Wave Flume Operations Engineer

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BACKGROUND

At the Coastal Engineering Research Group of the Department of Civil Engineering, we are looking for an engineer with hands-on-mentality, to act as the wave flume operations engineer. Our large wave flume is 30.0 m long, 1.0 m wide and 1.2 m high. With a piston type wave paddle, wave generation of waves up to 0.35 m is possible. We also have various smaller wave flumes. Physical model tests are executed for research projects, both academia and industry related, in the field of coastal engineering structures (e.g. breakwaters), offshore structures (e.g. moored floating platforms), ocean energy (e.g. wave energy converters) and nature based coastal defense solutions (e.g. artificial reefs). If you are triggered by innovation and technology in these fields, and have competences in creative solution finding, you will enjoy working in our international team of researchers at the Coastal Engineering Research Group.

YOUR TASKS

In this position you will be responsible for the planning, preparation and conducting of physical model tests in our wave flumes. You will act as lead for the technical team at the wave flumes and together with them manage the daily technical activities. Your activities involve administrative technical support, such as preparation of tender documents for new equipment, and regular client interactions during a project.

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Jouw profiel

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Knowledge and experience

• You hold a Master's degree in an engineering field (preferably with a focus on coastal/offshore engineering, civil engineering, (electro-) mechanical engineering, control engineering or similar).

• Ideally you have experience in laboratory operations with proven leadership skills of a technical team.

• You have knowledge of conducting experiments in a laboratory and you are familiar with planning, preparing and conducting these (ideally in wave, water, current facilities).

• It is a plus if you have delivered client based services (academic and industrial).

• It is a plus if you have experience with data acquisition systems and instrumentation.

• Knowledge of programming language is desirable (e.g. LabVIEW, MATLAB, Python).

• You are familiar with the Microsoft Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

• Knowledge of drawing software (e.g. AutoCAD, Inventor) is desirable.

• You speak and write English, and thorough knowledge of Dutch is a very strong asset.

Aanbod

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