Production Engineer Dredging

Are you driven to design and deliver technically complex dredging projects? Do you continuously look for ways to gain a competitive edge? Discover what makes the role of Production Engineer Dredging so challenging and rewarding.

Production Engineer Dredging

THE POSITION

As a Production Engineer Dredging, you will be responsible for designing and developing technologically complex dredging projects. You will specialize in a high variety of dredging projects that will challenge your analytical skills and creativity, in close cooperation with several other disciplines within the company. The variety extends from beach nourishments to large reclamation works and from small maintenance dredging works to large integrated capital dredging works around the globe. These projects are inherent to innovative solutions, which leads to the ability of Van Oord’s competitive edge.

Your aim is to support our commercial department and project teams both in tender and execution phase. When a new tender is assigned to you, you will start by interpreting and analysing the available documents. With your developing expertise on complex work methods, production details and deployment of different types of competitive equipment, you figure out a cost-efficient production process. Details of produced documents will be part of proposals towards potential Clients. Once a project is awarded you can experience in reality what you have devised.

YOUR IMPACT

As Production Engineer Dredging your main responsibility is to set up production calculations and work methods for new projects with focus on cost efficiency and robust and competitive solutions. Next to that you will be responsible for:

• interpreting large quantities of data;
• determining the most cost efficient combination of equipment and logistical paths;
• occasionally visiting projects in execution and advising the Project team and vessel crew how to maintain or increase the production process;
• continuously searching for ways to optimize the working process;
• continuously searching for innovations;
• become involved in the technical in-house production training courses offered to crew and executive staff at our simulator training center.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a engineer with 4 to 7 years of relevant experience to strengthen our team. The ideal candidate resides in the Rotterdam region and is willing to travel as required. While locally based, the candidate must also be fully prepared to work on projects across the globe.

• A Bachelor’s degree preferably in civil engineering in combination with several dredging courses;
• a genuine (tender) teamplayer, but also able to work independent;
• an investigative, creative and flexible work approach;
• experience with estimation and preparation of dredging works is a plus;
• excellent command of the English language;

WE OFFER

We offer you a position in which you will have an important contribution to our mission 'building a better world for future generations'. In addition, we offer you:

• A salary that matches your responsibilities and experience;
• Travel allowance (€0.31 per km) and home office allowance (€2,45 per day);
• 32 leave days per year;
• Variable bonus;
• Pension scheme;
• Collective health insurance (optional);
• Flexible working from home policy, 2 days a week when working on a full-time basis;
• Extensive learning and (personal) development possibilities, including a wide range of online courses via Goodhabitz;
• You can join communities, like Young Van Oord, Van Oord Women and the Van Oord staff association;
• We organise several (sport) events, e.g. winter sport, weekend of sailing, cycling and a motorcycle tour.

'You come up with something at your desk and then see it actually working on a ship. That’s incredibly rewarding.' Thomasz Engineer Production Automation