Lead Infrastructure Project Manager
We are seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to take the lead on a major marine infrastructure project. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for overseeing the project's progress, quality, and financial performance.
Main Responsibilities
* Take the lead for one major marine infrastructure project
* Be the main point of contact between the client and your team, ensuring effective communication and collaboration with external partners
* 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, watching over customer satisfaction and foreseeing deteriorations in financial performance
* Take a role as principal engineer of the project, coordinating and coaching 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
* 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 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