Your role
We are looking to expand our team with a junior / medior engineer who will work on geotechnical consultancy and engineering studies for a variety of projects in offshore, coastal, marine and port environments and occasionally on in-land water related projects.
You will become part of the Blue Energy product and be involved in offshore wind, subsea power cable and pipeline projects. Within the company, as a geotechnical engineer, you will also support in other assignments and studies across several other products. As such you will assist in studies and designs for a wide range of marine infrastructures:
- For offshore wind related projects: drafting feasibility studies, desktop studies, geotechnical design parameters and ground models for offshore wind farms and subsea power cables, cable burial risk assessments and burial assessment studies for subsea cables, cable and pipeline landfall conceptual designs, scour protection and scour assessment studies.
- For coastal, port and offshore projects: assisting in tender preparation and coordination of offshore geotechnical (and geophysical) investigations, including offshore and onshore geotechnical lab testing follow-up.
- For marine, ports or in-land projects the services are related to jetties, quay walls, dikes, dredging and reclamations.
- For coastal projects this is related to coastal defense structures and breakwaters.
Job description
- You are able to support in managing the back-office support during (offshore) geotechnical and geophysical soil investigations, from drafting technical specifications, over offer evaluation, to quality check of data, followed by advanced (geotechnical) data analysis.
- You are able to perform and lead (certain tasks) of the geotechnical studies and designs of various offshore, port and coastal infrastructures, including all kinds of calculations among which (seismic) stability checks, liquefaction and consolidation calculations.
- You explore different technical domains and contribute to projects in both national and international contexts, leveraging your expertise to tackle complex challenges.
- You demonstrate initiative, independence, and confidence in making engineering decisions to ensure project success.
- You communicate effectively by delivering reports that are clear, concise, and tailored to diverse audiences—ranging from factual summaries to in-depth scientific analyses, suitable for both specialists and non-specialists.
Your profile
- MSc in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience on offshore wind geotechnical studies for various infrastructures such as jacket and monopile foundations , subsea cables and landfall designs.
- Demonstrated knowledge of geotechnical site characterization.
- A background in the design of various offshore, coastal or port structures (e.g. breakwaters, foundations for offshore structures, involves jetties, quay walls, dikes, dredging and reclamations).
- Experience with relevant geotechnical (advanced) numerical software and tools.
- You are flexible, eager to learn and open to broadening your knowledge across diverse technical fields.
- You refine and expand your geotechnical expertise while sharing best practices with colleagues.
- You are proactive, a team player and you take initiative to report and ask for feedback.
- Missions abroad are a welcome interruption of your daily office work. You are willing to work on national and also international projects abroad for short and long periods (as an expat).
- You have good programming skills, preferable in Python, or you are willing to grow this skill. Experience with QGIS and AutoCAD is an advantage.
- Languages: proficiency in English is required. Knowledge of Dutch or French is an asset.
Our offer
- Challenging projects related to geotechnics in offshore wind, coastal, marine, dredging and port engineering.
- Stimulating environment where an innovative and open spirit is encouraged.
- Opportunities to further develop your skills and competencies through comprehensive training and coaching
- A competitive salary and benefits package.
Are you our next Expert in Water?
Do you recognize yourself in this profile or are you interested in IMDC as a company? Please do not hesitate and send your CV and cover letter to jobs@imdc.be.
Your application will be treated with the most discretion