Functional Application Specialist Cadmatic Hull

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 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. 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. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role

Are you the bridge between Business and IT? Do you excel in optimizing engineering processes through innovative applications? If so, we want you! As a Functional Application Specialist, you will support the engineering functionalities in our Computer Aided Design platform, with a special focus on Cadmatic Hull, across the product lifecycle process. You will drive efficiency and effectiveness across our engineering processes, making a tangible impact on our projects.

Key accountabilities

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Translate engineering business needs into functional specifications for the application developments.
• Analyze issues collaboratively with stakeholders and devise solutions.
• Develop and implement application processes and functionalities.
• Maintain relationships with suppliers and knowledge partners.
• Manage interfaces between applications and Cadmatic Hull.
• Maintain user access rights administration within the application.
• Setup and configure project environments within Cadmatic Hull.
• Manage catalogs, libraries, specifications, and other project related data setup.
• Organize application-related training courses in coordination with the Manager Engineering Support.
• Provide functional support to PLM/CAD users with regards to Cadmatic Hull.
• Prepare and develop Cadmatic training materials, tips, application documentation, and user manuals.

Skills & experience

We are looking for candidates with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor degree or proven competence in engineering, preferably in the field of Shipbuilding.
• Proficiency with Cadmatic platform.
• Knowledge of PLM principles and experience with functional application management is preferred.
• Excellent command of the English language, with proficiency in Dutch being advantageous.
• Ability to work in Vlissingen and Schiedam locations, in The Netherlands.
• Excellent references antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is standard part of the recruitment procedure.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required. Candidates with NL/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 highly value our employees, and we will support your professional and personal development. We also provide our employees with:

• A competitive salary and 8% holiday pay.
• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• PME-pension arrangement with an employer contribution of 60%.
• Profit sharing based on company results.
• Flexibility to work from home up to two days a week.
• Additional benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

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