Engineer Hopper Dredger Equipment

Engineer Hopper Dredger Equipment

IHC develops and builds the most advanced Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers in the dredging market. As an engineer you have the chance to deliver an important contribution to the Equipment that makes our ships excel all over the world!

Are you graduated in mechanical engineering (or similar) and would you like to work on design and engineering of complex Hopper Dredging Equipment? Do you want to have the opportunity to see your designed products in real life too? Are you pragmatic, driven and willing to do everything in your power to get the job done? Then we would like to get in touch!

As an Engineer of the IHC Holland Engineering department, you will work in new build projects based in Kinderdijk. Our department engineers custom-built and standard dredging equipment in different product groups. You will be responsible for analyzing, designing and maintaining IHC products, technologies, production processes, installations and equipment. You’ll work closely together with the FEA engineers, shipbuilding engineers, colleagues of make engineering and project management, so our designed products will be produced according customer requirements and technical and operational guidelines to ensure efficient production processes and to optimize the quality, safety, sustainability and efficiency of installations and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineering of dredge equipment in 3D (Solid Edge);
• Store, release and classify items in our PDM system (Teamcenter);
• Work according schedule and report on progress;
• Perform calculations (hand, Excel) to verify your designs;
• Closely cooperate with FEA Engineering, product specialists and make engineering to optimize designs and production processes;
• Interact with production team and project management to ensure efficient production processes, quality, safety, sustainability of IHC products and equipment.

Job requirements

• A BSc or MSc in Mechanical Engineering, or comparable;
• Excellent communication skills in English and preferably Dutch, both spoken and written;
• A pragmatic and driven personality and a team player.

Royal IHC offers you:

• A gross monthly salary between €3.329,- and €4.867,- +8% holiday allowance (based on a fulltime working week).
• Good work/life balance with 40 vacation days for full-time employment with the option to buy or sell (additional) leave.
• The possibility to work from home with associated expense allowance and/or to perform the work on the basis of flexible working hours (depending on the position).
• An average salary pension scheme in which matters are properly arranged in the event of accidental death, incapacity for work or unemployment.
• Good disability insurance.
• Participation (on a voluntary basis) in the Social Fund, on the basis of which care and related costs are reimbursed that are not covered by your health insurance.
• Discount on VGZ's additional healthcare insurance.
• A training budget of €1,500 every three years.
• Unlimited sporting in our own fitness room (in exchange for the sustainable employability day).
• € 0,21 per kilometer commuting allowance.
• A profit-sharing scheme.