Expert Permits Engineering,

Elia Group; Brussel; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Salary package including bonuses and V

Meal vouchers

Year-end bonus

Vacation days

Company car / mobility

Shares discount

Résumé du poste

Elia Group is seeking a Permits Engineering Expert to steer permit plan files within the Grid Projects Department, focusing on Flemish or Walloon regulations. You will collaborate closely with the engineering and design teams to ensure compliant, timely permit submissions.

You will monitor evolving regional rules, validate plan files, and act as the main contact for permit documents while supporting designers and project leaders with expert guidance.

Qualifications

• Familiar with spatial planning regulations and environmental permits (Flanders focus).
• Basic technical knowledge or strong technical interest to understand projects.
• Analytical mind and good assessment skills.
• Able to summarise divergent views objectively.
• Strong initiative and ability to work independently.
• Persuasive communication in written and spoken form.
• Perfect command of Dutch (Flanders) or French (Wallonia), with good knowledge of the other language.

Responsabilités

• Translate permit policy into the plan file and ambitions for infrastructure projects in different regions.
• Monitor regional legislation, permit procedures and guidelines and translate into standards and processes.
• Monitor and report on the application of permit policy.
• Validate plan files to submit permits to authorities.
• Act as point of contact for plan files.
• Provide solutions and targeted support to designers and project leaders.
• Organise knowledge exchange to improve permit policy and implement proposals.
• Ensure availability of expertise in permitting to assess legislative consequences on design.
• Train and coach colleagues in constructing permit plan files.
• Represent company interests at government and professional meetings and manage queries on drawings.

Connaissances

Spatial planning

Technical understanding

Analytical skills

Assertive

Independent working

Persuasive communication

Dutch/French fluency

Formation

Master's degree or equivalent experience

Outils

Description du poste

Excited to work for a key Belgian player in the energy landscape? The Belgian and European energy landscape is in full swing. Did you know that Elia Belgium plays a crucial role in this? As part of Elia Group, a European transmission system operator, Elia Belgium ensures the reliability and sustainability of the electricity supply in our country.

Side-by-side with your talented colleagues, you will play a part in building a sustainable, green and reliable energy infrastructure that stimulates economic growth and reduces our ecological footprint.

Only together can we make the biggest impact possible! We believe in the power of diversity we are convinced that an inclusive and diverse work environment leads to more innovation, creativity and better results.

Expert Permits Engineering

Function

In your position as a Permits Engineering Expert in the Grid Projects Department, you will prepare and steer the plan file (which is a crucial part of the permit file) to facilitate the prompt submission of high-quality permit applications.

There are two Permits Engineering Experts in the Permits Engineering team. Both monitor projects in Flanders and Wallonia and work together closely to make sure they use the same approach and share knowledge.

One expert focuses primarily on Flanders and is responsible for monitoring, interpreting and implementing Flemish regulations and permit requirements in the Engineering & Design organisation.

The other expert focuses primarily on Wallonia and is responsible for monitoring, interpreting and implementing Walloon regulations and permit requirements in the Engineering & Design organisation.

Both experts act as each other's back-ups and work together to ensure the continuity of service provision, knowledge building and support across the regional borders.

Concise summary of the assignment as Permits Engineering Expert

• Helping translate permit policy into the plan file and the ambitions for infrastructure projects in the different regions (e.g. less rework, timely submission and completeness declaration of files, robustness of justifications);
• Monitoring evolutions in regional legislation, permit procedures and government guidelines in your focus region and translating them (in consultation with Grid Relations) into concrete standards, guidelines, processes and working methods in the Engineering & Design organisation. Liaising regularly with the other Permits Engineering Expert to ensure that a consistent approach is used in both regions;
• Monitoring and reporting on the application of permit policy;
• Validating the plan file (which is part of the permit file), in order to submit the permit to the competent authorities (GO-NO GO validation);
• Acting as the point of contact for plan files;
• Providing solutions and targeted support to designers, project engineers and project leaders in specific files;
• Organising experience exchange and feedback in order to optimise permit policy. Developing improvement proposals and making sure they are implemented;
• Ensuring the availability of sufficient (technical) expertise in the broad permitting area to identify consequences of legislation on design;
• Training and coaching internal colleagues in the correct construction and compilation of a permit plan file;
• Representing the company's interests at government and professional-association meetings and manage queries linked to technical drawings.

Your Profile

• You are familiar with spatial planning regulations and, specifically for Flanders, environmental permits;
• You have basic technical knowledge or, at the very least, the technical interest necessary to understand projects;
• You have an analytical mind and good assessment skills;
• You are assertive and able to objectively summarise the divergent views of several experts;
• You show initiative and are able to work independently;
• You are persuasive and know how to communicate a message in an instructive way (verbally and in writing);
• You have a perfect command of Dutch (for the position with a focus on Flanders) or French (for the position with a focus on Wallonia). You also have a good knowledge of the other language and are able to communicate professionally and work with others in both languages;
• You have a Master's degree or equivalent experience.

Offer

• Salary a competitive salary package, allowance for representation expenses, year-end bonus, double vacation pay, meal vouchers (€10 per working day), eco-vouchers, year-end vouchers as well as bonuses based on individual and group results.
• Insurance group insurance, hospitalisation insurance and ambulant care insurance for the whole family.
• Vacation you will be entitled to 20 vacation days, 12 additional vacation days and 3 exempt days (after 1 year of employment) and up to 5 long-service days (1 day for every 3 years in employment).
• Communication you will be given an iPhone, a phone subscription (for work and private use) and a laptop with internet reimbursement.
• Mobility we will offer you a company car and public transport or a mobility budget.
• Interest subsidies after you have been with Elia for 5 years, Elia Engineering will be able to offer you a subsidy to reduce the interest charges on your mortgage loan. This will only be possible if the mortgage loan was taken out when you were already an Elia employee.
• Elia shares Elia will give you the opportunity to subscribe to shares with a discount of 16.66% on the average share price.

Location

Quai Léon Monnoyer 3, 1000 Brussels.

There’s something electric in the air with this job offer!

In exchange for your work and dedication, you enjoy the following benefits

• A job full of variety with a top employer Elia encourages innovation and collaboration. Within our company you will be at the forefront of the energy transition, and you will have the chance to contribute to ground‑breaking technologies designed to accelerate this transition. It is a one‑of‑a‑kind opportunity to further develop your knowledge and skills.
• Focus on personal growth and well‑being at work Discover a wide range of professional training and coaching opportunities that are guaranteed to give your personal growth a solid boost. At the same time, as a top employer, we put maximum effort into a positive work culture in which your well‑being is central.
• Development opportunities for a challenging career At Elia, we encourage you to seek out and seize new professional opportunities. You will enjoy complete freedom to shape your career on your own terms.
• A diverse team of passionate colleagues Elia puts a high value on diversity and inclusion. You will join a diverse and passionate team that enjoys sharing knowledge and leading the way towards a more sustainable future together.

These are just a few of the benefits that distinguish Elia as a Top Employer. We are convinced that your contribution to our team will be invaluable and look forward to welcoming you soon!