Senior Project Engineer Heavy Lift & Marine Transport Lead

Osprey-Group; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Enhanced employer pension

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Performance-related pay

Enhanced parental leave

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Gym discounts

Career development support

Job summary

Osprey-Group is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead engineering solutions for heavy lift and marine transport projects across the Netherlands. You will oversee drawings, calculations, and methodologies, coordinating with site teams and clients to ensure delivery excellence.

Reporting to the Technical Director, you will mentor graduate engineers, uphold governance standards, and drive safe, efficient execution on complex projects from office and on-site locations.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in an Engineering discipline; Masters preferred.
• Proven experience delivering heavy lift construction or transport projects.
• Experience with lifting operations using mobile, tower, and crawler cranes.
• Ability to mentor junior/graduate engineers.
• Strong knowledge of technical codes, standards and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of innovative, technically robust engineering solutions across heavy lift, transportation, installation and marine operations.
• Take ownership of complex engineering deliverables including drawings, calculations, visualisations, methodologies and risk assessments ensuring technical excellence throughout.
• Drive operational engineering delivery both in office and on-site, ensuring safe, efficient execution that meets client’s expectations and project objectives.
• Oversee and review the work of project and graduate engineers, providing guidance, quality assurance, mentorship and development across all areas.
• Act as a primary technical interface for clients and site teams, leading meetings, site visits and the development of concept solutions to unlock new opportunities.
• Develop and approve engineering statements, selecting or creating methodologies that address complex lifting and transport challenges.
• Uphold and enforce technical standards and governance, ensuring consistency, compliance and high-quality document control across the full project lifecycle.

Skills

Heavy lift

Installation planning

Client liaison

AutoCAD

MathCAD

Mentoring juniors

Education

Engineering degree (Masters preferred)

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

MathCAD

Job description

Osprey-Group is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead engineering solutions for heavy lift and marine transport projects across the Netherlands. You will oversee drawings, calculations, and methodologies, coordinating with site teams and clients to ensure delivery excellence.

Reporting to the Technical Director, you will mentor graduate engineers, uphold governance standards, and drive safe, efficient execution on complex projects from office and on-site locations.