Project Designer

As a Project Designer at TWD, your primary goal is to deliver innovative solutions while overseeing the design process. You are responsible for guiding and supervising Designers and Engineers, ensuring technical excellence and maintaining high-quality standards.  

In this role, you translate client requests into effective engineering designs and solutions, independently develop and execute complex 3D models and 2D drawings, and safeguard the quality and timely delivery of all design outputs.  

Additionally, you play a key role in mentoring and increasing the technical knowledge of Designers and Engineers while fostering knowledge sharing and technical growth within the team. 

Responsibilities 

• Execute quality agreements within projects, including setting up quality plans and documentation, in cooperation with Project Responsible 

• Perform quality checks and ensure the quality assurance of deliverables from all designers within the project, deliver quality documentation and quality control of deliverables 

• Perform evaluations and retrospectives  

• Determining, executing and interpreting of engineering methods within project (using correct and smart approach)  

• Keeping overview of link between calculations and drawings  

• Stimulating creativity by acting as sparring partner for project members  

• Prepare for- and discuss technical challenges and define/improve engineering agreements with Technical Advisors and Lead Engineers. 

• Engage in continuous self-development and contribute to the development of others. 

Qualifications (Education and Technical knowledge/expertise) 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field, including but not limited to Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering 

• Solid working experience within complex projects, working experience leading complex projects. 

• Skilled in using relevant drafting tools. 

• Deep Engineering Knowledge, with a strong foundation in engineering principles, analysis, and problem-solving. 

Personal Competences & Professional Abilities 

• Design & Innovation: 

• Ability to develop and optimize designs, integrating new technologies where applicable.  

• Sees and shares new possibilities or different implementations of existing techniques and methods with colleagues or fellow-experts.  

• Ability to define challenging objectives that have an impact on the larger organization.  

• Ability to develop an efficient and concrete plan of action with clear objectives, timing, use of means and staff, etc. 

• Quality & Safety Awareness: 

• Understands and applies industry standards, risk-management, and safety regulations. 

• Analytical Thinking: 

• Ability to assess complex engineering problems and propose effective solutions. 

• Sees a problem in a broader context, sees connections between seemingly unconnected problems. 

• Ability to lift operational problems to a more abstract level and translate them into strategy and change initiatives.

• Confidence and Prioritizing: 

• Stays self-assured in unexpected situations, approaches adversity objectively and rationally 

• Ability to set goals and priorities, is realistic in what can be achieved within a certain period of time; dares to say 'no' to unrealistic proposals. 

• Commercial Awareness: 

• Ability to independently discover new business development opportunities + ability to converse these into successful propositions.  

• Takes initiative to analyze the client`s or market situation. 

• Adaptability: 

• Ability to adjust to changing project requirements, tight deadlines, and unforeseen challenges. 

Interpersonal  

• Clear & Structured Communication 

• Ability to effectively convey technical and non-technical information to engineers, management, and clients. 

• Mentoring & Influencing skills 

• Inspire confidence, lead by example, with the ability to guide Engineers and Designers through projects while fostering a collaborative and motivated work environment. 

• Ability to guide and mentor by offering support, sharing experiences and knowledge. 

• Ability to address challenges within the team diplomatically, and fostering a culture of mutual respect and understanding. 

TWD – A Fun Challenge to Be Part Of
At TWD, we love to create construction methods and design installation equipment. We achieve creative, simple, and efficient solutions through dedicated teamwork. Thanks to our core values – Fun, Development, and Happy Clients – we grow at a rapid pace with over 300 talented people in five locations: Rotterdam, London, Athens, Taipei, and Perth.

Every day we contribute to the energy transition and key infrastructure projects worldwide. We do this by offering innovative design solutions to our clients, mainly in the offshore wind and heavy civils industry.

Why You Will Love Working at TWD
TWD offers a collaborative and supportive working environment that will stimulate you to take the lead in your professional and personal development. Our people describe TWD's culture as open, no-nonsense, diverse, and informal, valuing your ideas and contributions.

Working at TWD includes:
 

• 8% holiday allowance per year

• Collective pension

• Monthly travel allowance

• 25 holidays per year and compensation for overtime

• A free, healthy, and sustainable lunch buffet, prepared daily in our Lunchroom

• An exciting company trip each year where the TWD offices come together

• Friday afternoon drinks and special TWD events such as sports events, pub quizzes, ladies’ night, and various social gatherings

Join Our Team!
Do you have what it takes to join our team? We are happy to meet you! Submit your CV and motivation letter through the apply button. We will get in touch with you within one working week.

At TWD, we celebrate diversity and inclusivity, welcoming individuals from all backgrounds. We continuously work on enhancing our recruitment process, ensuring fairness and inclusiveness at every step.