Civil Engineering Technician / Groundworker | Flevoland
As a Civil Engineering Technician at KWS, you will work on beautiful infrastructure projects in Flevoland and the surrounding area.
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VolkerWessels is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in the Netherlands.
This job advert was originally written in Dutch.
Do you want to play a key role in the further professionalization of quality, safety, and environment within an organization with multiple locations and diverse projects? Are you an experienced HSE professional who not only advises but also gets organizations moving? Then we have a great challenge for you.
As a medior/senior HSE Coordinator, you focus not only on managing existing systems and processes, but specifically on improving them. You analyze business processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and translate these into concrete actions that contribute to a future-proof organization.
You provide introductions for new employees so that they can start their work safely and well-informed. Additionally, you are regularly present on projects where you coach and advise work preparers, executors, project leaders, and management in the areas of safety, quality, and risk management. You are an important driver of our ambition to maintain and further develop at least step 4 of the Safety Culture Ladder.
In the area of quality, you are responsible for monitoring and further developing our management system. You ensure compliance with standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and VCA, and you play an active role in optimizing procedures, processes, and working methods. You also conduct internal audits and guide external audits from certification bodies.
Additionally, you deal with environmental management, including environmental registrations, incident analyses, and further strengthening environmental awareness within the organization.
Through your experience and expertise, you make an important contribution to the further development of the HSE department and help Gebr. Van Kessel reach a higher maturity level in the areas of quality, safety, and environment.
You are an experienced HSE professional who easily switches between operational, tactical, and strategic levels. You know how to bring people along with changes, dare to look critically at existing processes, and are able to successfully implement improvements.
In addition, you possess:
A completed HBO degree, preferably in Integral Safety Science, Middle Safety Science, or similar;
Multiple years of relevant work experience within quality, occupational health and safety, environment, and safety;
Experience in guiding change processes and further professionalizing organizations;
Sound knowledge of management systems such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and VCA;
Strong communication skills and the ability to advise and coach at various levels within the organization;
Availability of preferably 40 hours per week (32 hours is negotiable).
Knowledge of BRLs within the civil engineering sector and/or soil contamination is a plus. Do you not yet have all the experience in this area? Then we offer opportunities for you to develop further.
We offer good employment conditions in accordance with the Gebr. Van Kessel CAO. Moreover, we like to invest in your personal development and offer plenty of growth opportunities within Gebr. Van Kessel and the VolkerWessels group.
As a medior/senior HSE Coordinator, we offer you:
A hybrid position based in Buren;
An electric car including a charging pass for all of Europe;
25 vacation days and 16 non-working days in accordance with the Gebr. Van Kessel CAO;
A good pension at BPL Pensioen;
Room for personal development, training, and further specialization;
A great deal of autonomy and influence on the further development of the HSE policy within the organization;
The chance to work on attractive and groundbreaking projects within a leading organization.
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For more information, you can contact Michiel van den Beuken, Corporate Recruiter, via 06 - 41 78 37 13. Calling or WhatsApping is always welcome.
Our HSE team is based at our head office in Buren, but your field of work extends across the entire organization. It is precisely by being visible at our offices and project locations that you make a difference. You are a strong interlocutor for management, project teams, and colleagues, and you actively contribute to the further development of our safety and quality culture.
The HSE team consists of three colleagues. Within the team, there is plenty of room for individual initiative, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. Lines within Gebr. Van Kessel are short and entrepreneurship is valued. Together, you will ensure a uniform way of working and further professionalization of HSE within all business units.
Gebr. Van Kessel is a modern construction company with over 500 colleagues and a wealth of experience within civil engineering. Together with our clients, we work daily on a livable and accessible Netherlands.
Our field of work is diverse and includes, among other things, road construction, civil engineering, land development, sports facilities, roof and facade greenery, landscaping, concrete and rail maintenance, concrete repairs, expansion joints, well dewatering, horizontal and vertical drainage, and accelerated consolidation (IFCO).
We develop, design, advise, realize, produce, and manage. In doing so, we are just as proud of local projects as we are of complex, large-scale projects. Since 2001, we have been part of VolkerWessels and are a subsidiary of KWS.
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