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Corporate Recruiter

Van Oord

Rotterdam
Contractor
Posted on: August 8 2026

This role is not about posting vacancies and waiting for applications. We are looking for a recruiter who proactively creates hiring opportunities through sourcing, stakeholder management and labour market expertise. 

As a Recruiter at Van Oord, you have a key role in helping our business grow. You work closely with hiring managers and HR colleagues to attract people who want to make a difference in projects around the world. You take full ownership of your vacancies. You challenge hiring managers, define the right recruitment strategy, proactively build talent pipelines and drive the process until the right hire is made. You don't wait for applicants; you create hiring success. This is how you make an impact.

YOUR IMPACT
  • Partner with hiring managers and HR colleagues to develop recruitment strategies that match business needs.
  • Lead the full recruitment process, from intake and sourcing to interviews, offer management and hiring.
  • You proactively identify, approach and engage scarce talent using sourcing techniques, market mapping and your professional network.
  • Use labor market insights, recruitment data and tools such as Avature to improve hiring decisions and optimize recruitment processes.
  • Work closely with Employer Branding, Global Mobility and HR to strengthen our employer brand and deliver an outstanding candidate experience.
ABOUT YOU
  • A bachelor's degree and at least three years of experience in recruitment, either in house or within an agency.
  • Experience managing the full recruitment cycle and partnering with hiring managers.
  • Strong sourcing skills and experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, talent pools and other recruitment channels.
  • You use recruitment data to influence decisions, identify bottlenecks and continuously improve hiring performance.
  • Experience working with recruitment systems, preferably Avature.
  • You actively contribute to improving recruitment processes, ways of working and sharing best practices with the team.
  • Excellent communication skills in English. Dutch is an advantage.
WE OFFER
  • A salary that matches your responsibilities and experience.
  • Attractive travel allowance (€0.31 per km) and home working allowance (€2.45 per day).
  • 32 holidays (of which a maximum of 7 are collective).
  • Variable bonus, partly dependent on company results.
  • Attractive pension scheme.
  • Option for collective health insurance (Van Oord pays for your supplementary package).
  • Extensive development opportunities, including a comprehensive online academy via GoodHabitz.
  • Communities to join, such as Young Van Oord, Van Oord Women and the Van Oord staff association.
  • Various events and sports activities, such as skiing, sailing weekends, cycling and motorcycling.
About Van Oord
Van Oord logo

We create a better world for future generations by delivering Marine ingenuity.

We are a Dutch family-owned company with over 150 years of experience as an international marine contractor. We value open communication with our clients and stakeholders. Our company culture is one of entrepreneurship and engaged employees. We think and act with responsibility and focus on the long term. Our purpose is to create a better world for future generations by delivering Marine ingenuity.

Facts about

  • Number of employees: 4500

  • Sectors: Inland shipping, Civil, Dredging, Energy, Marine Energy, Maritime, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Wind, Shipping

  • Preferred educational level: intermediate vocational education, higher vocational education, university

  • Career level: student, starter & traineeship (0-3 years), young professional (3-5 years), professional (5-10 years), senior professional (>10 years)

  • Preferred education: Civil engineering, offshore & dredging engineering, mechanical engineering, maritime technology, shipbuilding, maritime officer

  • Open vacancies: Superintendent, Technical Superintendent, Project Manager, Project Engineer, Engineer, Logistics Engineer, Procurement Officer, Offshore Construction Manager, QHSE manager