Software Engineer

About SPIE Smart City & Energies

SPIE Smart City & Energies is a specialist in bridges, locks, and pumping stations. We are involved in the technical installations (E, W, and IA) of innovative and complex civil engineering works. We ensure that Dutch (water)ways remain navigable and that its inhabitants stay dry in a changing climate. We focus on designing, constructing, manufacturing, installing, and maintaining bridges, locks, flood defenses, weirs, and pumping stations, offering a total solution with various disciplines such as steel construction, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and industrial automation. Innovation, sustainability, and maintenance-friendliness are leading principles, without losing sight of the specific wishes of the client.

Your Role

As a Software Engineer, you will work on programming, testing, and commissioning PLC and/or SCADA systems on-site. You will have a lot of freedom, but also the opportunity to develop further and work with the latest technologies. A very varied job!

Not Just a Job

This job at SPIE Nederland is for a Software Engineer who can think outside the box, enjoys working in a team, but can also work well independently, and sees challenges rather than problems. As a Software Engineer, you are a technical specialist in the field of PLC/SCADA/DCS. You will be involved in designing and developing control and operating software for bridges, locks, and pumping stations. As a Software Engineer, you are responsible for the design and commissioning of the software you have developed yourself.

You will be fully engaged in:

• Drafting and elaborating the desired software specifications (often in a functional design and software design);
• Processing safety functions using safety software;
• Verification and validation testing to ensure the software functions correctly and meets the end-user's requirements.

Furthermore, you will:

• Be a technical specialist in the field of PLC/SCADA
• Be responsible for the design and commissioning of software
• Draft and elaborate the desired software specifications
• Process safety functions using safety software
• Perform verification and validation testing to ensure the software functions correctly using simulation
• Commission software on-site
• Guide/manage junior software engineers

Not Just an Employee

Every day, we must make a difference to perform at our best for our clients. We ask this of all our employees. So, of you as a Software Engineer too. You have experience in this field. In addition:

• You have completed a higher professional education (HBO) in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial automation, or mechatronics;
• You have knowledge of PLC and SCADA systems (preferably Siemens, TIA portal, WinCC);
• You have a good command of the Dutch language, both spoken and written;
• Experience in infrastructure is a plus, but not a must.

Not Just a Set of Benefits

As the largest technical service provider in the Netherlands, you don't just get a job. You get a career with concrete growth opportunities. You will have a lot of responsibility and independence in your work. We ask a lot of you as a Software Engineer, and therefore we offer a lot. Specifically, for this position, based on 40 hours per week, we offer:

• To start, a one-year contract with the intention to extend it to an indefinite period;
• A balanced and good employment conditions package, tailored to your education/experience;
• A PMT pension scheme, of which SPIE pays more than 70%;
• For later: 25 vacation days and 13 ADV days. That adds up nicely. Additionally, the choice to be able to buy or sell vacation and/or ADV days;
• An annual profit sharing, a flexible employment conditions package, and the option to buy SPIE shares under favorable conditions;
• A mobile phone (with the choice of many options) and a laptop. Everything you need to be successful;
• A healthy balance between work and private life;
• All opportunities for further development and training. You just have to seize them.

Just Apply

Are you the person who is no longer satisfied with an ordinary job at an ordinary employer? Just apply directly for this vacancy for Software Engineer.

Do you have questions? Contact Erik de Wekker, corporate recruiter, at 06-33040936 or via email at erik.dewekker@spie.com

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