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Would you like to spend your sea phase on board one of Boskalis’ technologically advanced vessels and explore the world? Whether you’re training to become a deck officer, an engineering officer or an electro-technical officer, you’ll join a close-knit international team of driven professionals who are eager to teach you all they know. So earn and learn as a cadet at the world’s leading dredging and offshore energy fleet operator.
The Boskalis cadetship combines practical on-the-job training at sea with studying at a maritime college. You’ll be working alongside experienced officers and contributing to real-life dredging or offshore energy projects.
If you want to embark on a steep learning curve, ask questions! On board our vessels, you will learn from the best. One of the senior officers will be your mentor. And you will have plenty of time to complete the tasks in your Training Record Book.
At Boskalis, we train students from maritime colleges across the globe. Joining us for one of your 6-month sea phases, you will quickly gain valuable experience as a:
At Boskalis, we offer cadetships in two very different, but extremely important services: dredging and offshore energy. We’re keen to match your background and interests with the right vessel.
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Our state-of-the-art dredgers drive land reclamation, e.g. for industrial and residential use, and coastal protection. Dredging is also crucial to building and improving ports and waterways. We ensure that the world’s biggest ships can continue to safely enter the world’s leading ports, including Singapore and Rotterdam.
In addition to our fleet of trailing suction hopper and cutter suction dredgers, the Dredging division is involved in securing critical infrastructure, such as subsea pipelines and cables. This is one of the roles of our rock dumping fall pipe vessels, which also strengthen monopile foundations.
Boskalis’ contributes to the development of offshore wind farms, and the installation and dismantling of oil and gas production platforms. Our heavy-lift DP2 vessels transport and install monopiles and jackets for offshore wind turbines. One of the projects we’re involved in is the Sunrise Wind project: the US’ largest offshore wind farm.
Other vessels in our fleet include construction support vessels, and cable laying vessels for telecommunication and power transmission cables. These vessels boast specialised equipment, including ploughs, trenchers and ROVs for deep-water operations.
At Boskalis you’ll never stop learning. Our projects are as varied as our vessels, which will take you all over the world. We operate industry-leading vessels and leverage the latest technologies for high-end projects.
The large majority of our cadets return to Boskalis to pursue their careers, progressing through to Chief Engineer, ETO, or Chief Officer and even Captain.
The reason our cadets join us after graduation? It’s the highly supportive, welcoming and friendly atmosphere that builds strong, unified teams of professionals from across the globe. Boskalis may be huge, but on board our vessels, you’re one of us and we take care of each other.
The majority of Boskalis’ internships take place in the Netherlands, however, occasionally there are opportunities for doing an internship abroad. We have openings for all kinds of educational backgrounds but are always looking for civil engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering and finance & control students. We have opportunities for either a practical internship or a graduation internship as a part of the final semester of your studies. If you’re studying...
Read moreLooking for a practical internship at Boskalis? We advise you to take a look at the current vacancies on our career page. Didn’t find a suitable match? You can submit an open application (please include your CV) on our open application portal for internships: link here.
Do you already have a graduation assignment? Please mention this in your application, as this will increase the chance of you landing the graduate internship position. We sometimes offer specific graduation assignments, you can find these on our career page.
Once you have submitted your application to one of our open vacancies, our recruiters will estimate if Boskalis can currently provide you with a suitable internship position. If there’s a potential match, they will get back to you within 5 working days. If you’ve sent us an open application, a response might take 2-6 weeks. If you don’t get a response within this period, we unfortunately haven’t been able to find a spot for you at the moment.
The compensation ranges between €370,- and €510,- depending on your internship and educational background. This amount is paid on a 4-week basis and includes travel costs.
Depending on your internship, you could either work at our campus in Papendrecht or at one of our project sites. If you’re traveling by public transport, the closest station to our campus is Sliedrecht Baanhoek. You can get on the Boskalis shuttle bus which will be waiting outside the station and will take you to the office within 5 minutes. Project based internships can vary, depending on the projects that Boskalis lands.