Tender Engineer Capital Dredging

You want your work to matter — and it will. As Tender Engineer Capital Dredging, you play a central role in shaping the proposals that win Van Oord’s most high-impact projects. You will work with smart minds across disciplines, bring structure to complexity and help turn technical insight into real-world results. Your contribution helps us build the future, one bid at a time.

The position

As Tender Engineer within the Productline Capital Dredging, you are the right hand of the Tender Manager. You support the full bidding process from kick‑off to submission. You coordinate the tender team, bring together technical experts and manage inputs across disciplines. You help create proposals that reflect our shared expertise and ambition — and contribute to Van Oord’s future.

Your impact

In this role you will make an immediate difference by:

• Coordinating the tender process with colleagues in engineering, planning and operations
• Writing clear, compelling proposal texts based on technical input
• Supporting planning, risk identification and internal communication
• Taking ownership of key deliverables that shape our bids
• Drawing from your dredging experience to deliver proposals that are complete, competitive and convincing

Your workplace

You will join a skilled and energetic tendering & engineering team in Rotterdam. Our culture is hands‑on, collaborative and built on trust. You will work closely with engineers, planners and other specialists who share your drive to win meaningful work. Every tender is different, and together we aim for the best — supporting projects around the globe.

About you

You enjoy bringing structure to complexity and working with many disciplines. You’re confident coordinating a team, but just as happy diving into the content. You combine technical knowledge with strong communication skills — and understand what it takes to win. On top of this you:

• Have a higher professional or academic degree (HBO/WO) in a relevant technical field
• Bring at least 3 years of experience, preferably in the dredging industry
• Have worked on hopper, cutter or reclamation projects and understand how they work
• Write clearly in English, with Dutch as a plus
• Are based in the Netherlands

We offer

In this role you help us grow this ambitious product line. You bring purpose into the center of our projects and you recognize the direct impact of your ideas in global tenders and projects.

• A salary that matches your responsibilities and experience
• Attractive travel allowance (€0.31 per km) and home working allowance (€2.45 per day)
• 32 holidays (of which a maximum of 7 are collective)
• Variable bonus
• Attractive pension scheme
• Option for collective health insurance (Van Oord pays for your supplementary package)
• Extensive development opportunities, including a comprehensive online academy via Goodhabitz

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