Building services engineer - Job prospects

JC20 Member

Member since 12 November 2020

JC20Member12 November 2020 07:32:05

Hi everybody,

My partner has been offered a great work opportunity which will involve relocating to the Netherlands.

I'm a building services engineer (specialised in mechanical design) and I was wondering whether I'll be able to find a suitable position considering I can't speak Dutch at the moment.

Could anybody provide some insight on this?

Thank you

Cynic UK/Netherlands Expert

Member since 15 September 2015

CynicUK/Netherlands Expert12 November 2020 09:37:14

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Hi and welcome to the Forum.

Speaking Dutch is probably the single most useful thing you can do if you want to get any work in the Netherlands; principally because that's the language your customers speak.

My advice is to join something like LinkedIn and reach out to your colleagues/peers already working in the Netherlands to find out who is hiring and if they'll take on a none Dutch speaking person.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team