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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

As the Team Lead Electrical at Damen Naval, you will be responsible for the part of Electrical Engineering within our naval shipbuilding projects. You will play a critical role during project setup to establish a solid work breakdown and planning structure and lead a small to mid-sized team of (Senior) Electrical Engineers during project execution. Your leadership will ensure the delivery of high-quality engineering output, on time, while meeting the required technical and regulatory standards. You will report directly to the Project Manager Engineering, with a focus on quality, budget and schedule management.

Key Accountabilities

As Team Lead Electrical, your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead an Electrical Engineering team, focusing on project delivery and team development.
• Guide your team to follow internal standards and best practices.
• Define work breakdowns, manage budgets and ensure on-time project completion.
• Deliver high-quality engineering work, meeting class and customer requirements.
• Manage vendors and subcontractors, overseeing design reviews and technical performance.
• Analyze technical offers with the Purchase department.
• Control man-hour budgets, track progress and report to stakeholders.
• Coordinate Technical Support to commissioning activities for seamless system integration.
• Ensure compliance with maritime regulations and customer needs.
• Collaborate with the client COMMIT on the ASWF project, providing technical input and strengthening relationships.

Skills & Experience

To excel as Team Lead Electrical, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

• 5+ years in designing complex Electrical Systems in the shipbuilding, offshore or maritime industry.
• Experience in large, highly complex project environments.
• Leadership experience with engineering teams (up to 10 people).
• Bachelor's or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Technical Automation or related field.
• Project Management experience with the ability to finalize work packages within deadlines.
• Familiarity with class-regulated products and Good Engineering Practices.
• Excellent command of English language (written and verbal); Dutch skills are a plus.
• Excellent references: Pre-employment security screening is required.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport. Candidates with EU work visa or both EU and non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible due to the military nature of our projects.

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 kilometer.
• 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 this position, please submit your application with your CV and cover 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 this vacancy or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via +31 118 485 000.

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.

Acquisition and introduction of candidates without a formal request is not appreciated and they will not be considered.

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