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About us

Get on board with Damen Naval, along with more than 1,200 professionals based in The Netherlands, Romania, and Germany. We are the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group which employs 12,000 professionals globally. Damen Naval designs and builds advanced naval vessels for customers all over the world. With a passion for technological innovation and sustainable solutions, we continue to push the boundaries in naval shipbuilding. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role

Are you ready to dive into the world of marine engineering and data integration? As Data Engineer 3DX at Damen Naval, you will play a pivotal role in our exciting projects, whether it is designing innovative new vessels or enhancing existing ones. Your primary responsibilities will involve data processing, ensuring data integrity, and data entry into 3DX, our state-of-the-art PDM/PLM tool. You will be working with Combat Systems information, directly supporting the Technical Subcontract Managers Combat System. This contribution enables the smooth progress of the engineering process for the naval vessels you will be involved with.

Key accountabilities

As the Data Engineer 3DX,your key responsibilities will include:

• Enter information into the PDM/PLM tool, using your expertise in 3DX and Microsoft applications. This data could include equipment details from suppliers or system description documents.
• Maintain data integrity within your scope.
• Participate in engineering reviews that rely on your data.
• Collaborate with Technical Subcontract Manager(s) in defining, establishing, and testing functional and physical interfaces.
• Identify inconsistencies in data completeness and report to the Technical Subcontract Manager(s).
• Assist subcontractors and suppliers in preparing and executing their contributions to projects.
• Support the integration and engineering of different systems and components within your scope.
• Help other team members interpret data from subcontractors and navigate the PDM/PLM tool to access required information.

Skills & experience

To excel as Data Engineer 3DX at Damen Naval, you should bring:

• Secondary vocational degree (MBO-4) in an engineering-related discipline.
• Experience in data entry using PDM/PLM tools, databases, and Microsoft applications.
• A passion for working in multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• A basic understanding of engineering concepts and practices, with some engineering experience.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a proactive approach to completing tasks on time.
• Experience in a maritime engineering environment is a plus.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to other locations as needed.
• Excellent command of the English language (written and verbal) is essential and ideally also basic working level proficiency of the Dutch or German language.
• Excellent antecedents as a pre-employment security screening and investigation are a part of the recruitment procedure (given the military nature of the project).
• EU citizenship or valid EU work visa required to be considered as viable candidate.

What we offer

At Damen Naval, we highly value our employees, and we will support your professional and personal development. We also provide our employees with:

• A competitive salary and 8% holiday pay.
• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• PME-pension arrangement with an employer contribution of 60%.
• Profit sharing based on company results.
• Working from home policy and other benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Other

Are you interested in the position of Data Engineer, kindly submit your application along with your CV and motivation letter, along with an indication of:

• Your (preferred) monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.
• Availability (fulltime / part-time / number of hours).
• Notice period / possible starting date.

For more information about the vacancy or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via recruitment@damennaval.com.

Please note that due to the military nature of our projects, only candidates who have permanent EU nationality can be considered for vacancies at Damen Naval. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to process candidates who (also) have a non-EU passport or nationality. A pre-employment and security screening and investigation form part of the recruitment process.

Damen Naval does not approve commercial, contractor and/or agency or other commercial use of this advertisement. Proposing candidates without invitation is not appreciated and they will not be considered.