Lead Engineer Shipbuilding

Lead Engineer Shipbuilding

Your Job

As a Lead Engineer Shipbuilding, you oversee the daily operations within the naval architecture domain. Collaborating closely with various engineering disciplines and other departments at IHC, you ensure that work aligns with customer specifications, as well as technical and operational standards, to enhance production efficiency and maximize the vessels' quality, safety, sustainability, and efficiency.

Naval Architecture encompasses four sub-disciplines: Hydromechanics, Hull, Outfit and Accommodation, and Safety.

You have the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Daily management of the Naval discipline.
• Mentor and support 10-20 junior/medior engineers in their professional development.
• Supervise and coach the basic engineers naval architecture.
• Check the basic engineering documents and give feedback on it.
• Contact with suppliers in cooperation with IHC Supply chain management.
• Contact with classification societies and customers.
• Keep in touch with production engineering and production.

You work in a project team together with colleagues from other disciplines but also from other IHC departments (e.g. production engineering, production).

Your Profile

To be considered as our Lead Engineer Shipbuilding you meet the following requirements:

• you have obtained a Bachelor or Master degree in Naval Architecture or other technical discipline (e.g. mechanical engineering);
• you have at least 5 years of relevant working experience within Shipbuilding (for instance as basic engineer naval architecture);
• you have excellent analytical, communication and problem solving skills;
• you have a proactive, creative and flexible attitude;
• you have an excellent command of English, with moderate Dutch skills preferable;
• you are able and willing to travel abroad.

Royal IHC offers you:

• A gross monthly salary between €5.000 and €7.800 +8% holiday allowance (based on a fulltime working week).
• Good work/life balance with 40 vacation days for full-time employment with the option to buy or sell (additional) leave.
• The possibility to work from home with associated expense allowance and/or to perform the work on the basis of flexible working hours (depending on the position).
• An average salary pension scheme in which matters are properly arranged in the event of accidental death, incapacity for work or unemployment.
• Good disability insurance.
• Participation (on a voluntary basis) in the Social Fund, on the basis of which care and related costs are reimbursed that are not covered by your health insurance.
• Discount on VGZ's additional healthcare insurance.
• A training budget of €1,500 every three years.
• Unlimited sporting in our own fitness room (in exchange for the sustainable employability day).
• € 0,21 per kilometer commuting allowance.
• A profit-sharing scheme.

Our organisation

As Lead Engineer you will work at the FD Engineering. The FD Engineering team engineers and produces complex custom-built and standard offshore and dredging vessels. The team is based in Kinderdijk in The Netherlands. The FD Engineering is part of Royal IHC (IHC), the global market leader in the construction of specialized ships for wet mining and dredging activities, and an important player in the field of complex custom-built offshore ships. However, we don't stop there. For every ship, we also develop advanced equipment that is integrated seamlessly. In addition, we offer life-cycle support to our customers, which is available worldwide and for the lifetime of our products. If you look at our customer base, you will find prominent dredging companies, oil and gas conglomerates, offshore contractors and national governments. With offices worldwide, IHC has an international orientation.

About Us

Royal IHC is a leading supplier of maritime technology and expert craftsmanship. Driven by innovation, our dedicated experts provide a competitive edge to our worldwide customers in the dredging, offshore, mining and defence industries. However, Royal IHC is much more than vessels, equipment and services.

We deliver reliable, integrated solutions that improve operational efficiency and create a platform for a more sustainable performance. As we navigate new waters, our aim remains unchanged: to discover the smartest and safest way forward for both our customers and our people. Together, we create the maritime future.

In 2042 (when we exist 400 years) Royal IHC will be a fully sustainable company with a net-zero portfolio