Look around you when you’re on the road. There are still way too few electrically powered vehicles driving around. If we want to make a real environmental change, we must operate on a wider scale. That’s about to happen.
How is this going to change?
Did you notice that all across Europe, charging stations are installed for every car user with an electric engine? One can’t miss that everyone is preparing for the time when no car has a fuel engine anymore. But we’re missing out on a major part of road users, that still use old-fashioned gas engines. The facilities are running behind: not every vehicle can charge conveniently on a long trip.
This brand-new organization is specifically established to fix that problem. From their base in the Netherlands, their mission is to accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles in Europe. They realize that by building and managing reliable and secure high-performance charging solutions, specified per type of vehicle. With some huge investments and collaboration from a few brands, this is the future of electrical driving.
Finally! Something we need. What do they need me for?
Their plan is to develop and build sites on A-locations quickly for the electric (truck)driver. Of course, these sites do not build themselves. Even your best drawing board ideas will not match the reality of the locations that this company acquires. As a Site Engineer, you will be the one responsible for designing the best layouts for the specific locations,
translating the reality into workable ideas for other people to build on. This means you will collaborate with contractors to ensure that the drawings and documents are accurate enough and produce all the necessary documentation for the effective deployment of the charging sites.
That’s a big challenge, but I think I can do this
With your experience, you can. Ideally, you have a (civil) engineering background and knowledge of regulations and codes. You already have some experience as a project engineer or site engineer. Ideally, you have done something related to electricity or energy, battery systems, or power conversion.
With the capability to work closely with external parties to have the next-generation solutions ready to operate, you’re ready to go. Speaking Dutch is a requirement.
That’s my thing. Will I earn enough to have my own charging station?
If you really want that, it’s possible. Your salary won’t be a problem. It will end up as a nice yearly amount between €75.000 and €85.000 gross and an attractive bonus package of about 20-40% on top of that. But we’re not there yet. They want them to join you not just for a job, but for a career. Their pension plan is looking very nice, and you’ll receive unlimited(!) holiday days. How about that? We can’t imagine something more appealing, but it’s your job to click that Apply button. Talk to you on the phone!