Project Manager Engineering Shipbuilding - Compact Class

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At Damen Workboats, our goal is to develop, design, and construct a portfolio of tugs, dredgers, and 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 fulfill 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: Project Manager Engineering Shipbuilding

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 include the 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 the necessary approvals are attained.

Key Accountabilities

• Managing an engineering team with engineers and 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.
• Contacting the client or their representatives and managing the outsourcing of engineering work to ensure that necessary approvals are attained.
• Managing the integration of purchased systems, equipment, and interfacing with other disciplines, including requests for quotations and the vendor data process.
• Implementing (standard) work processes in your project, organizing 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 years of relevant work experience in managing engineering projects in the maritime sector
• Experience with maritime engineering
• Familiarity with the Rules and Regulations and the ability to interpret and translate them 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 team player
• Result-oriented, a project manager with initiative and management skills
• Quality conscious
• Decisive and at the same time flexible in your approach and work 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 talented individuals is of great essence. We understand that the key to success is finding 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.

Recruiter: Eric Atuahene

Email: eric.atuahene@damen.com