Works Manager Dredging

Your Work Context

For this position, fluent knowledge of the Dutch language is a prerequisite.

Jan De Nul Group is synonymous with dredging and reclamation projects from A to Z, worldwide and at the highest level We owe this position as a world player to our technical innovative know-how and the most modern dredging fleet in the world. As standing still is going backwards, we continue to invest in the future, our fleet and personnel.

Your Role

As Works Manager, you will be responsible for organising and coordinating the execution of dredging activities. Your responsibilities include

• Planning, budgeting and applying appropriate dredging methods.
• Ensuring compliance with legal and contractual requirements related to the execution of the works.
• Ensuring that standards around quality, safety and environment are met.
• Participating in meetings with clients, authorities and other contractors on site.
• Reporting technical problems of the vessels or equipment to the appropriate colleagues.
• Daily reporting to and consultation with Project Manager, the project team and the Aalst office on daily production reporting and progress of works.
• Identifying opportunities for subcontractors in consultation with Project Manager.
• Resolving issues on the project or problems with third parties.

What do you need to have?

You hold a master's degree in an engineering/technical field and have at least 10 years of relevant experience in the industry. By nature, you are a leadership person with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. In addition, you have strong powers of persuasion and the right attitude towards safety, quality and the environment. You speak and write English and Dutch fluently.

Working at Jan De Nul

Working at Jan De Nul means contributing to solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time: from the energy transition to rising sea levels to smart mobility. It means learning and working together every day to preserve the global quality of life for generations to come.

What we offer

• Through the JDN-Academy, we offer you an ongoing training path.
• A caring culture: through our FIT programme, we watch over your well-being. Attention is paid to exercise, nutrition and a healthy work-life balance.
• The opportunity to make a difference together with your colleagues, to distinguish yourself through creativity, innovation and sustainability.
• By putting together multidisciplinary teams tailored to each project, we always put the right person in the right place.

The world is what you make it

Jan De Nul Group shapes water and land around the world, addressing some of the most important challenges of our time. We boost the energy transition with infrastructure for renewable offshore energy. We focus on nature-inclusive dredging solutions to build harbours and protect our coastlines from the rising sea. We develop innovative construction projects for smart mobility and durable buildings. And we invest in planet redevelopment, giving new purpose to polluted sites. At Jan De Nul, the world is what you make it.

Jan De Nul Group promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are an equal opportunities and anti-discrimination employer.

Dredging

Working Abroad

Engineering

Working at Jan De Nul

On projects worldwide

Education

Master's degree