Use your technical expertise on the most innovative projects worldwide!
Whether you're designing water installations for a greenhouse in the Westland or a project in the Texas desert, you ensure every detail is perfect. Will you help build our next project?

What you'll be doing:

As a Project Engineer Water Technology, you’ll detail all water installations for our projects. Our Sales Engineer drafts the initial project setup. Based on the technical contract, you take over. You determine where all water installations will be located and design them down to the smallest detail. From drip irrigation and ebb and flow systems to misting systems and NFT systems—you take care of it all. Not only will you design the water systems inside the greenhouse, but you’ll also optimize the design of the entire water technical room, including silos, water units, and valves. All installations are designed in both 2D (AutoCAD) and 3D (HiCAD).

In addition to creating the designs, you’ll handle project preparation. This means you’re fully responsible for the water installations in your projects. Exciting, right?! You’ll coordinate with suppliers, procure materials, create construction drawings for the assembly teams, and ensure everything is delivered on time and within budget to the construction site. Thanks to your sharp organizational skills and attention to detail, every project runs smoothly. For turnkey projects, you’ll collaborate closely with Project Engineers from other disciplines, such as electrical engineering, construction engineering, and climate technology. At least once a week, you’ll sit down with the project team, giving you valuable insights into other specializations. You’ll also visit every project site at least once to verify that your designs are correctly implemented and to gain experience!

As a Project Engineer, you’ll also create flow diagrams, named P&IDs, showing how all irrigation pipes connect within the project. Additionally, you’ll draft approval drawings (in 2D) with cross-sections of your water installations, ensuring approval from the Project Manager and other Project Engineers. This ensures your designs fit seamlessly into the overall project. Alongside the variety of tasks, you’ll often work on one to three projects simultaneously, depending on their scale. In short, as a Project Engineer Water Technology, you’ll have a dynamic and challenging role!

Who are you?

• You have a technical background with at least three years of relevant work experience. Experience in horticulture is a plus but not required;
• You’re passionate about technology and innovative solutions;
• You have experience with 2D and 3D design software;
• You’re organized, eager to learn, stress-resistant, and solution-oriented;
• You have strong communication skills in Dutch and English.

What we offer you:

• An exciting and varied role where you contribute to the most incredible greenhouse projects worldwide!
• An informal, friendly, and ambitious work environment that’s felt throughout the company;
• A team of skilled colleagues with whom you can collaborate and brainstorm to achieve great results;
• An onboarding program that dives straight into the action with activities like “ff tuinen,” where you visit growers and suppliers, enjoy a guided tour of Certhon, and even tackle a horticultural escape room! You’ll learn everything about what we do and how we work, alongside a fun group of colleagues;
• From paddle tennis and boxing to cooking workshops, ice bath challenges, or even sleep workshops, there’s a vitality activity every month. Our annual FitWeek is another highlight, focused on health and sports.

Curious about the other perks of working at Certhon? Check out our benefits page!

Grow as one. 

Help build the future of food production

At Certhon, we combine technology, innovation, and a strong passion to shape the future of food production: 'Growing anything, anywhere. For everyone.' Together with our team of over 150 colleagues, we develop solutions that deliver fresh, locally grown products anywhere in the world. From state-of-the-art indoor farms and high-tech greenhouses in unexpected locations to fully autonomous harvesting robots, our high-tech innovations address today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. Through creativity and technology, we make food production smarter, more sustainable, and more efficient. Do you want to work on groundbreaking projects that make an impact? Join Certhon and grow with us in a world full of possibilities!

Got excited?

Contact Melissa Zuijderwijk via 0174 225 080 or send a WhatsApp to +31 6 10 66 07 49. Of course, you get the best impression if you just drop by for a cup of coffee. Will we see you soon?