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Van Oord - Company profile

Industry Other
Company type Private
Year founded 1868
Global headquarters Rotterdam, Netherlands
# Employees worldwide 3,000
Most common preferred study background Engineering
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Required skills

Leadership 7
Team working 7
Problem solving 7
Communication 6
Creativity 6
Commercial Awareness 6
Pressure Resistance 7
Flexibility 7
Networking 7

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Van Oord is a world class marine contractor, working day to day on dredging and marine projects around the world. We have been building tomorrow's infrastructure for over a century now.
Van Oord is an independent, privately owned company with a committed shareholder base. Our business is to carry out challenging projects with our highly skilled professional staff and our modern production fleet. Safeguarding the long-term continuity of our company is the main focus of our actions as well as our thoughts. Achieving good financial results is a prerequisite for this. Investment in people and equipment is crucial to our future. Work safety and quality are always a top priority. We are honest and responsible in our actions and expect the same from our clients and other business partners.
Van Oord executes projects of any size or complexity anywhere in the world. The combination of dedication and entrepreneurship perpetually creates new business opportunities. We offer our clients solutions to their problems - from the designing table all the way to project completion, conscious of the environment and anticipating local circumstances. We are continuously improving our equipment and work methods. Innovative thinking has led us to our present top position in the world of marine contracting.

What we offer

Van Oord is world-class marine contractor. Our 3.000 skilled professionals work around the clock and around the world on international dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects using our modern fleet of production vessels. Our objective is to maintain our leading position primarily by working together as a team. Our cooperation is based on responsibility, openness and trust, clarity, respect and team spirit.
A job with an international  contractor such as Van Oord is dynamic, whether you are working at the head office in the Netherlands or on one of our worldwide project sites or branch offices. A job at Van Oord is also challenging, demanding and rewarding. Who comes to work for us, has a good chance of working overseas. Van Oord employees work with a variety of cultures, changing teams and a wide range of different working conditions in different projects. This requires a great deal of flexibility and resourcefulness. Is this a picture that appeals to you, you have come to the right place for –literally- a world-class job.
Interested in a (next step in your) career, traineeship or graduation project at Van Oord, have a look at our job openings and read about the experiences of some of our people.

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