Administrative Support/ Data Engineer (Interim)

Career at Damen

About us

Hop aboard Damen Naval, the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group, where 12,000 professionals work worldwide. Damen Naval delivers advanced naval vessels to clients all over the globe. By implementing the most innovative technological developments in practice, we continue to push the boundaries of the shipbuilding industry. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role

As interim Administrative Support (Data Engineer) at Damen Naval, you will provide essential assistance to our team and be part of our Engineering Support department. You will manage administrative tasks, structure data, and generate clear and up-to-date insights to support the planning and delivery of project work. In this role, you will function as a key supportive link between the team leadership and the information flow towards the shipyard.

Key accountabilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative and project support to the project lead.
• Process and manage tasks, change requests, and feedback from the yard on engineering batch releases.
• Collect, structure, and manipulate data in Excel and ideally Power BI to generate clear overviews and status reports.
• Create and support dashboards to monitor progress and highlight outstanding actions.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of documentation within the project administration.
• Function as a reliable point of contact for reporting and data-driven insights.

Skills & experience

Damen Naval is looking for candidates with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master degree and background in administration or project support, ideally within a technical environment.
• Strong ability in Microsoft Excel and experience with Power BI and/or Power Query is a strong advantage.
• Flexible, initiative-taking, and supportive attitude; a “digital whizzkid” who enjoys helping teams by simplifying and visualizing complex data.
• Keen eye for detail, accuracy, and structured data handling.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Good command of English; knowledge of Dutch and/or German is considered a plus.
• 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.

This temporary assignment of Administrative Support (Data Engineer) is exclusively offered on a secondment (detachering) or temporary employment contract basis. Freelance or ZZP agreements are not considered due to current Dutch legislation.

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-assignment and security screening and investigation form part of the recruitment process.

Why Damen?

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.