Internal Change coach

DEME is a world-leading company that specializes in dredging, land reclamation, marine infrastructure, offshore energy and environmental remediation. With over 145 years of experience and more than 5,000 highly skilled professionals, DEME has built up a vast bank of knowledge and expertise, enabling us to bring tailor-made solutions, innovation, and new technologies to customers' projects, ensuring that these are performed safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively.

In the framework of a relentless effort towards operational excellence at DEME, we are looking for a change coach to join our growing change management team. You will be focusing on the people side of transformations to prepare, equip and support DEME colleagues to adopt new ways of working.

DEME deliberately looks for an ‘internal’ coach to fill this position, truly embedding you in the organization in every sense.

Working at DEME opens a whole range of opportunities with interesting projects to work on, developing yourself in a place where you have an impact.

Your responsibilities

• As part of our team, you will support several key initiatives within DEME that improve the way of working, capabilities and end-to-end processes where you will facilitate the adoption of changes. 

• You will provide change management coaching and support to initiative managers and their team, with a focus on initiatives related to operational excellence and digitalization. 

• You will drive internal communication to increase adoption and understanding, e.g. news articles, videos, events… 

• You will design, organize and lead workshops to support change initiatives (e.g. vision workshops, feedback/testing sessions…) 

• You will gather feedback on the change approach by actively gaining stakeholder feedback, e.g. through surveys. You adjust the approach according to the stakeholders' needs. 

Your profile

• You are a people-person. You naturally take initiative and create a large network within the company. You are a team player that can build strong relationships.  

• You get energy through the success of your colleagues. You are a team player who can build strong relationships, gets energy from success of colleagues, and is a greater-good thinker.

• You combine a helicopter view with a drive to deliver objectives with high quality and detail. 

• Thanks to your communication skills (verbal and written), active listening skills and proactive mindset, involving and persuading internal stakeholders comes naturally to you. 

• You have impeccable user focus and are fascinated by how people adopt changes.  

• You can translate user needs and feedback into a hands-on action plan. 

• You are eager to learn.

• You have a Master’s degree or similar by work experience. 

• You are fluent in English and Dutch.

• Demonstrated user experience (UX) focus or training is a plus. 

• Previous experience with change management or improvement/digitization projects within a company setting are a plus. 

Our offer

• An extensive mobility program for a healthy work-life balance.

• A permanent training track which allows you to develop yourself personally and professionally.

• A stimulating, innovative workplace with numerous growth opportunities.

• A people-oriented environment with an interactive health program and a focus on employee wellbeing.