Senior Engineer Configuration Management

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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

Damen Naval is a renowned marine shipbuilder known for its commitment to excellence and innovation. We are currently seeking a skilled Senior Engineer in Configuration Management to join our team in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. If you are enthusiastic about configuration management and eager to contribute to the success of our projects, we invite you to join us. This is a unique opportunity to work on state-of-the-art naval vessels in a high-tech environment, while helping to shape and improve the way configuration management is done at Damen Naval.

Are you detail-driven, structured, and excited by the challenge of managing complex engineering data? As Senior Engineer Configuration Management, you play a key role in ensuring the consistency, traceability, and integrity of product configuration throughout the entire shipbuilding lifecycle from proposal to delivery and beyond. You will be at the heart of our engineering operations, guiding configuration processes, ensuring compliance, and enabling technical excellence across projects.

Key responsibilities:

As Senior Engineer in Configuration Management your key responsibilities will include:

• Define and implement configuration management plans (CMPs) for our naval projects.
• Set up and maintain project product structures, master document lists, and data environments.
• Validate incoming and outgoing technical data from customers and suppliers.
• Ensure robust change control processes and monitor implementation across departments.
• Work within our PDM/PLM systems (preferably 3DX) to manage and structure complex data.
• Provide guidance and training to project teams on configuration management practices.
• Suggest improvements and help define future-proof configuration strategies.
• Liaise with stakeholders across engineering, production, quality, and project management to ensure alignment.

Skills & experience:

To excel as Senior Engineer in Configuration Management, you need to have:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering, preferably with shipbuilding or maritime experience.
• Proven experience in configuration management and familiarity with PDM/PLM systems (ideally 3DX).
• Ideally you have experience with A solid grasp of Systems Engineering concepts and practices.
• Attention to detail and an analytical mindset, particularly in managing and controlling complex data.
• Proactive and structured way of working with a drive for continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interpret and present technical data clearly.
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken); knowledge of Dutch is a strong advantage
• Permanent EU citizenship and a permanent EU passport (requirement due to the military nature of our projects).
• Candidates with EU (work) visa or with (also) a non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible given 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.
• Flexibility to work from home up to two days a week.
• Additional benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Other

Are you interested in the position of Senior Engineer in Configuration Management, please submit your application including your CV and cover letter, along with an indication of:

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

For more information about the vacancy of Senior Engineer in Configuration Management, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via +31 118 485 000.

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.

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