Project Engineer-Infrastructure project

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, an increase in 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.

Within a vibrant company culture, you will be working as part of a diverse, international team of experts. We offer you the opportunity to realize your full personal potential and expand your professional career by creating new horizons. Together!

As a Project Engineer, you will join our engineering team to provide remote technical support for small-scale and less complex tenders, projects, and designs, as well as parts of medium- to complex ones. Your role ensures that projects meet agreed requirements such as safety, quality, time, budget, legal regulations, and more.

You will have the opportunity for personal and professional growth by working on unique and complex projects in the Netherlands, including the design, construction, and maintenance of dikes and water barriers.

Examples of our infrastructure projects include Rehabilitation of the A2 Highway, N516 Thorbeckeweg, N206 Rijnlandroute, and SAAone Almere-Amsterdam-Schiphol. Our work always considers environmental care. 

Your Responsibilities as a Project Engineer are: 

• Drafting Specifications and Procedures: Independently drafting specifications and procedures for the realization of tenders, projects, and designs within the set framework and customer and contract requirements to achieve an optimal project result. 
• Designing and Developing Technical Solutions: Independently designing and developing (new) technical solutions that meet all requirements. Offering alternative solutions to the customer and minimizing risks. 
• Scope Determination and Supervision: Responsible for determining the scope of engineering work for mainly small projects and/or less complex technical tenders or parts of complex projects, including personnel, planning, and budgeting. Supervising and assessing the work of colleagues, subcontractors, and customers to ensure that tenders, projects, and designs are carried out in accordance with the requirements.
• Progress Reporting and Deviation Identification: Responsible for progress reporting regarding small projects and/or less complex technical tenders (or parts of complex projects) to internal and external customers. Timely identification of deviations in time, demand for engineering capacity, quality, or costs, compared to planning, requirements, and budget. 
• Execution Support and Improvement: Assisting and advising in the execution of tenders and projects, sometimes on location. Providing logistical support. Participating in the continuous improvement of departmental processes and procedures and evaluating the engineering process. 

Your qualities: 

You can make your mark as a Project Engineer if you have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. 
• 5-10 years of relevant work experience at an infrastructure contractor, including experience with relevant working methods, techniques, and professional software and models. 
• Good knowledge of CAD, QGIS, and Excel software required. Primavera(Planning software, relaitics, systems engineering.
• Relevant experience with project management and good command of English (written and spoken). Proficiency in Dutch is an asset. 

What you can expect 

• Career opportunities: We challenge you every day to get better. Together we realize your full personal and professional career by creating development opportunities. 
• Warm welcome: We warmly welcome our new colleagues, so they feel at home as soon as possible. During your online onboarding program, we give you all the ins and outs of Boskalis! 
• Career development: Plenty of opportunities to realize your full potential. Challenge yourself with (online) courses in our Boskalis academy. 

Extra information 

• Your team: You work together with different project teams. 
• Where you will work: You will be working from our Abu Dhabi office. 
• Full/part-time job: The function of Project Engineer is a full-time position. 
• Procedure: Apply easily by filling in the online application form. We conduct job interviews online and at the office. If we both think we are a good match after these interviews, we will make you a nice offer. Are you happy with that? Welcome aboard! 

Want to know more?

We are more than happy to answer your questions about the position, please contact Melisha Nazareth, Corporate Recruiter, via our career page.

Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your cover letter and CV on our careers site. 

Please note: Boskalis never requests a financial contribution to arrange visas or other documents related to a job vacancy. Be wary of individuals who pretend to be our recruiters and ask for such contributions. 

Disclaimer for Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies 

We appreciate your interest in our vacancies and understand that your candidate might be enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity. However, our recruitment process is not structured this way; at Boskalis, we handle recruitment ourselves. Therefore, we do not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies. Any submission will be treated as a direct application. 

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