Worksmanager - Subsea Cables

Company Description

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, an increase of global trade, demand for (new) energy and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects

Boskalis has one of the largest global fleets of specialized offshore vessels, allowing us to carry out a broad range of offshore activities. We provide innovative and sustainable all-round solutions to tackle major worldwide maritime challenges. Our Offshore Energy division supports sustainable energy solutions such as wind energy as well as traditional fossil facilities. We’re involved in the entire journey from developing and transporting to maintaining and decommissioning these facilities. 

Within a vibrant company culture, you will be working as part of a diverse, international team of experts. We offer you the opportunity to realize your full personal potential and expand your professional career by creating new horizons. Together!​

Job Description

Make your mark as Worksmanager for Boskalis Subsea Cables located in Papendrecht, Netherlands.  The Works Manager for Boskalis Subsea Cables plays a crucial role in ensuring the safe and efficient installation of subsea cables, which are integral to offshore wind farms and other marine projects. This role involves overseeing the entire lifecycle of cable installation, from retrieval and storage to loading, installation, and final testing. The Works Manager is responsible for coordinating with various teams, managing equipment, and ensuring that all operations meet project requirements and quality standards.

Your responsibilities as Worksmanager:

• Responsible for the technical and operational planning and management of the execution of the project on the physical works and/or on site.
• Ensuring timely deployment of resources: equipment, site office, materials and services.
• Incorporating daily and future circumstances into the operational plan Informing relevant stakeholders.
• Monitoring contractual agreements and advising Project Manager in case of any deviations.
• Monitoring operational/executional performance of the project and actively striving for optimal result.
• Providing input to tendering and project engineering and monitoring the selected engineered solutions.
• Ensuring a safe work environment and ensuring employees and subcontractors are properly briefed with regards to project and company safety requirements and behaviour.
• Contributing to the development, implementation and maintenance of departmental policies, procedures and processes.
• Managing reports on site and/or physical works: appraising performance and continuously developing.

Your Qualities and Qualifications

You can make your mark as Worksmanager if you have: 

• Higher Professional Education (Bachelor).
• Minimum of 7 years relevant experience in a maritime project environment.
• Experience with contractual agreements and international maritime QHSE standards.
• Good command of English (written and spoken).
• To show leadership and commitment to ensure a healthy and safe place of work and to prevent a negative impact on the environment by adhering to the relevant QHSE procedure.
• Advanced skills in ICT Office.
• You’re willing to work on location for up to six weeks at a time, followed by up to four weeks’ leave.

The following competencies are also important for the role of function:

• Communication: Effectively transferring thoughts and expressing ideas to infividuals or groups written and verbally.
• Planning and Organizing: Planning and managing activities and resources efficiently and effectively to achieve goals.
• Problem Solving: Analyzing problems, identifying solutions and taking action to prevent or resolve.

During the job interviews, we challenge you to demonstrate with concrete examples why you possess these competencies. Want to prepare yourself in advance for the interview? Click here for more information.

Qualifications

What you can expect

• A dynamic environment: A job that allows you to collaborate with a talented team of experts from different backgrounds and contribute to making a significant impact.
• Rewarding conditions: A competitive salary and much more, including holiday allowance, holiday entitlement of 26 days (based on a full-time contract) and a number of collective scheduled days off, a non-contributory pension scheme, collective schemes such as company health insurance
• Career development: We offer you plenty of opportunities to bring out the best in yourself for example through (online) courses at our Boskalis academy.  
• The Boskalis campus: Experience the unique Boskalis vibe at our Papendrecht site, complete with restaurants, sports field, and a wharf where our vessels dock. We offer a state-of-the-art auditorium, brainstorming rooms, experience center for client meetings, and a barista corner where you can connect with colleagues.
• Boskalis project site: You will work on groundbreaking projects around the world. Boskalis creates new horizons and execute an extensive range of dredging and marine projects in 90 countries and across six continents.

Extra information

• Your team:  Your daily work will be done as part of a project team, typically existing out of 5 - 10 persons. You are also part of the total BSC operations department of roughly 30+ FTE.
• Where you will work: Project site office and office based in Papendrecht, The Netherlands or optional based in Wynyard office, UK.
• Full/part- time job: The position of Worksmanager is a full time job. Rotation scheme is 6 weeks on 4 weeks off during the execution of the project
• Next steps: Apply easily by completing the online application form. Interviews are held online or in the office. Once it’s clear we’re a good match, we’ll make you an offer – and look forward to welcoming you to the company.

Additional Information

We are more than happy to answer your questions about the position of Worksmanager. Please contact Tim Gouweleeuw, Corporate Recruiter, via [email protected].

Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your cover letter and CV on our careers site.

Disclaimer for Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies 
We appreciate your interest in our vacancies and understand that your candidate might be enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity. However, our recruitment process is not structured this way, at Boskalis we handle recruitment ourselves. Therefore we do not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies. Any submission will be treated as a direct application. 

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