Team Lead Design Control

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?

As Team Lead Design Control at Damen Naval, you will oversee the Design Control aspect throughout the engineering and production processes of naval vessel projects. This encompasses a wide range of critical aspects such as hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, weight control, regulatory compliance, noise management, welding and preservation, signatures, and vulnerability. From the pre-Basic Engineering phase to project execution, you will lead a dedicated team and ensure quality, timely delivery, and effective reporting to the Project Manager Engineering.

As Team Lead Design Control, your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and coaching a medium to small Design Control team throughout the basic and detailed engineering phases of specialized complex shipbuilding projects.
• Managing day-to-day operations and short- and medium-term planning of the team.
• Monitoring and controlling the manhour budget, supporting progress reports, and delivering high-quality engineering work within schedule and budget.
• facilitating design reviews, and.
• Coordinating technical support or commissioning activities for contracted projects.
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable requirements and specifications.
• Contributing to the development, transfer, and retention of knowledge, as well as continuous evaluation and improvement of processes within the department.

To excel as Team Lead Design Control, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

• Bachelor or Master's degree in a technical field with a minimum of five years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of and experience with ship design, particularly complex naval ships.
• Proven track record of realizing structured work packages within budget and schedule, adhering to good engineering practices and statutory requirements.
• Proficiency in both Dutch and English, both written and verbal.
• Key competencies: customer orientation, teamwork, result and quality orientation, behavioural flexibility, leadership, decisiveness, planning, organizing, initiative, and coaching.
• Excellent references antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is standard part of the recruitment procedure.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required and candidates with NL/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.

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.

Are you interested in the position of Team Lead Design Control, kindly submit your application along with your CV and motivation 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 or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or call the Corporate Recruitment department on +31 (0)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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