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Senior Integration Engineer Marine Systems

Schiedam

About us

Get on board with Damen Naval, along with more than 1,200 professionals based in Vlissingen, Schiedam, Romania, Germany, and Indonesia. We are the marine division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group which employs globally 12,000 professionals. Damen Naval supplies advanced naval vessels to customers all over the world. With a passion for technological innovation and sustainable solutions, we continue to push the boundaries in the shipbuilding sector. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role
Are you passionate about marine engineering and excited by the opportunity to work on innovative naval projects? Damen Naval is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Integration Engineer Marine Systems to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and integrating complex marine systems into our naval vessels, working closely with suppliers, subcontractors, and internal teams throughout the engineering phase.

From defining system configurations to ensuring seamless component integration, you will play a key role in developing innovative new ships and enhancing existing vessels. You will collaborate across multiple disciplines and support the entire lifecycle of naval projects, from proposal and acquisition to production and testing.

Key accountabilities

As Senior Integration Engineer Marine Systems at Damen Naval, you will take on the following responsibilities:

• Participate in the proposal phase of the project with defining and selecting of feasible marine system configurations and components.
• Set up functional technical specifications for suppliers and subcontractors based upon customer and design requirements.
• Performs technical evaluations of quotations from suppliers in close cooperation with the purchasing department.
• Ensure full compliance to all applicable requirements in close collaboration with suppliers during technical discussions and within agreed schedules, required quality and cost limits.
• Collect and review supplier engineering information and documentation such as mechanical drawings, schematics, calculations, electrical diagrams, etc.
• Actively seek multi-disciplinary interaction to ensure solutions are in the projects’ overall best interest.
• Implement improvements for integration of delivered components/systems into the ship’s design and other marine systems in close cooperation with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Compose and support drafting of technical and functional specification documents such as System Description Statements, Installation and alignment procedures, HAT, and SAT procedures.
• Independently verifies technical performance of products and systems such as dynamic simulations, inspection of equipment at supplier premises, FAT’s and during installation on board.
• Occasionally offers technical support during STW, HAT and SAT at the building yard.
• Ensures good working relationship with technical representatives of suppliers and customer.
• Coach colleagues and take part in design checks and reviews to guarantee the required quality.
• Contribute to evaluation and/or continuous improvement processes and development, transfer, and retention of knowledge within the department.

Skills & experience:

To succeed as Senior Integration Engineer Marine Systems at Damen Naval, you should bring:

• Bachelor or Master degree in a relevant technical field combined with at least three years of experience in marine systems, ideally in naval shipbuilding, offshore, or commercial shipbuilding sectors.
• Proven track record of working on complex projects, including managing statutory bodies, third-party vendors, and subcontractors.
• Strong competencies in customer orientation, results and quality focus, teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving.
• Fluency in both Dutch and English both written and verbal.
• Excellent antecedents as a pre-employment security screening and investigation are a part of the recruitment procedure (given the military nature of the project).
• EU citizenship or valid EU work visa required to be considered as viable candidate.

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 Senior Integration Engineer Marine Systems, 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.

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