Automation Engineer Digital

Automation Engineer Digital Enablement Team (Leiden, ZH, NL, 2332 AA) Heerema
Software Engineering
Posted on Jul 30, 2026
Enable engineers to digitalize their work and turn valuable ideas into practical, sustainable solutions.
Your role in the story:
At Heerema Marine Contractors, innovation happens everywhere. Across our engineering disciplines, teams continuously identify opportunities to work smarter through automation, data, and digital solutions. But great ideas only create value when they fit within a scalable and sustainable digital landscape. As Automation Engineer DET, you are the bridge between Engineering and IT & Digital. You understand the needs emerging from our engineering disciplines and help translate them into solutions that align with Heerema Contractors digital strategy and technology standards. You create visibility, bring structure, and ensure the right work ends up in the right place. Think of it this way: IT & Digital builds the roads; Engineering builds the vehicles. You help both sides move in the same direction. You guide teams in determining whether a solution can be developed within the discipline, supported through IT & Digital, or requires expertise from the Digital Enablement Team. In all cases, the discipline remains in the driver's seat.
While software development is not the primary focus of this role, you understand how engineering applications are built and how different technologies work together. You have the technical foundation to discuss solutions with developers, challenge design decisions, and support the development of reliable and maintainable applications.
By creating alignment, preventing duplicate development efforts, and ensuring ownership stays where it belongs, you help accelerate digital innovation across Engineering while keeping it scalable, maintainable, and future-proof.
What you will be working on - Engineer Enablement: Supporting citizen developers through advice, rev...