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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 HR Advisor at Damen Naval, you provide guidance and support to managers and employees on various HR issues and policies. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our success and shape the future of our organization.

Key accountabilities

As HR Advisor your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting managers in recruitment and development activities to meet current and future business needs.
• Overseeing performance management processes and ensuring optimal tool utilization.
• Identifying and retaining talent within the organization and contributing to succession planning.
• Monitoring HR administration for temporary staff in compliance with legislation and regulations.
• Acting as a case manager for long-term absenteeism cases.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of HR processes and knowledge transfer within the department.

Skills & experience

To excel as HR Advisor at Damen Naval, you should have:

• Master or Bachelor degree in HRM or related field combined with three to five years of relevant hands-on international HR experience, preferably acquired within the offshore or shipbuilding or manufacturing industry.
• Knowledge of HR legislation, regulations, and management principles.
• Ability to work in Vlissingen, The Netherlands.
• Excellent command of both Dutch and English, both written and verbal.
• Excellent references antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is standard part of the recruitment procedure.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required and candidates with NL/EU (work) visa or with both an EU and non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible in accordance with the requirements imposed by 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 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 this position of HR Aadvisor at Damen Naval, 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. #LI-DNS1