Van Oord

The position

Are you interested in a new challenge advancing planning in a dynamic, maritime and infrastructure company? Will you help us manage the planning of our projects and provide focus and overview within the Dutch market? Focused on dredging & infra? Then we are looking for you!

Your responsibilities

As a project planner you provide support to tender managers and tender teams in successfully plan and create complying proposals for the Netherlands. You will work with the tender team, consortium partners and (sub)contractors with proactively advise on time, progress, resource management, opportunities and risks. It is a multifaceted and responsible role, in which your knowledge and ingenuity will be put to the test to win the tenders.

Our track record includes projects that protect areas against rising sea levels and floods while at the same time create space for nature conservation and recreation. Think about projects as The Afsluitdijk, dyke reinforcements and many more! You have a key role in the tender process as a project planner for projects in The Netherlands. You coordinate works related to engineering and planning preparations to ensure that in time quality is delivered. Furthermore, you are responsible for:

• Develop the phasing and execution plan, considering all aspects of the work like logic, resource planning, cash flows and uncertainties;
• Create transparency and overview with clear visuals (gant charts, time-distance diagrams, storyboards and 4D-plans);
• Advise tender managers on strategic direction for the proposal and provide "what if scenarios" to consider;
• Support the Van Oord tender management in commercial and political considerations to monitor the Van Oord interest in joint ventures;
• Deliver reliable project schedules during the tender phases;
• Initiate and lead brainstorm and workshop type meetings like planning reviews and rehearsals of concept (ROC);

Your workplace

You will be part of the planning department, which includes around 35 planners. We believe in combining knowledge and expertise and have the ambition to further professionalize our departments! We do this together with highly motivated risk, planning, systems engineering, process and information management professionals who think and act beyond the borders of their own expertise.

Job requirements

You have strong communicative skills and believe in combining multiple disciplines for better results. Creating and maintaining a clear overview is what makes you tick! You have the ability to translate complex matters into understandable insights. Next to that:

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree;
• You have at least 3 years of experience in planning (in the industry);
• Excellent command of the Dutch language, spoken and written;
• Experience in developing project schedules (e.g. Primavera P6, TILOS, MS Project);
• You are fulltime available (minimal 32 hours) and willing to travel regularly to our office in Rotterdam. In the near future you are also flexible to visit our Gorinchem office and projects.
  
  

We offer

We offer you a position in which you will have an important contribution to our mission 'building a better world for future generations'. In addition, we offer you:

• A salary that matches your responsibilities and experience;
• Travel allowance (€0.31 per km) and home office allowance (€2,15 per day);
• 32 leave days per year;
• Variable bonus;
• Pension scheme;
• Collective health insurance (optional);
• Flexible working from home policy, 2 days a week when working on a full-time basis;
• Extensive learning and (personal) development possibilities, including a wide range of online courses via Goodhabitz;
• You can join communities, like Young Van Oord, Van Oord Women and the Van Oord staff association;
• We organise several (sport) events, e.g. winter sport, weekend of sailing, cycling and a motorcycle tour.

Interested? Then apply now using the application form below! 

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