Lead Engineer E&A
Damen Shipyards (Gorinchem)
- Bachelor
- Werktuigbouwkunde, Electrical Engineering, System Development, Techniek
- Medior
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- Latest update 4/22/2025
- Bagger, Scheepsbouw, Maakindustrie
About the company Damen Shipyards
We are Damen
Damen is a family owned business that stands for fellowship, craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and stewardship. We believe that our oceans, seas, lakes and rivers offer humanity a growing range of possibilities in terms of trade, food, energy and recreation. We provide maritime solutions to meet these opportunities, through design, shipbuilding, ship repair and related services.
In the previous century, we revolutionised shipbuilding with standardisation and serial production. More than ninety years and 6,000 ships later, those pillars are unchanged. Their importance is only growing with the need for increased sustainability and digitalisation. It is our aim to combine our proven standardisation with the innovations of digitalisation to become the world’s most sustainable shipbuilder.
Job
We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities. Join our family.
About us
What we’re made of. We’re made for ships. To design them, build them, finance them and care for them throughout their life. Defined by our values of stewardship, craftsmanship, fellowship and entrepreneurship, we’re everything ship. We’re on a mission to help our clients harvest the oceans of possibilities presented by our waters – for the generations to come. To achieve our goal, we need people who share our vision and drive.
The Role
As a Lead Engineer Electric and Hybrid Propulsion, you will be part of the electrification team within the Workboats division. This multi-disciplinary team is responsible for developing and standardizing the technology required for the electrification of our workboat product portfolio, which includes High Speed Crafts, Ferries, Tugboats, and stationary dredgers. You will engineer modular technology that fits this variety of vessels and operational profiles, from system development to successful project implementation. You will report to the Team Leader E&A within the engineering department.
Key Accountabilities
In this role, you will:
- Engineer and manage the configuration of systems like power generating systems, electric drives, power management systems, propulsion motors, energy storage systems, and auxiliary systems.
- Contribute to the development of new technology required for Electric and Hybrid propulsion systems.
- Manage interfaces with other sub-systems (mechanical/shipbuilding/digital disciplines).
- Provide input for Technology Development roadmaps.
- Contribute to the engineering process by developing required deliverables such as specification documents, functional descriptions, system principles, and modular engineering building blocks.
- Support the successful implementation of this technology into our products.
- Support our production locations during vessel manufacturing.
- Assist design and proposal engineers on new vessel designs.
- Provide knowledge and training to our Services Department.
- Support corrective actions throughout the vessel lifecycle.
- Give feedback on design improvements.
Skills & Experience
To be successful in this role, you have:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or another relevant technical study.
- At least five years of relevant work experience, preferably in the shipbuilding industry.
- Proven knowledge of electrical and hybrid propulsion systems, e.g., multi-drive systems and large energy storage systems for electric propulsion.
- Knowledge of international standards, rules, and experience working with Ship Classification Societies.
- Capability to translate product requirements into system requirements, concept design, and basic engineering.
- Experience integrating electrical systems in a maritime environment.
- Excellent communication skills in English; Dutch is a plus.
As a person, you are:
- Result-oriented, a Lead Engineer with initiative, management skills, and ownership.
- A pragmatic, persuasive Engineer with a solid personality, fitting within a dynamic organization with a hands-on culture.
- A team player with an enthusiastic, open, communicative, and proactive personality who gets energy from working in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Decisive and flexible in your approach while working methodically.
- Able to influence and put things into perspective of the bigger picture.
- Well able to manage expectations.
- Willing to travel (short trips about 1 to 2 times a year).
What We Offer
We want to ensure you are a happy and successful Lead Engineer Electric and Hybrid Propulsion, so we will support you in developing yourself in this position. We are a growing organization where innovation is the driving force. Entrepreneurship is in our DNA, and that's why we continue to grow and innovate, offering plenty of opportunities.
We offer you:
- Personal guidance, freedom, varied work, and a work environment where your opinion counts.
- An excellent benefits package tailored to your experience and education level.
- A dynamic international working environment focusing on technology and innovation.
- An open, informal, no-nonsense culture with short communication lines.
- An active social environment in terms of business culture, events, and sports.
Get on board!
If you feel you share our values and passion, then we’d like to see what you’re made of. Who knows – maybe we’re made for each other? Get on board!
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