Planning Engineer Infra

Are you interested in a new challenge advancing planning in a dynamic, maritime and infrastructure company? Will you help us manage the planning of our projects and provide focus and overview within the Dutch market? Focused on dredging & infra? Then we are looking for you!

Your Responsibilities

As a project planner, you provide support to tender managers and tender teams to successfully plan and create compliant proposals for the Netherlands. You will work with the tender team, consortium partners, and (sub)contractors, proactively advising on time, progress, resource management, opportunities, and risks. It is a multifaceted and responsible role where your knowledge and ingenuity will be put to the test to win the tenders.

Our track record includes projects that protect areas against rising sea levels and floods while creating space for nature conservation and recreation. Think about projects like The Afsluitdijk, dyke reinforcements, and many more! You have a key role in the tender process as a project planner for projects in The Netherlands. You coordinate works related to engineering and planning preparations to ensure that quality is delivered in time. Furthermore, you are responsible for:

• Developing the phasing and execution plan, considering all aspects of the work like logic, resource planning, cash flows, and uncertainties
• Creating transparency and overview with clear visuals (Gantt charts, time-distance diagrams, storyboards, and 4D-plans)
• Advising tender managers on strategic direction for the proposal and providing "what if scenarios" to consider
• Supporting the Van Oord tender management in commercial and political considerations to monitor the Van Oord interest in joint ventures
• Delivering reliable project schedules during the tender phases
• Initiating and leading brainstorm and workshop-type meetings like planning reviews and rehearsals of concept (ROC)

Your Workplace

You will be part of the planning department, which includes around 35 planners. We believe in combining knowledge and expertise and have the ambition to further professionalize our departments. We do this together with highly motivated risk, planning, systems engineering, process, and information management professionals who think and act beyond the borders of their expertise.

Job Requirements

You have strong communicative skills and believe in combining multiple disciplines for better results. Creating and maintaining a clear overview is what makes you tick! You have the ability to translate complex matters into understandable insights. Next to that:

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree
• You have at least 3 years of experience in planning (in the industry)
• Excellent command of the Dutch language, spoken and written
• Experience in developing project schedules (e.g., Primavera P6, TILOS, MS Project)
• You are full-time available (minimum of 32 hours) and willing to travel regularly to our office in Rotterdam. In the near future, you are also flexible to visit our Gorinchem office and projects.

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 (€2.15 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 organize several (sport) events, e.g., winter sport, weekends of sailing, cycling, and a motorcycle tour.

Interested?

Then apply now using the application form below!