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About us

At Damen Workboats our goal is to develop, design and construct a portfolio of tugs, dredgers or workboats in the most effective and efficient manner, primarily based on series production of smart-customized standard designs.

Damen Workboats offers a range of innovative, standardized and smart-customized designs. These fulfil current and developing market demands, with well-balanced levels of quality, service, price and delivery time thereby providing optimal solutions for our clients.

The role

As Project Manager Engineering Shipbuilding you are responsible for the engineering process and output within your discipline. Ensuring a smooth building process is your goal. You will manage an engineering team and engineering partners. You will also maintain contact with the client, or their representatives. Other responsibilities are integration of purchased systems (and equipment) and maintaining frequent contact with co-makers and suppliers. Moreover, you will ensure that the building yard has all the required information and that the necessary approvals are attained.

Key accountabilities

• Managing an engineering team with engineers / lead engineers for the shipbuilding disciplines and support staff, in four phases: design check, basic engineering, detailed engineering and production support;
• Giving technical support on projects when needed or asked for;
• Managing Budget, Planning, Quality and Risks with regard to the engineering of vessels;
• Contact with the client or their representatives and manager outsourcing of engineering work, ensure that necessary approvals are attained;
• Managing the integration of purchased systems, equipment and the interfacing with other disciplines, including requests for quotations and the vendor data process;
• Implementation of (standard) work processes in your project, organize review moments and preparation of status reports, organizing document control and configuration control;
• Ensuring a good working environment and team spirit.

Skills & experience

We ask our future Project Manager Engineering Shipbuilding to bring the following:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture;
• At least 3 year of relevant work experience in managing engineering projects in the maritime sector;
• Experience with maritime engineering
• Familiarity with the Rules and Regulations and being able to interpret it and translate it for our projects;
• Experience with software packages such as AutoCAD ;
• English is a must, Dutch is a plus.

As a person you are:

• A nice person;
• Easy in communication;
• A teamplayer;
• Result-oriented, a Project Manager with initiative and management skills;
• Quality conscious;
• Decisive and at the same time flexible in your approach and works methodically;
• Able to influence, put things into perspective;
• Well able to manage expectations;
• Willing to occasionally travel (short trips about 1 to 2 times a year).

What we offer

Here at Damen we realize supporting and managing many talented individuals is of great essence. We understand that the key to success is to find the right person for the right job. That’s why we continually invest in your development. Damen offers you (in case of full time employment):

• A dynamic international working environment focusing on technology and innovation;
• A salary matching your skills and experience;
• At least 40 days of annual leave;
• Travel allowance;
• Continuous focus on professional and personal development through our Damen Academy.

An assessment and pre-employment screening can be part of the application process.

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