Asset Manager

Ensure the infrastructure of Europe's largest port continues to perform

In the port where Europe begins, lies an infrastructure that connects the world. From roads and pipeline corridors to camera and observation systems and public spaces: everything must be safe, available, and future-proof.

As Asset Manager Infrastructure, you combine the roles of Maintenance Engineer and Systems Engineer. You are responsible for the strategic asset management of diverse infrastructure systems and ensure that critical assets continue to function optimally. Using data, analyses, and your technical expertise, you steer towards the right balance between performance, risks, costs, and lifespan.

You advise on management, maintenance, renovation, and replacement, thereby making an important contribution to the preservation of the infrastructure of Europe's largest port. You look beyond today's failure. You ensure that tomorrow's infrastructure continues to perform.

Are you a technical professional who gets energy from complex infrastructure, asset management, and continuous improvement? Then we would love to meet you.

As Asset Manager Infrastructure, you are responsible for the management and further development of a portion of the Port of Rotterdam Authority's infrastructure.

You analyze performance, failures, risks, and maintenance data and translate these into appropriate management, maintenance, and investment strategies. In doing so, you work closely with colleagues, project teams, maintenance parties, and other stakeholders within and outside the organization.

Specifically, you will be involved in:

• Monitoring and improving the performance of the infrastructure systems.
• Analyzing asset data, failures, and risks and translating these into concrete maintenance and management strategies.
• Applying systems engineering principles to integrally manage performance, requirements, and risks.
• Drafting, testing, and further developing maintenance concepts based on performance, risks, and lifespan expectations.
• Advising on replacement, renovation, and investments within the asset portfolio.
• Collaborating with project teams, maintenance parties, and operational departments to ensure assets function optimally.
• Identifying and realizing improvements that contribute to a reliable, safe, and future-proof port infrastructure.

At Port of Rotterdam Authority, you work on Europe's largest port and contribute directly to a future-proof port. Additionally, we offer:

• An attractive and independent position in which own initiative is valued and your impact is directly visible.
• A flexible 36-hour work week, in which a good work-life balance is central.
• Plenty of training and development opportunities, with a wide range of courses and training programs to further develop yourself.
• Attention to vitality and well-being, including discounts on gym memberships, fresh fruit in the workplace, and a working environment with an eye for health, well-being, and accessibility.
• Great colleagues and an active organizational culture, with various employee networks and activities for those who wish to participate.
• A market-conform salary. Depending on your education and relevant work experience, the starting salary is a maximum of € 6,689 gross per month based on a 36-hour work week. Growth is possible up to € 8,361 gross per month.
• A travel allowance, whether you travel by car, bicycle, or public transport.
• A flexible compensation budget of 19.6%, consisting of holiday allowance, a thirteenth month, vitality contribution, and an extra budget that you can use according to your own wishes.
• Prospect of permanent employment when we are both satisfied with the collaboration after the first year.
• An excellent pension scheme with ABP, in which Port of Rotterdam Authority pays approximately 70% of the premium.
• A laptop and mobile phone to perform your work optimally.

For more information about our employment conditions, you can refer to our CAO.

An integrity investigation is part of the selection procedure. This screening is carried out on behalf of Port of Rotterdam Authority by Valicare.

Within Asset Management Infrastructure, we work on keeping the dry infrastructure of the port safe, available, and future-proof. Think of roads, public lighting, roadside systems, camera systems, pipeline corridors, civil engineering structures, public greenery, and distributable land.

In the coming years, we face important challenges in the areas of sustainability, replacement and renovation, availability of assets, and data-driven asset management. This requires smart choices, close cooperation, and a continuous focus on performance, risks, and costs.

You become part of a team of committed professionals with diverse expertise. In doing so, knowledge sharing, ownership, and continuous development are central. Our core values Respect, Connection, Focus, and Resilience form a recognizable basis for how we work together and achieve results.

• Problem-solving ability: You analyze complex technical issues, establish connections between data and developments, and arrive at well-founded solutions and advice.
• Effective communication: You know how to convey technical information understandably to different target groups and create support for your advice and proposals.
• Customer orientation: You understand the needs of internal and external stakeholders and seek solutions that contribute to safe, reliable, and future-proof assets.
• Result orientation: You take initiative, maintain focus on the agreed goals, and translate analyses and insights into concrete improvements in management, maintenance, and performance.

We believe that the strength of Port of Rotterdam Authority lies in the knowledge, experience, and talents of our employees. Therefore, we stimulate development, collaboration, and internal mobility. Different perspectives and backgrounds help us to continue to innovate as an organization. This vacancy is therefore posted both internally and externally.

We look not only at what you can do now and what you have done, but also at your potential, motivation, and ambition to grow further. Do you not fully recognize yourself in all parts of the profile, but do you get energy from this position? Then we cordially invite you to respond.

Would you like to know more about this position or do you have questions about the procedure? Please contact Evelien Warmerdam, Recruitment Advisor, via recruitment@portofrotterdam.com.