Internship or Graduation: Safety & Security Management

Career at Damen

About us

At our headquarters in Gorinchem, within the Damen Shipyards Group, the Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) department focuses on Quality, Health, Safety, Security and Environment (QHSSE). These priorities are embedded in our day-to-day business processes and are constantly monitored by the management system. Through monitoring and reporting we strive to achieve a standard quality within the whole business.

Damen has 35 shipyards on five different continents and operates in more than 100 countries. You contribute to this growth while benefitting from the diverse development and career opportunities that our company offers. 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.

We are Damen. We’re a family company that has been building ships for almost 100 years. 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.

The role

As an intern or graduate student, you will be diving into the topics on Security and Health & Safety. Within these topics, your responsibilities will be focusing on reporting, monitoring and implementation. Your supervisor will make sure that during your internship or graduation project, you will learn more about rules and regulations, laws and criteria, all within the scope of Damen HSSE.

Key accountabilities

• Within the topic Security, you will be establishing a uniform report; cascading from entity, to division, to our Executive Board. Questions and topics will arise, such as:
  • What information is relevant regarding security
  • Differentiation in various directions within security
  • Define KPIs that can also be managed
• For our Health & Security aspect, we would like to set up a procedure for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The scope of this can be fitted onto our Headquarters where the HSSE department is located, but can become a worldwide product:
  • Drafting overview of PPEs
  • Drafting specifications so that we have the same quality PPEs worldwide within Damen even if we purchase decentralized. Which criteria and applicable standards do we have?

Skills & experience

• BSc/MSc student with an interest in business management, governance and HSSE.
• You are a student within the fields of Safety and Security Management, Business Communication, Data Analytics or something similar.
• English communication skills are mandatory, Dutch is preferable.
• You are fulltime available, from February 2026 onwards.

What we offer

• An internship/graduation fee and travel allowance will be paid for the duration of the assignment.
• A pleasant and dynamic, international work environment with informal atmosphere.
• Mentoring at academic level will be available throughout the internship.

Other

Are you ready to sail into your new adventure at Damen?

Due to housing issues we cannot accept international students that do not have accommodation in the Netherlands yet. This assignment can be taken up from next semester onwards, February 2026.

Recruiter: Liselotte van Veenendaal

Email: liselotte.van.veenendaal@damen.com