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Technology Specialist - Electric & Hybrid propulsi...

Gorinchem

October 19, 2024

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About us
The workboats Division represents one of the four ship-newbuild domains of Damen Shipyards, alongside Offshore & Specialized Vessels, Yachting and Naval. Workboats focuses on designing, engineering, building and commissioning of Workboats, such as High Speed Craft, Fast Ferries, Stationary Dredgers and Tugs.

The development of Technology within the Shipbuilding industry is increasing fast. Damen Workboats wants to be in the forefront of these developments and is constantly looking for new ways to develop, design, standardize and optimize innovative systems.

The Technology Management department of the division Workboats is responsible for technology development and standardization of the ship’s systems portfolio based on modular and scalable solutions.

In order to achieve our goals, we are looking for a (jr.) Technology specialist for the system platform team “Electric & Hybrid Propulsion” in the Technology Management department.

A system platform team is a multi-disciplinary team responsible for a so-called system platform, The system platform team takes care of the development, standardization and maintenance of the entire (standard) system during its full life cycle. For technical content, supply chain, production and quality control, knowledge management and documentation for in service support.

The system owner Electric & Hybrid Propulsion leads the system platform team and is accountable for the Electric & Hybrid Propulsion systems of the complete Workboats product portfolio. The system platform consists of the domains Power Distribution, Control & Energy management, Energy Storage, Power Generation & Consumers and Shore Charging systems.

The role:

As a (jr.) Technology specialist you will be part of Electric & Hybrid Propulsion System Platform team within the Damen division Workboats. With important themes as Sustainability, Digital and Autonomous operations that are part of the DAMEN DNA it will be exciting times for the deck equipment team with lots of innovation and new designs to set the standard in the maritime industry.

In this role you will be responsible for conceptual design of Electric & Hybrid Propulsion system. You will be working on development with colleagues from different platforms like Main Machinery, IT on board, and suppliers. With your expertise your task is to transfer requirements into concepts and verify that concepts are delivering the requirements.

As a Technology specialist you are part of the technology development department and will be reporting to System Owner – Electric & Hybrid Propulsion.

Key accountabilities:

In this exciting role you will be accountable for:

Responsible for the development of new technology and standardization of modular and scalable system families, variants and options covering the needs of the complete Damen Workboats portfolio;
Manage concept development projects in a multi-disciplinary team;
Setting requirements for technology by considering business needs and market opportunities;
Converting requirements to functional and conceptual design with a team of Technology specialist/engineers;
Contributing to the engineering process by developing the required deliverables, such as system definition document, specification, functional descriptions and system principles for modular engineering building blocks;
Contributing to the engineering process by supporting and reviewing the Engineering information;
Guide the development of technology with suppliers, partners by setting needs & requirements and reviewing the technical solutions;
Contribute to knowledge management by documenting knowledge in system principles, instructions and trainings;
Advise and support the Product platform teams with selection and implementation of the technology into the ship types product portfolio;
Perform FMEA analysis, HAZID studies and arrange class approval;
Write detailed test and validation plan to ensure compliance with regulations and to validate the requirements during simulation and testing;

Skills & experience:

As a person you are:

You are enthusiastic, open, communicative and a real team player.
You are a proactive, result-oriented, with initiative taking ownership.
Decisive and at the same time flexible in your approach while working methodically.
Able to influence, put things into perspective of the bigger picture.
Willing to travel (based in The Netherlands).

You have:

An academic level with a bachelor and/or master’s degree in a technical direction, e.g. Naval Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Process Automation or Electrical Engineering or other technical study which involves integration of complex systems.
Demonstratable knowledge on this specific technical domain in a relevant industry
Experience with the application of Systems Engineering principles.
You have experience with the development and integration of (marine) installations, including cooperation with third parties.
Experience with (marine) industry standards and regulations.
You have a high-quality consciousness and accuracy.
Effective communication skills in English, Dutch is a plus.

What we offer

We want to make sure you are happy in your role at Damen Workboats, so we offer great opportunities to develop yourself in this position. We are a growing organization where innovation is the driving force. Entrepreneurship is in our DNA, and that's why we continue to grow and innovate and offer plenty of opportunities.

We offer you:

Personal guidance, freedom, varied work and a work environment where your opinion counts.
A work from home policy.
An excellent benefits package tailored to your experience and education level.
An international work environment.
Open, informal, no-nonsense culture with short communication lines.