Risk Manager

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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 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

As the Risk Manager at Damen Naval, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of big and complex shipbuilding projects. You will develop long-term risk-mitigation strategies, action plans, and contingency interventions. These plans stem from your rigorous and continuous analysis, identification, and classification of potential risks which could affect the ship-building process. You assess the severity and impact of all risks identified and log them in a comprehensive, risk register, compliant with legislation and standards. By presenting your findings to the involved stakeholder, you create awareness of these potential risks and their implications, fostering a culture of safety and environmental responsibility.

Key accountabilities

As a Risk Manager your key responsibilities will include:

• Identify and document potential risks affecting shipbuilding projects, covering technical, financial, operational, and geopolitical aspects.
• Prioritize critical risks through qualitative and quantitative analysis, focusing on their impact and likelihood.
• Develop long-term risk mitigation strategies to integrate risk management into Damen Naval's operations.
• Continuously monitor project risks, tracking changes and emerging threats to project success.
• Present regular risk reports to stakeholders, highlighting status and mitigation progress.
• Maintain a comprehensive risk register detailing assessments and mitigation plans.
• Review and assess contract terms, ensuring equitable risk allocation in compliance with Damen Naval's risk tolerance.
• Manage financial risks related to project budgets and implement strategies to minimize financial impact.
• Ensure projects adhere to legal and regulatory requirements, minimizing legal and compliance-related risks.
• Prioritize safety and environmental risk management to protect personnel and minimize environmental impact.
• Assess and manage risks associated with suppliers and vendors, including supply chain disruptions.
• Facilitate documentation and sharing of lessons learned from risk events to improve future risk management practices.
• Contribute to the evaluation and continuous improvement of departmental processes.

Skills & experience

As a Risk Manager, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

• 3+ years of experience as a Risk Manager within the manufacturing industry ((naval) shipbuilding preferred).
• Solid experience with identifying risks and assessing the severity according to the ISO 31000 standard.
• Experience working in complex and ambiguous project environments comprised of international stakeholders.
• Knowledge of industrial engineering principles and techniques in the offshore/maritime industry ((naval) shipbuilding preferred).
• Technical Bachelor or Master degree, preferably in Shipbuilding.
• Proficient in English, and preferably Dutch, both written and verbal.
• Excellent references; antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is a standard part of the recruitment procedure.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required.

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.