Manager Technical Processes

Join Damen Naval – Technical Process Manager Opportunity

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 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. Are you ready for duty?

The role

As the Technical Process Manager, you act as the central authority and driver for technical compliance and efficiency across the German F126 Frigate project. You will focus on crucial technical areas, including Occupational Safety, Environmental Protection, System Safety, and Cyber Security. Your responsibilities are focused on governance, execution, assurance, and continuous improvement. You will be reporting to the Sub-project Manager Engineering (Teilprojektleiter Konstruktion) F126. This is a temporary position, for the duration of this project.

Key accountabilities

• Process Ownership: Own and enforce technical assurance processes, including Safety (Occupational & System), Cyber Security, and Environmental Protection, integrating them into the product design.
• Compliance Assurance: Drive execution and validate that all project deliverables meet stringent contractual and regulatory requirements.
• Cross-Project Integration: Act as the primary interface between technical experts (TPLs) and project management, ensuring processes align with Risk, Change, and Quality Management.
• Stakeholder Leadership: Lead external coordination with the Client and subcontractors by representing the project in dedicated technical forums.
• Resource Management: Define and coordinate the required capacity and specialized competencies for the process teams with the line organization.
• Continuous Improvement: Analyze and identify opportunities to improve processes, collaborating across teams to deploy innovative solutions.
• Documentation: Maintain all process management plans, ensuring clear technical standards and strategic execution documentation.

Skills & experience

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in a technical project role, ideally within the shipbuilding, automotive, or aerospace industries.
• Solid experience applying the Systems Engineering approach to complex projects.
• Proven leadership experience (middle-management level) in a technology-driven, project-based, and process-heavy environment.
• Master’s degree in Business Management or a Technical Bachelor's degree combined with specialized process management qualifications.
• Excellent command of English is mandatory, German command is advantageous.
• 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 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 value our temporary team members and strive for a positive and successful collaboration. As a temporary professional on secondment basis, we offer you the following conditions:

• An attractive salary aligned with permanent staff.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• Flexibility to work from home up to two days a week.
• Challenging and innovative projects.