Management and delivery of civil engineering structures
This assignment is for a government organization that will form a single municipality from January 1, 2027, to improve services to its residents and businesses.
The objective of the assignment is to deliver an up-to-date, substantiated, and actionable management and maintenance file for municipal civil engineering structures, including priorities, measures, planning, and financial considerations. Bridges, viaducts, tunnels, culverts, and similar civil constructions are essential for a safe and reliable public space.
The organization wants insight into the technical condition of the asset base and the measures needed to maintain the objects safely, efficiently, and sustainably.
What you do
The contractor independently carries out the described activities and delivers the agreed products. The assignment includes analyzing available management information, assessing inspection results, identifying and prioritizing maintenance needs, and preparing a practically executable management and maintenance file. The contractor coordinates content interfaces with the contact person designated by the organization and relevant internal and external parties.
- Inventory and assessment of available object data, inspection reports, maintenance history, and ongoing work
- Identification of missing, outdated, or conflicting management information and recording it in an overview
- Translation of available inspection data into substantiated maintenance, repair, or further investigation measures
- Prioritization of measures based on safety, technical condition, risk, urgency, and available information
- Preparation of a multi-year maintenance and measures plan, with indicative costs where available data allows
- Preparation of a transferable final file with findings, choices, points of attention, and recommendations for future management
Deliverables.
- Start-up and information analysis
- Updated asset and data quality overview
- Inspection and risk analysis
- Prioritized measures register
- Multi-year maintenance planning
- Final report and handover
What they ask
- At least 2 demonstrable and referenced projects, concretely named in the offer, including your role, asset type, and concrete results achieved
- The candidate must include a personal plan of approach, detailing how the six products will be realized and their quality ensured. The plan of approach must be written by the candidate themselves
- At least 3 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 5 years with the independent management, inspection, and/or maintenance of civil engineering structures in public spaces
- Demonstrable proficiency in the Dutch language at a minimum B2 level in spoken and written word
Preferences.
- Demonstrable work experience with the management and maintenance of civil engineering structures within or on behalf of a municipality (5 years or more)
- Demonstrable work experience with preparing multi-year management and/or maintenance plans for civil engineering structures, including prioritization and phasing of measures (2 or more concrete references)
- Demonstrable work experience in the past 8 years with the management and/or maintenance of civil engineering structures, such as bridges, viaducts, tunnels, and culverts (5 years or more)
- Demonstrable work experience with assessing and translating inspection data of civil engineering structures into maintenance, repair, and/or investigation measures (more than 4 projects concretely described)
Profile
- Analytical ability
- Risk awareness
- Results-oriented
- Planning and organizing
- Communication skills
- Collaboration / coordination
Practical
- The assignment is based on the information made available by the organization
- The execution of physical inspections, structural calculations, destructive testing, or specialized research is not automatically included
- The actual execution of maintenance work, the management of contractors on behalf of the organization, and the taking of administrative or budgetary decisions are outside the scope of the assignment, unless additionally agreed upon in writing
- The contractor advises on technical points of attention and measures; formal decision-making and assignment remain with the organization
- If essential information is missing or a safety risk is suspected, the contractor reports this immediately to the designated contact person and records the limitation and recommended next step
- The definitive scope, planning period, available data, formats, and any systems will be confirmed in writing before the start
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