Overview

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

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 SEK 27,160 million. 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. This Unit has approximately 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.

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

• Knowledge and 3-4 years experience in wastewater treatment plant design.
• Basic understanding of processes on a wastewater treatment plant (mechanical cleaning, biological cleaning, chemical cleaning, sludge treatment).
• Team player (collects information for design from mechanical and electrical engineers).
• Good English skills at B2-C1 level.
• Good Excel skills.
• Good Word skills (working on reports with structured headers and text).
• Team skills (incl. transcription video recording).

• Knowledge of German HOAI standard.
• Good overview on disciplines of design on a wastewater treatment plant (process, machinery, automatization, HVAC).
• Experience in German projects.
• 5-7 years experience in wastewater treatment plant design.
• Very good English skills at C1-C2 level.
• CAD 3D skills.
• Plant 3D skills.
• Knowledge of software for structural calculations.

Additional Information

To individuals who join our team, we offer:

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

Location

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.

Application Process

Should you be successful you will be invited for a telephone interview followed by a 2-step 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.