Process Control Engineer

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• Rotterdam -
• Fleet Electrical & Automation -
• 40 hours per week

process control engineer

• Rotterdam -
• 40 hours per week -
• Fleet Electrical & Automation

Do you enjoy working on complex automation systems and want to make a direct impact on vessels operating worldwide? Would you like to apply your technical expertise in an environment where innovation, reliability and scale come together?

THE POSITION

As a Process Control Engineer at Van Oord, you are the technical owner of the automation systems within your fleet. You set the technical direction and ensure that PLC, SCADA and OT systems are reliable, safe and future-proof.

You are a technical sparring partner for colleagues, projects and suppliers. You look beyond individual systems and drive standardisation, optimisation and innovation across the fleet. From design and upgrades to commissioning and lifecycle management, you oversee the bigger picture and make well-founded technical decisions.

You work with complex automation and OT systems and know how to translate technical challenges into practical, future-oriented solutions. You are not expected to do everything yourself; you understand what is needed, ask the right questions and guide specialists and suppliers in the right direction.

You are part of the Process Control team within Electrical & Automation and work closely with Production Automation. We work in a structured and data-driven way, using technologies such as simulation, data analysis and AI to continuously improve our automation systems.

YOUR IMPACT

In this role, you translate operational and business needs into reliable, scalable and future-proof automation solutions. As the technical owner of automation within your fleet, you are responsible for the quality, development and long-term performance of these systems thr...