Project Manager Production

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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 which employs 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: Project Manager Production

The Project Manager Production is responsible for the coordination and execution of the construction process of building a ship or a part of the ship (module). Since the shipbuilding production sites are located around the globe, it is important that you are available for significant business travel and/or working abroad for a long duration.

Key Accountabilities

• Being responsible for the execution and coordination of all production activities of a shipbuilding project.
• Coordinating the shipbuilding process within the set budget, planning and quality targets.
• Advise in, and help with the development of the building strategy, sequence, and approach for the execution phase of a shipbuilding project.
• Providing measures and/or alternative solutions if planning and/or quality cannot be achieved.
• Managing a team of supervisors and ensuring this team has the required qualifications and capacity.
• Overseeing the actual construction, delegating work activities and coordinating supervisors and subcontractors.
• Controls the activities by means of registration, analysis, verification, evaluation, and corrective measures.
• Advising on additional work and variations on planned building processes.

Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience leading a production team over a complex (shipbuilding) project.
• Solid experience working on the production of complex (naval) shipbuilding or offshore solutions.
• Bachelor or Master degree in Maritime Engineering, Naval Architecture or another technical study.
• Good command of the English and Dutch language (written & verbal).
• Available for significant business travel and /or working abroad for a long duration.
• Excellent references as a pre-employment security screening is a standard part of the recruitment procedure.
• 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 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.
• Working from home policy and other benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Application

If you are interested in this position, kindly submit your application along with your CV and motivation letter, along with an indication of:

• Your (preferred) monthly gross salary based on full-time work.
• Availability (full-time / part-time / number of hours).
• Notice period / possible starting date.

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 security screening and investigation form part of the recruitment process.