Team Lead/ Senior Integration Engineer Marine Systems (Interim)

About us

Get on board with Damen Naval, along with more than 1,200 professionals based in Vlissingen, Schiedam, Romania, Germany, and Indonesia. We are the marine division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group which employs globally 12,000 professionals. Damen Naval supplies advanced naval vessels to customers all over the world. With a passion for technological innovation and sustainable solutions, we continue to push the boundaries in the shipbuilding sector. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role

Are you passionate about marine engineering and excited by the opportunity to work on innovative naval projects? Damen Naval is seeking a talented and experienced interim Team Lead/ Senior Integration Engineer Marine Systems to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and integrating complex marine systems into our naval vessels, working closely with suppliers, subcontractors, and internal teams throughout the engineering phase.

From defining system configurations to ensuring seamless component integration, you will play a key role in developing innovative new ships and enhancing existing vessels. You will collaborate across multiple disciplines and support the entire lifecycle of naval projects, from proposal and acquisition to production and testing.

Key accountabilities

As interim Team Lead/ Senior Integration Engineer Marine Systems, you have the following responsibilities:

• Participate in the proposal phase of the project with defining and selecting of feasible marine system configurations and components.
• Set up functional technical specifications for suppliers and subcontractors based upon customer and design requirements.
• Performs technical evaluations of quotations from suppliers in close cooperation with the purchasing department.
• Ensure full compliance to all applicable requirements in close collaboration with suppliers during technical discussions and within agreed schedules, required quality and cost limits.
• Collect and review supplier engineering information and documentation such as mechanical drawings, schematics, calculations, electrical diagrams, etc.
• Actively seek multi-disciplinary interaction to ensure solutions are in the projects’ overall best interest.
• Implement improvements for integration of delivered components/systems into the ship’s design and other marine systems in close cooperation with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Compose and support drafting of technical and functional specification documents such as System Description Statements, Installation and alignment procedures, HAT, and SAT procedures.
• Independently verifies technical performance of products and systems such as dynamic simulations, inspection of equipment at supplier premises, FAT’s and during installation on board.
• Occasionally offers technical support during STW, HAT and SAT at the building yard.
• Ensures good working relationship with technical representatives of suppliers and customer.
• Coach colleagues and take part in design checks and reviews to guarantee the required quality.
• Contribute to evaluation and/or continuous improvement processes and development, transfer, and retention of knowledge within the department.

Skills & experience:

To succeed as interim Team Lead/ Senior Integration Engineer Marine Systems at Damen Naval, you should bring:

• Bachelor or Master degree in a relevant technical field combined with at least three years of experience in marine systems, ideally in naval shipbuilding, offshore, or commercial shipbuilding sectors.
• Proven track record of working on complex projects, including managing statutory bodies, third-party vendors, and subcontractors.
• Strong competencies in customer orientation, results and quality focus, teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving.
• Fluency in both Dutch and English both written and verbal.
• Excellent references, as a security screening is part of the hiring process.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required. Candidates with EU (work) visa or with (also) a non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible given the requirements imposed by the military nature of our projects.

What we offer
At Damen Naval, we value your expertise and commitment. As a temporary member of our team, you will receive:

• A competitive salary aligned with permanent staff.
• Travel allowance of €0.23 per kilometre.
• Flexibility to work from home up to two days a week.
• Opportunities to work on challenging and innovative projects in the naval sector.

Other
This temporary assignment of Team Lead/ Senior Integration Engineer Marine Systems is exclusively offered on a secondment (detachering) or temporary employment contract basis. Freelance or ZZP agreements are not considered due to current Dutch legislation.

Why Damen?

Damen has 35 shipyards on five different continents and operates in more than 100 countries. We are still growing and that gives you options. You contribute to this growth while benefitting from the diverse development and career opportunities that our company offers. We will continue to challenge you. With our extensive portfolio of products and solutions you will never get bored and never stop learning. We offer you a world of possibilities. Working at Damen means contributing to the highest quality in shipbuilding, with an eye to the future and future generations. We want to make the world a better place by becoming the most sustainable maritime solution provider. For that, we need you. Become part of our family.

About Us

We are Damen. We’re a family company that has been building ships for almost 100 years. However, our focus is not on the past, however – we’re looking forward. Our ambition is to become the most sustainable and connected maritime solutions provider there is. To achieve this, we combine digital technology with our philosophy of standardised shipbuilding to offer a portfolio of services that takes care of vessels throughout the entire lifecycle. Working at Damen offers the best of several worlds. Active in more than 100 countries, with over 30 shipyards, we are internationally renowned for quality. And we are still growing, still innovating. Which means we will continue to challenge you. You will never stop learning, and you will never get bored – we promise you that. We offer you an ocean of possibilities. Join our family.