Structural Asset Management Engineer - Civil Assets

At an industrial production site in Hoboken, you strengthen the asset team as an engineer for civil and structural assets. Asset management is the core discipline, with civil and structural engineering as the technical domain. You help develop, implement and improve the asset management approach for buildings, structures and related civil assets.

You work in an engineering environment that supports production across the full lifecycle of technical projects, from feasibility and design to execution and start-up. As asset management maturity is still developing, you apply existing methods and help define and embed the way of working in daily operations.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation and rollout of the asset management system for civil and building assets in an industrial environment.
• Help structure processes, asset registers, hierarchies, criticality models, maintenance logic, KPIs and documentation flows.
• Translate asset management principles such as ISO 55000, lifecycle thinking and risk-based decision-making into practical methods.
• Contribute to tactical asset planning, maintenance strategy and lifecycle management.
• Develop tactical plans to improve the reliability, safety and service life of buildings and structural assets.
• Create, maintain and optimize multi-year maintenance plans.
• Define and monitor performance indicators for civil and structural assets.
• Translate risks, degradation insights and operational feedback into maintenance strategies, improvement actions and project proposals.
• Investigate degradation, deficiencies and incidents to reduce structural risks.
• Carry out root cause analyses for recurring technical issues and structural shortcomings.
• Interpret inspection data, trends, degradation curves and remaining-life assessments.
• Apply criticality and risk analysis methods to prioritize interventions and lifecycle actions.
• Define preventive and mitigating measures and convert them into practical maintenance strategies.
• Prepare interventions up to execution-ready level, including scope, technical descriptions, permits, safety conditions, materials, contractor input and planning constraints.
• Transfer complete work packages to the work coordinator and use execution feedback to improve future plans and strategies.
• Translate identified measures into practical civil and structural improvement actions.
• Define scope, risks, planning and budget for smaller interventions on buildings and structures.
• Coordinate contractors and condition-monitoring partners during engineering and execution.
• Provide technical guidance, quality follow-up and documentation support for assigned interventions.
• Prepare project scope documents and CAPEX/OPEX proposals when required.
• Support design, review and handover so assets are inspectable, maintainable and reliable.
• Advise engineering and design stakeholders on factors that influence lifecycle performance.
• Safeguard compliance with applicable standards and regulations, including ISO 55000, SEVESO and Eurocode where relevant.
• Ensure accurate and high-quality asset data management in EAM and DMS systems.

This role is based in Hoboken, Belgium and requires full-time onsite presence. Occasional homeworking may be possible with prior alignment and approval.

• You have hands-on experience in industrial asset management, with a clear focus on tactical asset planning, maintenance strategy, criticality-based decision-making and lifecycle management.
• You have experience with the implementation of an asset management system in an industrial environment.
• You hold a master's degree in engineering. A background in civil or construction engineering is an advantage, but engineers from other disciplines are also considered if they have grown into asset management and can demonstrate a strong civil/structural affinity.
• You bring solid civil / structural knowledge & experience; this is an essential requirement for the role.
• You can demonstrate a strong affinity with construction and civil engineering.
• You have working knowledge of ISO 55000, SEVESO and Eurocode.
• You are able to analyse technical and inspection data and turn conclusions into practical maintenance strategies and improvement proposals.
• You have experience with or exposure to methodologies such as RBI data interpretation, RCA, criticality analysis, risk analysis, degradation analysis and remaining-life assessment, and you are motivated to deepen your expertise further.
• You have experience coordinating projects and working with contractors, inspectors or other external partners.
• Experience in a mature industrial asset management environment is a plus.
• Experience with EAM systems, DMS platforms, inspection databases, spreadsheets used for degradation models or predictive analysis tools is an asset.
• Experience with industrial structures, corrosion issues, cracking, renovation works or smaller civil interventions is a plus.
• Experience with work preparation in an industrial maintenance or turnaround environment is an advantage.
• You take ownership, communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with a broad range of stakeholders.
• You combine problem-solving ability, learning agility and the motivation to further specialize in asset management.
• You are fluent in English and Dutch, both spoken and written. Other languages are a plus.