Design Engineer Naval Architecture

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About us

Hop aboard Damen Naval; the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group, where 12,000 professionals work worldwide. Damen Naval delivers advanced naval vessels to clients all over the globe. By implementing the most innovative technological developments in practice, we continue to push the boundaries of the shipbuilding industry. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role
As Design Engineer Naval Architecture, you will play a crucial role in ship design and the delivery of the tender package at Damen Naval. You will be responsible for developing naval architecture design solutions into a set of requirements during precontract activities in the Proposals department. You understand the balances that make a ship realize its goals, stability, strength, resistance, motions, arrangements and survivability. Working within the technical team of a tender, you will collaborate closely with the Tender Manager, Proposal Engineer, Draftsman and Manager Naval, Structures & Outfitting and the other departments to support the technical definition of Damen Naval offers. Your role will be instrumental realizing the best overall design solution for our naval projects.

Key accountabilities
As Design Engineer Naval Architecture, your key responsibilities are:

• Perform design and development activities.
• Contribute to and execute requirements analysis, concept generation, general arrangement design, weight estimations, stability calculations, resistance and propulsion calculations, and main ship balances.
• Evaluate new (sub)concepts and takes care of corresponding reporting.
• Write technical documents, specifications for equipment, contract specifications, reports, and make presentations to visualize the calculations, concepts, and the reporting data.
• Ensure timely and effective communication with all relevant stakeholders so that input can be included in the specialized calculations.
• Liaise with internal departments for optimized project results.

Skills & experience
To excel as Design Engineer Naval Architecture at Damen Naval, you should possess the following qualities:

• Master or bachelor degree in Naval Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, or another relevant technical study.
• At least three years of relevant experience in a variety of design concepts and practices.
• Experience in technologically advanced design & proposal processes and in the design and integration of combat systems, preferably in complex new built naval ships.
• Good command of the English and preferably also Dutch language both written and verbal.
• Excellent references, as a security screening is part of the hiring process.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required. 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.

Application & information

Are you interested in this position of Design Engineer Naval Architecture at Damen Naval, 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 this vacancy of Design Engineer Naval Architecture or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via .

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.

Acquisition and introduction of candidates without a formal request is not appreciated and they will not be considered.