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Job description

You will act as (Junior) Maritime Designer on a range of projects principally relating to the field of maritime planning and engineering. You will be part of a design team and contribute to the delivery of maritime designs within programme and budget constraints. More specifically you will:

• Contribute to engineering design calculations, engineering design details and engineering reports for a range of projects relating to the field of maritime engineering.
• Contribute to the production of technical, commercial and contractual documents for procurement of engineering and / or construction projects.
• Contribute to (pre)feasibility and port planning studies.
• Promote and maintain satisfactory Client relationships and be responsible for retention of business with specific Client bodies.
• Contribute to the development of the Client base through the production of proposals and interaction with Clients.
• Participate in the development of new Client bases.
• Liaise with other divisions of the Royal Haskoning organisation.
• Provide advice and expertise to more junior staff.
• Carry out any duties which your line manager may reasonably request within the broad parameters of your role.

Profile

• You aim at working in the Netherlands and / or overseas and accept the challenges in social life and working in different cultures that go with it.
• You are a contents driven person.
• You enjoy the (technical) challenges for which Clients seek our support.
• You are aware of and able to work within the sensitive political and social context in which large maritime projects take place.

Your qualifications and experience
• You have gained up to 10 years experience in the design and planning of (large) maritime structures, preferably while working for a consultancy firm, and are familiar with achieving the right balance between the financial, technical and time aspects in a project.
• (Academic) degree in (Civil) Engineering.
• Mastery of the English language. Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Russian language skills would be an advantage.

Organisation

Royal Haskoning’s turnover for 2009 reached approximately € 365 million, of which the port sector accounted for some € 70 million. Royal Haskoning is now considered to be the global market leader in the development of maritime port and transport infrastructure and integrates highly sophisticated planning, design and implementation expertise, including contractual, legal, risk, supervision and financial skills.

The Business Group Maritime NL consists of a team of circa 75 engineers, advisors and project managers carrying out projects in the Netherlands and overseas, notably in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Port authorities, port organisations, shipping lines as well as contractors, oil-companies and multinational financiers and commercial banks are our main Clients. In the Netherlands the Business Group Maritime NL has offices in Rotterdam and Nijmegen.

Terms of employment

Royal Haskoning offers a working climate in which teamwork and development of the firm and its employees are important issues. We work with an individual competence based development and appraisal system. We offer extensive training possibilities and combine the whole with an excellent and flexible employment package.

Procedure

If you require more information on the position, please contact Jurriaan de Jong on +31 10 2865 399.

For more generic information on (working for) Royal Haskoning and the Maritime Division please visit our websites:
www.royalhaskoning.com
www.maritime-rh.com

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