Lead Engineer - Marine infrastructure project

We are currently looking for a Lead Engineer   in the framework of a major marine infrastructure project.  

As a Lead Engineer your main responsabilities will be:

• Take the lead for one major marine infrastructure project
  


• Be the main point of contact between the client and your team and work together with external partners (such as the partner in the joint venture, other design and engineering consultancies, subcontractors, contractors during the construction phase, etc.) in a constructive way.
  


• Responsible for the follow-up of progress, quality, and financial performance of the project executed by your team.
  


• Ensure systematic follow-up of the project, by watching over customer satisfaction and foreseeing deteriorations in financial performance.
  


• Take a role as principal engineer of the project and coordinate and coach junior engineers and CAD designers.
  


• Prepare designs (preliminary, basis, tender, detailed) for marine structures such as Port & waterways development studies: Port Master planning, locks, Quay walls, Jetties, Bridge foundations, Flooding areas, dikes, Breakwaters and perform analyses to find the optimum installation method of these structures; always with an open mind for innovative and alternative solutions.
  


• Dimension marine infrastructure projects following current Belgian and European standards, legislation, codes of practice and internal guidelines.
  


• Enhance an integrated design process by looking transversally over the different disciplines involved and you take the project from concept design through to completion.
  


• Be main liaison officer between the different competence centres and the partner in the joint venture for water infrastructure, road infrastructure, spatial design, mobility and equipment.
  


• Coordinate with the marine engineering design by the Ports and Waterways team.
  


• Ensure that the project assigned to you is executed in accordance with the quality system and H&S rules.
  


• Ensure knowledge development and sharing related to your expertise and coach junior engineers
  
  

Requirements

• Qualified Master of Science in Structural Engineering with a Major in ‘Dredging and Off-Shore Engineering’ or ‘Construction Design’ or ‘Marine Engineering’.
  


• Have at least 8 years of relevant technical design experience.
  


• Dutch speaker, excellent English
  


• Have experience in applying the relevant design codes and guidelines for the structural design and soil-structure interaction of marine infrastructure such as port infrastructure, quay walls, sheet piles, anchors, combi walls, …
  


• Expertise in modelling with SCIA Engineer, Plaxis and/or GeoStudio or Dsheet is an important asset.
  


• Have experience in designing concrete reinforcement in complex 3D structures.
  


• Have extensive knowledge of current Belgian and European Design Standards, legislation, codes of practice (EC2, EC7, NEN, EAU, SB250, SB260, ISO…)
  


• Have experience in project management with delivering a high quality product within time and budget
  


• Have experience in financial reporting and contract management for public clients
  


• Team player, excellent communication skills, quality-driven and operate in a customer-focused way 
  


• Have experience with competitive bidding: conceptual design, quick estimation of building cost, definition and negotiation of the fee, presentation to the client or authorities, etc.
  


• Mobile and open to missions abroad (short or medium-term).
  


• Have an international driving license / driving license B.