Construction Site Engineer

AVENTA; Vlissingen; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AVENTA seeks a Site Engineer to support outfitting works across Vlissingen and Schiedam yards, with occasional Brussels office presence. You will coordinate electromechanical activities and act as SPOC for engineering queries, ensuring design compliance on site.

The role requires strong safety and quality focus, multiyard coordination, and excellent communication with construction and engineering teams in English. Travel across sites is required as part of the role.

Qualifications

• Site/construction engineering experience on substation or heavy electromechanical/industrial projects.
• Able to act as SPOC between construction and engineering to resolve queries.
• Strong focus on site safety and quality.
• English language required; Dutch or French an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide site engineering across both construction yards (Vlissingen and Schiedam) and the Brussels office.
• Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for engineering queries, mainly electromechanical, aligning with the Engineering team.
• Follow up outfitting and construction works against the design and resolve technical queries on site.

Skills

Site engineering

SPOC liaison

Safety focus

Quality focus

Multisite coordination

Education

Engineering degree (electromechanical)

Job description

Location: Construction yards in Vlissingen and Schiedam (Netherlands), plus occasional Brussels office

Work mode: Onsite at the construction yards (across both sites), with occasional Brussels office

Contract type: Contract

Start date: 17-8-2026 (start of outfitting works)

Expected end date : 31-12-2027

Compensation: Competitive

Travel: Regular travel between the two yards (Vlissingen and Schiedam) and Brussels

Right to work / visa: Must be eligible to work in the EU (Netherlands / Belgium)

Work regime: Full-time

Client: Confidential - major European electricity transmission system operator (TSO)

About the client

Our client is a confidential major European electricity transmission system operator (TSO), extending its offshore high-voltage grid to connect new offshore windfarms through a landmark artificial energy project. It plays a central role in the Belgian and European energy transition, building a sustainable, green and reliable energy infrastructure.

Project scope

The project delivers the offshore AC substations for a Belgian offshore energy grid connecting new windfarms. The scope includes offshore transmission infrastructure, multiple AC substations (66 kV and 220 kV) and 220 kV AC export cable systems. The AC substation modules and a facility module (about 1050 MW) are being constructed at yards in Vlissingen and Schiedam, with outfitting works starting in summer 2026. The Site Engineer works across both yards and the Brussels office, supporting the Construction lead.

Role overview

To provide site engineering across the two construction yards, acting as the single point of contact for engineering queries (mainly electromechanical) and ensuring safety and quality are guaranteed on site, in support of the Construction lead.

Reporting line: You will report to the Construction lead, working across both yards (Vlissingen and Schiedam) and the Brussels office, and interfacing with the Engineering team and the construction consortium.

Key responsibilities

Site engineering and coordination

• Provide site engineering across both construction yards (Vlissingen and Schiedam) and the Brussels office
• Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for engineering queries, mainly electromechanical, aligning with the Engineering team
• Follow up outfitting and construction works against the design and resolve technical queries on site

Safety, quality and reporting

• Ensure, together with the Construction lead, that safety and quality priorities are guaranteed on site
• Monitor site works against engineering requirements and specifications
• Report site progress, technical issues and non-conformities to the Construction lead and Engineering
• Engineering queries resolved on site as SPOC (electromechanical focus)
• Safety and quality assured on site alongside the Construction lead
• Site works followed up against engineering requirements across both yards
• Progress, technical issues and non-conformities reported to construction and engineering

Requirements

Education

Engineering degree in electromechanical engineering or a related discipline.

Experience

• Must-have: Site / construction engineering experience on substation or heavy electromechanical / industrial construction projects
• Must-have: Able to act as SPOC between construction and engineering, resolving electromechanical queries
• Must-have: Strong focus on site safety and quality
• Nice-to-have: Offshore substation or HV substation construction / outfitting experience
• Nice-to-have: Experience working across multiple construction yards / multi-site

Technical skills

• Electromechanical construction and site engineering
• Reading engineering drawings and specifications; substation systems (66 / 220 kV) awareness
• Autonomous, hands-on and safety-focused
• Strong communication across construction and engineering teams
• English required; French and/or Dutch an advantage (Belgium / Netherlands sites)