Yard & Transport Engineer

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 Yard & Transport Engineer at Damen Naval, you will leverage your specialist knowledge and expertise related to heavy lifts and transportation, to guide and assist in shipbuilding , land- and sea transportation and special maneuvering actions.
On a daily basis, you will guide these transport and replacement operations from the initial preparation, including hoisting plans, to the actual lifting, relocating and (re)positioning. You will also review and approve of all the related project documentation.

Key accountabilities

As the Yard & Transport Engineer your key responsibilities will include:

• Creating and maintaining the overviews and layouts of production facilities to determine the optimum construction site and building strategy.
• Advising about the berth for ships at quays, pontoons and in the docks for the purpose of launching, outfitting and guarantees.
• Being responsible for hoisting and turning sections, blocks and rings and making lifting plans and lifting drawings.
• Delivering the calculations, drawings, and instructions for special (Yard) transports and loadouts.
• Liaising with the client, subcontractors, transport companies, procurement, and the production team about the envisaged transport (system).
• Completing the risk assessment (‘RI&E’) regarding special transport or special activities with an increased risk.
• Preparing planning for the project (procedures/analysis) together with the Lead Engineer and / or Unit Head including presenting to the project team.
• Contributing to continuous evaluation and/or improvement of the department’s processes.
• Ensuring the development, transfer, and retention of knowledge within the department.
• Understanding and following all HSSEQ policies and procedures.

Skills & experience

As the Yard & Transport Engineer, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

• Experience and affinity with heavy lift engineering and operations.
• Solid experience with delivering realistic planning of work sequencing, preferably in the shipbuilding or maritime sector.
• Experience in lifting from vessels, vessel load outs and in transportations.
• Vocational or Bachelor's degree in a technical study, preferably related to maritime or shipbuilding.
• Good command of the English, and preferably also Dutch language (written & verbal).
• 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.

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.

Other

Are you interested in the position of Yard & Transport Engineer, 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.

Damen Naval does not approve commercial, contractor and/or agency or other commercial use of this advertisement. Proposing candidates without invitation is not appreciated and they will not be considered.