Quality Coordinator

About the role

The QHSSE Department monitors the policy as regards Quality, Health, Safety, Security and Environment. On civil as well as dredging, environmental and offshore projects all over the world, they support the people in charge with the implementation, the control and the improvement of the QHSSE Management System. Because our people are our greatest capital!

What you’ll do

As a Quality Coordinator, you are the link between our quality management system and its practical implementation on sites and projects. Your focus is not only on compliance with standards, but above all on ensuring the correct execution of the works (Quality Control). You initiate and coordinate improvements to our systems to safeguard and enhance operational quality. You work from a bird’s-eye view within the QHSSE department, ensuring that our systems not only work in theory, but also genuinely contribute to error-free and efficient operations across the organisation.

Your main tasks and responsibilities include:

• Assisting in defining the quality control strategy and the corresponding resource planning for the coming years.
• Continuously improving the quality management system based on trends in QC findings by developing new processes, optimising existing systems and promoting standardisation across the different divisions.
• Preparing and publishing Lessons Learned to ensure the organisation systematically learns from project experience.
• Guiding and providing technical support to quality employees in the field, ensuring efficient follow-up of projects and permanent sites in close cooperation with the operational managers.
• Identifying and developing QA/QC-related training and coaching for both operational staff and quality employees, with the aim of increasing quality awareness and ensuring the correct application of work methods.
• Acting as the technical point of contact for external stakeholders, such as potential clients, subcontractors and suppliers, to ensure clear communication regarding quality standards and their implementation.
• Continuously analysing industry practices and standards to further develop our internal systems, ensuring that we always apply the most efficient methods for quality assurance in practice.

What do you need?

• You have a Master’s degree in a scientific field or an equivalent level gained through relevant professional experience.
• You have 8 years of experience in a QHSSE role within a complex, international industrial environment.
• You have a strong focus on Quality Control and understand how to translate management systems into day-to-day operational practice.
• You are fluent in both Dutch and English, both written and spoken.
• You will be based at our office in Aalst and are willing to make occasional short trips to our projects.

Why working for us

Working at Jan De Nul means helping to find solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time: from energy transition to rising sea levels to smart mobility. It means learning and working together every day, with the aim of ensuring the global quality of life for generations to come.

What we offer

• An ongoing training programme through our JDN Academy.

• The opportunity to exercise at work through our FIT programme.

• A permanent contract with 42 paid holidays (20 statutory, 12 ADV and 10 public holidays).

• A healthy work-life balance (flexible working hours and occasional work from home).

• A competitive salary with thirteenth month and double holiday pay, including:

  • Meal vouchers and eco vouchers

  • Opportunity to participate in the Flex Reward programme, including bicycle and car leasing, including fuel card or charging pass in Belgium.

  • Intervention public transport and bicycle allowance

  • Group and hospitalisation insurance

  • Option of iPhone with data subscription

  • Various staff discounts

*applicable with Belgian contract.

The world becomes what you make of it

Jan De Nul is shaping water and land worldwide. We drive the transition to renewable energy with offshore energy infrastructure. We focus on nature-inclusive dredging solutions to build ports and protect our coastline. We develop innovative construction projects for smart mobility and sustainable buildings. And we redevelop our planet by giving polluted sites a new purpose. At Jan De Nul, the world becomes what you make of it.

Jan De Nul Group promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are an equal opportunities and anti-discrimination employer.