Structural Designer for waste water treatment plants (for projects in Germany)

Company Description

AFRY provides engineering, design, digital and advisory services to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable society. 

AFRY employs over 18,000 professionals in more than 50 countries. Net sales in 2024 were just under £2 billion.

AFRY is organized into three Divisions: Energy; Industry and Transportation & Places.

The Global Division Transportation & Places is active within transportation infrastructure, real estate, water and environment in the Nordics and Central Europe. The division has about 6,500 employees and is structured around two segments: Road & Rail and Public & Commercial Places.

Job Description

You will be joining one of six teams/sections (located in Berlin, Essen, Erfurt or Mannheim) belonging to the Water Service Area in Germany managed by Ralf Janyga (Net sale over €10 million). This Unit has currently approximetly 85 employees including some who are already located in Poland and looking for further growth. Main focus for this group are projects related to waste water treatment plants

You Key Responsibilities Are:

• Design of buildings like tanks basins pumping stations as facilities for waste water treatment plant (Buildings mostly designed with reinforced concrete)
• Size of tanks given by the process engineer; afterwards responsible design work and information collection from machinery and electrotechnis as well as from HVAC to design a facility that fist to the process and to common rules of design in waste water treatment (for example German DWA).
• The design process follows several stages according to German HOAI (Grundlagenermittlung, Vorplanung, Entwurf, Genehmigung, Ausführungsplanung, Vorbereitung der Vergabe, Mitwirkung bei der Vergab)
• Engineer makes the design of the concrete building and cooperates with a BIM Modeler
• Regular reporting to Project Managers

Qualifications

Must Have:

• Knowledge and 3-4 years experience in waste water treatment plants design
• Basic understanding of processes on a waste water treatment plant (mechanical cleaning, biological cleaning, chemical cleaning, sludge treatment)
• Team player (collects information for design from mechanical end electrical engineers)
• Good English skills at B2-C1 level

Good To Have:

• Knowledge of German HOAI standard 
• Good overview on disciplines of design on a waste water treatment plant (process, machinery, automatization, HVAC)
• Experience in German projects
• 5-7 years experience in waste water treatments plants design
• Very good English skills at C1-C2 level
• To individuals who join our team, we offer:

Additional Information

• Employment based on an employment contract
• Private medical insurance, life assurance, sport card (Multisport) and a social found  
• Exciting and challenging projects
• Personal development opportunities
• Friendly working atmosphere in a multidisciplinary and international team
• Helping to shape a sustainable future

Available office locations for this position are either in Poznań, Kraków or Łódź. We are flexible on the office location for this position, please indicate your preference in your covering letter. We value a healthy work life balance and are committed to your wellbeing. We will operate a hybrid working environment.

We are excited to receive your application, please ensure your CV is in English.

Should you be successful you will be invited for a telephone interview followed by a 2 steps virtual or live face to face interview.

At AFRY, we engineer change in everything we do. Change happens when brave ideas come together. When we collaborate, innovate technology, and embrace challenging points of view. That’s how we're making future. We are actively looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive and diverse teams across the globe. Join us in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable future.

At AFRY, we engineer change in everything we do. Change happens when brave ideas come together. When we collaborate, innovate technology, and embrace challenging points of view. That’s how we're making future. We are actively looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive and diverse teams across the globe. Join us in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable future.