How you can make your mark
You can imagine that with a fleet of 900 ships and tools, Boskalis has a lot to offer you as a CAD engineer. The ships and tools must continuously be adapted to the specific requirements of the diverse projects. As a CAD engineer, you can make your mark by drawing innovative designs and constructions including corresponding detailed drawings, and creating order drawings. You play an important role in ensuring these designs meet the project's needs and stand out for their creativity and precision. You keep a close eye on the prescribed standards for CAD drawings, material choices, and connection techniques, ensuring excellence and adherence to quality. For equipment used in the Dredging & Inland Infra division, you can think of hopper dredgers, cutter suction dredgers, backhoes, and grab cranes. In short, as a CAD engineer at Boskalis, you work with large equipment, which makes your work technically complex and challenging, presenting numerous opportunities for you to leave a lasting impact!
Your responsibilities as a CAD engineer (modeler):
- Drawing designs and constructions for our fleet and the equipment used within Boskalis.
- Contributing to the concept and design phase of new equipment.
- Modify vessel related documents / drawings and identify the impact when updating drawings.
- Design / Prepare modifications for Boskalis specific tools / equipment (such as pumps / pipes / draghead).
- Ensure that all work carried out is in compliance with company and/or international standards and procedures.
- Independently executing design tasks within the set frames and requirements and in such way that optimal project results are achieved. Requests and initiates external investigations.
Your qualities
- An MBO diploma in Mechanical Engineering or Shipbuilding.
- 5 to 10 years of work experience in a similar role.
- Solid knowledge and experience with AutoCAD and Inventor/ Vault Pro.
- Knowledge regarding the design of mechanical (and mostly steel) constructions used on dredging and offshore vessels, as well as for the tools these ships use.
- Good command of the Dutch and English languages.
- Candidates residing in the Netherlands are strongly preferred.
We offer
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) and a number of collective scheduled days off, a non-contributory pension scheme, collective schemes such as company health insurance and 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: As a CAD engineer, you will be part of the Fleet Development Department (FDD), which is part of the Central Fleet Support division. This department provides technical support to the three Boskalis divisions (Dredging & Inland Infra, Offshore Energy, and Salvage).
- Where you will work: You will be working on the campus in Papendrecht.
- Full/part-time job: This is a full-time position (40 hours per week).
- 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.
About Boskalis
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.
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!
Interested?
We’ll be happy to answer your questions about the position of CAD Engineer (Modeler). Please contact Catherine Buenaagua, Corporate Recruitment Officer via +971 54 706 4243.
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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