Job Title: Data EngineerLocation: Mechelen, Belgium (Hybrid – 2 to 3 Days in a week need to go Onsite)Duration: Until end of 02/2026 with Possible extensionLanguage: Dutch, English Job Description: DescriptionWe are looking for an experienced data engineer to strengthen our team in function of various projects that are running within the field of waste and materials management (AMB) at Client.The candidate must have the following skills:Demonstrable experience with data warehouse modellingDemonstrable experience with project-oriented work and data warehouse modelling or a demonstrable education in data warehouse modellingDemonstrable knowledge and experience with planning, designing and building a data warehouse applicationDemonstrable knowledge and experience of data warehousing concepts, processes and architectures.Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Agile development methodologyDemonstrable knowledge and experience in building the following data warehouse components: data integration (ETL), reporting & analysis (BI), databases and metadataLanguage requirement: Dutch at European CEFR level C2.ContextABOUT CLIENTCLIENT ensures a sustainable approach to waste, materials and soil in Flanders.We meet the economic need for raw materials and materials locally by developing the circular economy. We encourage our target groups to handle materials carefully and focus on prevention and reuse.We guarantee the need for good soil quality, open space and healthy drinking water. We do this by avoiding new soil contamination and by pursuing an effective and fair remediation policy.In Flanders, we are the point of contact for the sustainable management of waste, materials and soil. At a global level, we use our expertise in waste, materials and soil to help shape international policy.As a data-driven organization, we use data at every level in planning, executing and monitoring our business processes. To make this possible, it is important to collect all data generated at CLIENT in a central data platform. This platform should be as openly accessible as possible to internal employees, so that they can use the data to improve their work.MATIS AND OTHER PROJECTSCLIENT HAS STARTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPLETELY NEW DATA MONITORING SYSTEM: MATIS. In the near future, it should not only measure the production of waste materials, but also trace them in the recycling process and eventually even map their application in new products. We ensure that data from management bodies such as Fost Plus, Recupel or Valipac can be linked to the new CLIENT system as well as possible.Tracing and digitisation should ensure more transparency and efficiencyCLIENT wants to be able to link the input and output of collectors and processors in order to map the entire chain, including international recycling chains. In this way, Flanders can comply with the new European reporting obligations and provide an answer to questions such as "How much of the selectively collected waste is actually recycled?", "What happens to the flows that leave for other countries?", "How much 'recycled material' and secondary raw materials ultimately end up in new products and where?" ...Central to the new concept is that CLIENT collects the data from the companies that are active in waste collection and processing. To date, the municipalities provide the data for household waste and the waste producers for industrial waste. The new system has the advantage that the data is requested from the source. Moreover, CLIENT only surveys companies that are professionally active in the waste world and for whom an investment in automation and digitisation is worthwhile. This should lead to better data quality.For the municipalities and the other companies, it means a reduction in the administrative burden. Moreover, with better data, CLIENT can also provide them with better feedback on their performance via tools (which already exist today) such as the benchmark tool for local authorities or circular tips for the business world.A web application from CLIENT transfers the data to an Azure data platform (in Synapse), which is what you want in the futureIn addition, we are working more with Databricks and DBT. On the data platform, these are further processed into a star model so that they can be reported in Power BI.In addition, several new use cases within the waste and materials management domain are expected from 2025. These include reporting within an application Circle tips of MATIS data, routing of digital identification forms, reporting within the benchmark tool, etc.RESPONSIBILITIESYou are primarily responsible for translating the various business needs and priorities into different data products. To do this, you work in tandem with the data analyst. You are responsible for designing, building and maintaining large and complex datasets and data pipelines.You have experience with programming languages such as Python and SQL, and have knowledge of data governance, data quality and data integration. Within the CLIENT environment, we use Azure, Data bricks and dbt. Experience and/or knowledge of these technologies is therefore an asset. You work well in a team and can communicate technical solutions to stakeholders.You will be part of a small data team of about 8 members who work for various projects within CLIENT, in which knowledge and best practices are often shaped and exchanged.