Lead Engineer Equipment Design
Vuyk Engineering (Rotterdam)
- Universitair, Bachelor
- Werktuigbouwkunde, Mechanical Engineering
- Medior, Senior
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- Latest update 2/13/2025
- Offshore
About the company Vuyk Engineering
We are renowned for high-tech performance and tailor-made vessel designs and conversions, high quality equipment design and operational engineering. Vuyk’s experienced specialists work on direct orders from the beginning of a new project. In this early stage, its engineers advise customers on design matters and ensure that any required elements are provided. The total scope could range from feasibility studies to full basic designs or operational engineering packages including detailed engineering.
Job
Do you want to be responsible for custom made engineering projects in the maritime industry? And are you ready to push engineering boundaries? We would like to meet you!
Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam is looking for a lead engineer equipment design. In this role you’re responsible from the first engineering concepts till delivery of the engineering packages while staying point of contact during production/manufacturing.
Since all our projects are one-off, you’re already involved in the sales/estimation process to determine the client requests and translate them to proposals/estimations taking risks, planning and budgets into account. During the engineering phase you are responsible for making concepts, designs and engineering models as well as calculations (hand-, excel and FEM) for all types of heavy equipment. You will be managing other engineers and designers during the projects while being point of contact towards our clients.
The job is focused on engineering where you’ll be spending about 60/70% of your time on, but contact with our clients is also an important part of the job. Because our projects are multidiscipline, you’ll cooperate with our other engineering departments as well.
There are multiple projects running at once and with your team you’ll work on specialized equipment projects for offshore, dredging, subsea, renewable and heavy lifting projects.
Want to find out more about the projects we’ve done. See our Equipment Design Projects; Equipment Design - Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam
Responsibilities Lead Engineer Equipment Design
- (Sales) Meetings with clients and make estimations, budgets and planning
- Lead a multidiscipline team of engineers and designers during the project
- Making all types of calculations like hand-, excel- and FEM calculations
- Making design models with CAD software like Autocad and Solid Edge based on your calculations
- Discuss progress with your clients, project team and department manager
Your experience
- Bachelor or University level in Mechanical Engineering or comparable
- Multiple years’ of experience within heavy equipment designs and concepts
- Experience with FEM and design software, preferably Ansys and Inventor/Solid Edge
- Able to manage a multidiscipline engineeringteam
- Good communication skills and experience with client contacts
- Excellent skills in English and preferably Dutch
Our offer
- Excellent salary and working conditions
- Good secondary conditions like 37 holidays (28 + 9), profit distribution and possibilities to work from home
- Working on state of the art projects within the maritime industry with a high variety of projects to work on
- Working in an experienced team (average experience 10+ years) and develop yourself as an (lead) engineer
- Study possibilities and training
- Outside of working time activities like drinks, football, harbour runs and other
Interested in working for Vuyk? Submit your application. If you want any additional information about our company or the position of Lead Engineer Equipment Design call Sebastiaan Schuurman (010-3126400) for more information.