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Hydraulic Engineer

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As a hydraulic engineer your daily work falls within the activities of the HYDRO cell of the EDT-department (Engineering, Design & Technology) within the DEME Dredging and Reclamation activity line. This team looks into hydrodynamic aspects related to dredging, reclamation and coastal construction activities. The tasks for this position relate more particularly to issues like (dredge-related) resuspension of sediments, transportation, turbidity from dredge plumes and sedimentation, whether in the waters surrounding the works as well as in disposal facilities such as reclamation areas and settling ponds. These often environmentally sensitive aspects form a major part of your work and involve the use of specialized hydrodynamic and plume modelling software or require an in-depth review of external (modelling) reports, and often demand a project-based R&D mindset.

  • Dredging and Infra
  • Engineering
  • Belgium
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