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Water Safety Advisor

Hybrid in Zwolle·Full-time·Added 4 days ago (last checked 10 Nov)

Nepocon

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Our summary

Salary: €4,425 - €7,623 a month
Work mode: Hybrid, Zwolle
Contract: Fixed-term, full-time hours
Languages: Dutch
Experience: 3+ years

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

You have a HBO or WO degree in civil engineering, water management, or a similar field and three years of experience in water safety, hydraulic engineering, or wet infrastructure, specifically in the assessment, design, and/or reinforcement of flood defenses. Complex issues give you energy and you can reduce them to advice that everyone at the table understands. And you don't just want to practice your profession, but also help build something new.

The role

At Nepocon, we believe in the power of innovation, collaboration, and personal growth. As a Water Safety Advisor in Zwolle, you will work on future-proof water solutions for the urban environment.

Standards have been tightened, the climate is changing, and all over the Netherlands, dikes and structures are on the list for assessment or reinforcement. Nepocon is building a new water group in Zwolle and is looking for an experienced water safety advisor who knows the profession through and through and wants to help shape what we establish here.

What you'll do

You will work for water boards and other public clients on primary and regional flood defenses and structures. You will assess, design, and advise on reinforcement, and contribute ideas regarding monitoring, inspections, and management queries. You know the standards and assessment and design frameworks and know how to apply them to a specific dike in a specific location.

A dike is always situated within a landscape, so you will work closely with other disciplines. Together with the geohydrologists in the team, you will tackle questions regarding seepage and piping; with the hydrologists, questions regarding water levels and discharge; and together you will translate that knowledge back into one clear piece of advice. Because water safety is new within Nepocon in Zwolle, you will also have real influence on how we develop this field of expertise here.

What we offer you

Great freedom and responsibility come with appropriate conditions:

A gross monthly salary between € 4,425.- and € 7,623.- commensurate with your knowledge and experience;
A choice budget of 10.91% of your gross annual salary, including holiday allowance;
25 vacation days for full-time employment, with the possibility to take extra days from your individual choice budget (IKB);
A laptop and phone;
An unlimited training budget, for both your professional and your personal development;
An organization where career growth is a matter of course and successes are celebrated together.

Building something new

Nepocon is part of Engius and combines the impact of a group of specialized engineering firms with short lines of communication and a personal atmosphere. In total, approximately 90 specialists work there, spread across multiple locations in the Netherlands. After building up our water group in Leiden, it is now Zwolle's turn, with a team focused on urban water and sewerage, water safety, hydrology, and geohydrology for the East and North of the Netherlands.

You will be given the space to establish your own specialty and to help decide who fits into your team. Which tasks we take on here and which expertise belongs with them, we determine not for the team, but with the team.

No fixed boxes or heavy hierarchy then, but clients you speak to yourself and the space to choose your own direction. Read the stories of your future colleagues here.