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Geotechnical Engineer

On-site in Dordrecht·Full-time·Added 9 months ago

This job was published 9 months ago

BESIX

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Our summary

Work mode
On-site, Dordrecht
Contract
Full-time
Languages
Dutch
Experience
4+ years

Skills

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Completed education in civil engineering, industrial engineering in construction, geology, or geo-environmental engineering.
  • Minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience in geotechnics.
  • Good command of Dutch; professional working proficiency in English.
  • You are a specialist in your field and actively continue to deepen your knowledge.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Challenging projects: Work on complex and innovative projects, locally and possibly even internationally, and make optimal use of your technical expertise.
  • Career growth: Invest in yourself with on-the-job learning, internal and external training, and the BESIX Academy. With us, you grow both personally and professionally.
  • Attractive compensation: Receive a good salary that grows with your development, excellent secondary employment conditions according to the Bouw & Infra collective labor agreement, plus a laptop and phone.
  • Short lines & varied work: Thanks to the short lines, you can switch directly with colleagues from different disciplines and experience plenty of variety and responsibility in your daily work.
  • Freedom & entrepreneurship: At BESIX, you get the space to actually realize your ideas and initiatives.
  • Strong teams & work atmosphere: Enjoy daily lunches, weekly drinks, and an energetic, entrepreneurial environment with great colleagues where everyone can be themselves.
  • Company culture: Our informal culture is based on respect, excellence, collaboration, passion, and unity, with a healthy dose of convivial atmosphere.
  • Young BESIX Nederland: Join JBN: an active community of young professionals with project visits, sporting challenges, and social activities both at home and abroad.
  • A warm welcome: The onboarding process ensures that you feel at home at BESIX from the very first moment.

The role

Are you an experienced geotechnical engineer with a passion for complex infrastructural projects? Do you want to work on leading projects such as Knooppunt De Nieuwe Meer, Krammersluizen, ViA15, and A27 Noord? Then we are looking for you!

As a geotechnical engineer, you are an indispensable link in the design and execution process of infrastructural projects. You are part of the Dutch team and work closely with colleagues from the engineering department in Brussels. You combine technical expertise with practical applicability and are responsible for translating soil investigations into safe, efficient, and cost-effective solutions. Your activities are both advisory and executive in nature and cover the full trajectory: from the tender phase to execution and aftercare. You contribute ideas regarding innovative solutions, sustainability, and risk management within the geotechnical domain.

What you'll do

In this role, you will be involved in, among other things:

  • - Geotechnical engineering for both offshore and onshore applications.
  • - Drafting and interpreting soil investigation programs.
  • - Soil-structure interaction, including FEM analyses.
  • - Stability analyses of slopes in temporary and permanent situations.
  • - Design and analysis of retaining structures such as sheet piles, retaining walls, ground anchors, etc.
  • - Foundation engineering and dewatering technology.
  • - Drafting geotechnical models and risk analyses.
  • - Assessing settlements, stability, and bearing capacity of the subsoil.
  • - Drafting geotechnical reports and assessment documents.
  • - Supporting execution and tender teams with technical input.
  • - Coordinating soil investigations and monitoring programs.
  • - Contributing to knowledge development within the team and mentoring juniors.
  • - Identifying optimizations and innovations within the field.

Bedrijfsomschrijving

Since 1992, BESIX Nederland has been a multidisciplinary construction company that realizes innovative projects, from high-rise buildings to complex infrastructure. Think of the Sluishuis and DPG Mediavaart in Amsterdam, the Post and Terraced Tower in Rotterdam, the Grotiustorens in The Hague, and infrastructural works such as the Krammersluizen, A15 (GelreGroen), A27 Noord, and A13-A16 Rotterdam (De Groene Boog).

As part of the Dutch Engineering team, you will work closely with colleagues in Brussels. You combine technical expertise with practical applicability and develop safe, efficient, and cost-effective solutions. The engineering activities are both advisory and executive and cover the entire trajectory: from tender to execution and aftercare, where innovation, sustainability, and risk management are important themes.

Our engineers create integral solutions for technical challenges using, among other things, 3D and 4D models, ensuring that design and execution align optimally. In this way, we realize efficient, sustainable, and future-proof projects.

Our people are the key to our success. At BESIX, you get more than a job: you help build leading and technically challenging projects in an environment that stimulates entrepreneurship, innovation, and personal growth. It is no coincidence that we have been named a Top Employer for several years in a row.

Are you a driven professional with a passion for technology, results, and entrepreneurship? Then BESIX Nederland is the place where your career can truly flourish.

That is why we choose you…

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About BESIX

Industry
Construction
Website
besix.com

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Additional information

BESIX is certified as a TOP Employer which underlines our goal: creating a meaningful workplace where ambition and happiness at work go hand in hand. We are proud of our dynamic working environment, which allows us to grow professionally and personally and makes us feel involved and supported. For more information about TOP Employer: www.top-employers.com

Do you already see yourself as part of the BESIX team? Apply easily online by filling out the application form and uploading your CV and motivation letter. Even if you do not fully meet all our requirements but are enthusiastic about the profession, we would love to hear from you. At BESIX, we like to think along with you, because your future starts here!

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated. No rights can be derived from candidates proposed on an informal basis. 

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