engineering & Visualization

What do we promise?

• Not your average 9-to-5
• Young Boskalis events and activities
• Plenty of room for personal development

What do we ask of you?

• Eager to learn
• Achieving Results
• Taking Initiative

Make your mark as a Data Engineering & Visualization Intern at Boskalis!

In this role, you will design and prototype a new, generalized visualization tool that seamlessly integrates with the API of our existing AI model to display outputs in near real time. Your work will eliminate manual processes, automate updates, and provide an intuitive, scalable dashboard that makes classification results actionable and easy to understand. You’ll collaborate with mentors and users, and help create a solution that can support multiple dredging and infrastructure projects worldwide.

Your responsibilities as a Data Engineering & Visualization Intern

• Architect and implement backend integrations to connect API outputs with Databricks data storage and the visualization tool, ensuring automated near real-time updates.
• Gather and analyze user requirements to identify the most valuable KPIs, visuals, and interactions for the dashboard.
• Design and prototype intuitive user interfaces with clear navigation, layout, and styling, using realistic sample data.
• Develop and configure interactive visualizations (maps, trend charts, activity timelines, performance metrics) in Power BI or similar tools.
• Test, optimize, refine, and document both the backend data flows and the frontend visual experience to deliver a reliable, fast, and user-friendly solution.

Your qualities and experience
You can move ahead as a Data Engineering & Visualization Intern if you have:

• Enrollment in a bachelor’s program (HBO), preferably in computer science, data analytics, engineering, or related discipline.
• Familiarity with one or more visualization tools, and an understanding of UI/UX concepts.
• Understanding of basic API consumption (REST endpoints) and the ability to integrate data from multiple sources.
• Knowledge of SQL and Databricks workspace for designing, implementing and automating backend data pipelines.
• Ability to work independently and iteratively based on feedback.
• A good command of written and spoken English.

What You Can Expect

• Internship mentoring: we offer you the opportunity to get the most out of your internship by providing the right guidance.
• Warm welcome: you can count on a warm welcome, so you quickly feel at home at Boskalis.
• Salary and more: as an intern you will receive an internship allowance. In addition, we offer a fun working environment with many challenges.
• A dynamic working environment: an internship where you can learn a lot from a leading company and be part of a diverse team of experts.
• Young Boskalis: Are you under 36? Then join Young Boskalis! Monthly social and sports activities, ranging from pub quizzes, yoga, boot camps and an annual sailing race. Networking and knowledge sharing are also important parts of Young Boskalis.

Extra information

• Your team: Market Intelligence - DTED
• Where you will work: Papendrecht. For office-based roles, in consultation with your manager and your team, you work partly at home and partly in the office.
• Full/part-time job: The position of Data Engineering & Visualization Intern is a full-time (40 hours a week) job.

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, an increase of global trade, demand for (new) energy and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects.

Dredging is one of our traditional core activities and Boskalis is famous for projects like the land reclamation for Manila International Airport, Pulau Tekong, Singapore’s first polder or the expansion of the Suez Canal. Creation of new nature areas like the Markerwadden is something we contribute too. In your job you will work for the dredging division. Boskalis have been protecting coastlines, reclaiming land and developing infrastructure for over 100 years. That’s a lot of ingenuity, talent and commitment. When we bring all of this together, we become more than the sum of our parts and can seize opportunities others miss. This is how we collaborate and make the difference together. In our lives, in our work and in the lives of people across the world.

Want to know more or do you have a question about this internship? E-mail us at campus@boskalis.com

Apply before the 12th of January 2026 and give your talent a stage at Boskalis!