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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 |
Required skills
Leadership Team working Problem solving Communication Creativity Commercial Awareness Pressure Resistance Flexibility Networking
Activities
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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