Wastewater treatment and sewer infrastructure operator for Flanders
Aquafin operates Flanders' wastewater collection and treatment network, managing infrastructure at scale with over 1,200 staff. The tech stack is enterprise-grade (SAP, Azure AD, GIS, Power BI, Microsoft Defender suite) but shows no active adoption or replacement signals—typical of large public-utility operators where legacy ERP and security hardening dominate. Hiring velocity is accelerating with engineering roles leading (13 open), concentrated in infrastructure delivery and threat hunting, reflecting concurrent pressure to expand capacity, shorten project timelines, and defend OT systems from cyber risk.
Aquafin was established in 1990 by the Flemish government to build, operate, and finance wastewater treatment infrastructure across Flanders. The company collects domestic wastewater from municipal sewers into collectors and transports it to treatment plants, where it is processed to meet European and Flemish standards. Active projects span sewer network expansion, water treatment plant upgrades, blue-green climate adaptation, and land acquisition for future infrastructure. The organization faces competing pressures: reducing project lead times and land-acquisition delays while ensuring regulatory compliance, managing budget variances, and hardening operational-technology systems against cyber threats.
SAP (ERP), Azure AD and Microsoft Defender suite (identity and security), GIS (infrastructure mapping), Power BI and SAP Analytics Cloud (analytics), Microsoft 365, SharePoint.
Yes. 13 of 26 active roles are engineering positions (accelerating hiring), with mix of manager, senior, mid, and junior levels. All hiring is in Belgium.
Reducing project lead times and land-acquisition delays, ensuring procurement and financing compliance, protecting OT infrastructure from cyber threats, optimizing budget utilization, and managing performance of aging and expanding treatment assets.
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