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Engineer WTB Infra

Hybrid in Amersfoort·Full-time·Added 2 months ago (last checked 19 Oct)

Arcadis

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Our summary

Work mode
Hybrid, Amersfoort
Contract
Full-time
Languages
Dutch
Experience
5+ years

Skills

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • A completed HBO (higher professional education) degree in the field of mechanical engineering (or equivalent).
  • You have at least 5 years of relevant work experience as a mechanical engineer within infra and/or construction projects.
  • Experience with mechanical installations in infra and construction projects is a plus.
  • Proficiency in the Dutch and English languages, both spoken and written.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Arcadis offers you a position with a lot of freedom to independently shape your work in an ambitious and driven team. In addition to a great work culture, we have also included excellent employment conditions, including:

  • 30 days of leave with full-time employment, with the possibility to buy or sell extra days.
  • Employees may use the NS business card for private use free of charge.
  • Additional arrangements regarding partner parental leave and paid parental leave.
  • Possibility for hybrid working, facilitated by an appropriate home office allowance and a professionally equipped workspace at home.
  • Good pension scheme with the Dutch Pension Fund (HNPF), where Arcadis pays the largest part of the premium.
  • Opportunities to follow courses and training, access to our extensive Arcadis Learning Experience Platform (LXP).

The role

Arcadis is the global partner at the forefront of the most impactful projects of our time. We help our clients make sustainable choices through the combination of digital innovation, expertise, and future-oriented skills in areas such as environment, energy, water, buildings, transport, and infrastructure. We take that extra step to offer our clients tailored solutions for design, engineering, and consultancy. By utilizing data-driven insights, we shape the natural and built environment together.

With more than 34,000 people, we pool global expertise and tackle challenges such as climate, affordable energy, and livable cities together. We improve quality of life through our presence in more than 30 countries.

For our Mechanical Engineering team within the MEP Business Unit, we are looking for an enthusiastic and driven mechanical engineer/designer. As an engineer, you will be part of one or more project teams. You are responsible for performing mechanical design activities, associated calculations, and coordinating and aligning with other installations and disciplines.

What you'll do

Role responsibilities:
In the role of Mechanical Engineer, you will work on mechanical installations for, among others, tunnels, bridges, locks, ports, and terminals. The team's activities include engineering, cost estimation, drafting tender documents, and providing support during the execution phase, such as testing and guidance. This concerns both new construction as well as existing construction and asset management.

This includes, among other things, installations such as tunnel ventilation, overpressure systems, sprinklers, fire extinguishing systems, and pump systems.

The main responsibilities of the role are:

  • Designing mechanical installations within infrastructure projects, composed of standard market components (off-the-shelf products) based on project-specific performance requirements.
  • Performing dimensioning, design calculations, and other engineering activities.
  • Drafting design documentation and requirements and specification documents for mechanical installations based on systems engineering.
  • Working in a BIM environment and coordinating with modelers.
  • Performing RAMS studies and reviewing designs and specifications, including second opinions.
  • Collaborating with various disciplines within Arcadis.
  • Communicating with clients and other stakeholders regarding the content and progress of projects.
  • Thinking along about quotes and follow-up assignments based on your technical expertise.

Projects the business unit is working on

Projects the business unit is working on are:

  • Zuidas Amsterdam, both the station and the road tunnel;
  • Renovation IJ tunnel Amsterdam;
  • Fraser river tunnel (Vancouver);
  • Amsterdam Centraal Station;
  • Vught verdiept.

Qualifications & Experience

Qualifications & Experience:
As a person, you are eager to learn and enjoy working in a project team with different disciplines. You are therefore a strong communicator and can explain your perspectives to anyone. As an engineer, in addition to designing, you are also regularly in contact with the client; in this, you also have a proactive attitude and are always looking for new possibilities. Develop your skills and grow into a coordinating, specialist, or project leader role within our dynamic team! Furthermore, you have:

Why Arcadis?

We achieve our goals by enabling everyone to get the best out of themselves. We believe that everyone's contribution matters. That is why we pioneer with an approach based on your skills and build a 'Skills Powered Organisation'. With your unique experience and expertise, you will map out your own career path. Together we maximize impact! Your work makes the difference. Whatever role you play, you help provide sustainable solutions for a healthier planet. Leave your mark on your career, your colleagues, clients, your life, and the world around you. On our website, you can read the blogs of Arcadians to find out how we do this.

Hiring process

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  1. Apply online

  2. Interview

    A competency-based interview and/or a technical based interview; the process varies by region, country and role.

  3. Psychometric or behavioral assessments

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  4. Assessment center

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  5. Job offer

  6. Pre-hiring background check · Not every role

  • The page is an FAQ, not a step-by-step process page, so the sequence of stages is not fully defined.
  • Candidates are told they will likely have at least one interview or assessment center.

About Arcadis

Industry
Architecture and Engineering Consultancy
Founded
1888
Employees
10,000+
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands

In their own words

About the company & team

MEP
The MEP Business Unit consists of approximately 55 professionals and focuses on installations within dry and wet infrastructure, including (tunnel) technical installations, operation and control, stations, and (port) terminals. Within the advisory group, broad integral expertise is present in areas such as project management, risk management, systems engineering, RAMSHE, and sustainability.

Our main clients are Rijkswaterstaat, ProRail, municipalities and provinces, terminals, and large contractors and installers. Additionally, we contribute to international projects. This varies from monodisciplinary and smaller multidisciplinary projects to large, complex integral projects at home and abroad.

Additional information

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging:

We want you to be your best self every day. We take equality and inclusion very seriously and we hold ourselves accountable for our actions. We want to be an employer of choice and offer everyone a great workplace.

Recruitment, secondment, and W&S agencies do not need to respond; acquisition following this vacancy is not appreciated.

An assessment and/or pre-employment screening may be part of the application procedure.

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