Engineer Technical Arrangements

Join Our Team: Engineer in Technical Arrangements

About Us

Get on board with Damen Naval, along with more than 1,200 professionals based in The Netherlands, Romania, and Germany. We are the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group, employing 12,000 professionals globally. Damen Naval designs and builds advanced naval vessels for customers all over the world. With a passion for technological innovation and sustainable solutions, we continue to push the boundaries in naval shipbuilding. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The Role

For this interim position, Damen Naval is looking for an Engineer in Technical Arrangements who can start on a temporary basis for the period of twelve months. As an Engineer in Technical Arrangements at Damen Naval, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that systems and components are arranged to meet stringent technical requirements while prioritizing maintainability, ergonomics, and operational safety.

Collaborating closely with system specialists, safety engineers, and maintainability experts, you will strive to optimize the design of spaces where these systems are housed.

Key Accountabilities

• Performing design and engineering activities related to the arrangements of technical spaces, such as engine rooms, pump rooms, steering gear rooms, etc.
• Contributing to the elaboration process and development of technical arrangements through requirements analysis, concept generation, weight estimations, ergonomics, and safety considerations.
• Communicating the arrangement demands and possibilities by means of drawings, images, and presentations to support the engineering and procurement process.
• Ensuring timely and effective communication with all relevant stakeholders.
• Liaising with internal engineering project teams to ensure timely and high-quality engineering results.

Skills & Experience

As Engineer Technical Arrangements, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

• Master or Bachelor degree in Naval Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, or a relevant technical field.
• At least three years of relevant experience in various design concepts and practices.
• Experience in technologically advanced design and processes, preferably in complex new-built ships.
• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal, and preferably Dutch.
• Experience with 3DX engineering toolbox or Solid Edge would be advantageous.

Excellent references antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is standard part of the recruitment procedure.

Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required as candidates must adhere to the requirements imposed by the military nature of our projects.

What We Offer

At Damen Naval, we value our interim team members and strive for a positive and successful collaboration. As an interim professional on secondment basis (detachering) or as a freelancer (ZZP), we offer you the following conditions:

• An attractive rate, ensuring at least equal pay to permanent staff.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• Flexibility to work partially from home.
• Challenging and innovative projects.

Other

Are you interested in the interim position of Engineer Technical Arrangements? Kindly submit your application along with your CV and motivation letter. Please state your preferred agreement, secondment (detachering) or freelance (zzp), along with an indication of:

• Secondment: your monthly gross salary based on full-time work.
• Freelance: your hourly rate.

For more information about the vacancy or Damen Naval, please contact the Corporate Recruitment department via recruitment@damennaval.com.

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.