Marine Engineer - Marine Services

Company Description

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, an increase of global trade, demand for (new) energy and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects. 

In your job you will work for the offshore energy division. Boskalis has one of the largest global fleets of specialized offshore vessels, allowing us to carry out a broad range of offshore activities. We provide innovative and sustainable all-round solutions to tackle major worldwide maritime challenges. Our Offshore Energy division supports sustainable energy solutions such as wind energy as well as traditional fossil facilities. We’re involved in the entire journey from developing and transporting to maintaining and decommissioning these facilities.

Within a vibrant company culture, you will be working as part of a diverse, international team of experts. We offer you the opportunity to realize your full personal potential and expand your professional career by creating new horizons. Together.

Job Description

Make your mark as Marine Engineer at Boskalis Offshore Energy - Marine Services by being the linking pin between project preparation and project execution.

Using your expertise and experience in maritime projects, you will independently work on various aspects of a project. You will take care of the high-level mooring, stability and weight analyses, deal with towing and different installation manuals, manage aspects like safety, planning, procurement and permits and maintain contacts with local authorities, to ensure that high-quality projects can be realized within the agreed requirements. Activities can be project related or related to the development of the MS Fleet.

Being part of a project team you know how to communicate efficiently on different levels to achieve your goals. Some of the projects this team has worked on, are the WindPlus Project, close to the coast of Portugal and Decommissioning of the Fluminense in Brazil.

Your responsibilities as Marine Engineer are: 

• Executing engineering tasks that are related to the MS Fleet concerning requests from clients and projects. These engineering tasks can be summarized – but not limited to – as: structural, bollard pull, lifting and stability calculations.
• Liaise with all involved parties (project- and tender-support, operations, SHE-Q, fleet-management, procurement, etc.) to ensure that the engineering questions are solved resulting in a safe way of working on the vessels.
• Assisting the charter desk with developing tow manuals and keeping track of the quality of the vessel manuals.

Your qualities and experience as Marine Engineer are: 

• At least 2 years of relevant working experience in an international, dynamic project environment;
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, preferably in offshore/marine technology or naval architecture;
• A team player mentality;
• Willingness to travel globally (approx. 4 times a year).

The following competencies are also important for the role:

• You are able to inspire enthusiasm in others and to encourage others to take initiative and responsibility in order to achieve objectives. Besides you are asserting ideas yourself and you are able to gain support and commitment from others.
• You take decisions based on analysis, knowledge, experience and judgement and you are committing to this decision. 

Qualifications

What you can expect

• A dynamic environment: A job that allows you to collaborate with a talented team of experts from different backgrounds and contribute to making a significant impact. 
• Rewarding conditions: A competitive salary and much more, including holiday allowance, holiday entitlement of 26 days (based on a full-time contract) plus an extra 5 designated days, a non-contributory pension scheme, collective schemes such as company health insurance, travel allowance. 
• Career development: We offer you plenty of opportunities to bring out the best in yourself for example through (online) courses at our Boskalis academy.    
• The Boskalis campus: Experience the unique Boskalis vibe at our Papendrecht site, complete with restaurants, sports field, and a wharf where our vessels dock. We offer a state-of-the-art auditorium, brainstorming rooms, experience center for client meetings, and a barista corner where you can connect with colleagues.  
• Young Boskalis: Are you under 36? Come and join Young Boskalis! Have fun and join in social and sports activities ranging from pub quizzes to yoga, bootcamps and an annual sailing boat race. Networking and knowledge sharing are a vital part of Young Boskalis as well.  

Extra information  

• Your team: You will work in a team of 15 direct colleagues (tender, project and operations engineers) in Boskalis Offshore Energy – Marine Services business unit.
• Where you will work: For office-based roles, in consultation with your manager and your team, you work partly in the office and partly from home.
• Full/part-time job: The position of Marine Engineer is a full-time (40 hours a week) job with period requirements to travel offshore. 
• Next steps: Apply easily by completing the online application form. Interviews are held online or in the office. Once it’s clear we’re a good match, we’ll make you an offer – and look forward to welcoming you to the company. 

Additional Information

We are more than happy to answer your questions about the role of Marine Operations Engineer. Please contact Tim Gouweleeuw, Corporate Recruiter, via [email protected].

Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your cover letter and CV on our careers site.

Please note: Boskalis never requests a financial contribution to arrange visas or other documents related to a job vacancy. Be wary of individuals who pretend to be our recruiters and do ask for such contributions.

Disclaimer for Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies 
We appreciate your interest in our vacancies and understand that your candidate might be enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity. However, our recruitment process is not structured this way, at Boskalis we handle recruitment ourselves. Therefore we do not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies. Any submission will be treated as a direct application. 

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