SENIOR ENGINEER ELECTRICAL & AUTOMATION (INTERIM)

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

For this interim role Damen Naval is looking for a Senior Engineer Electrical & Automation who can start on a temporary basis.

As Senior Engineer Electrical & Automation you will work on a broad variety of tasks in the field of Electrical and Automation Engineering. You will be involved from the very first (proposal) phase in the project to perform design proposals and calculations. During the execution of the project, you will work in a team of several engineers to deliver the requested engineering documents and will implement deep technical and practical knowledge into solid and innovative designs. Senior Engineer Electrical &; Automation you will report mostly to a Team Leader, or occasionally directly to the Project Manager or Line Manager in case of smaller projects.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

As a Senior Engineer Electrical & Automation your key responsibilities will include:

• Contribute to the engineering process by developing the required deliverables, such as specification documents, functional descriptions, schematic drawings, and test/validation plans.
• Perform the required technical calculations to prove the design.
• Participate in design checks and reviews to guarantee the required quality.
• Compose technical/functional specification documents.
• Verify technical performance of vendors and subcontractors.
• Performing cost analysis on received offers, in close cooperation with the Purchase department.
• Managing vendors and subcontractors to get their timely contribution to the project.
• Offer support for producing and submitting proposals to our customers.
• Offer technical support or commissioning activities to projects under contract.
• Ensuring full compliance to all applicable requirements and specifications imposed by class and customer.
• Contributing to the further development of the E&A Engineering department.
• Helping to develop and describe standards and working methods.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

As a Senior Engineer Electrical & Automation, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Technical Automation, or another relevant technical discipline.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in the design and installation of complex Electrical & Automation systems.
• Vast experience and broad knowledge of electrical installations and automation systems, preferably in ships, offshore or industrial installations.
• Experience in the design of (high voltage) Power Distribution systems.
• Experience in the functional development of Control & Monitoring systems.
• Knowledge about EMC regulations and compliancy precautions and used to work on Class-regulated products.
• Experience in Good Engineering Practices, including quality and budget awareness.
• Experience in complex project environments and managing third-party vendors and subcontractors.
• Excellent command of Dutch and English language (written and verbal) is essential and German language skills are preferred.
• 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 value our interim team members and strive for a positive and successful collaboration. As an interim professional on secondment basis (detachering) or as a freelancer (ZZP), we offer you the following conditions:

• An attractive rate, ensuring at least equal pay to permanent staff.
• Travel allowance of 21 cents per kilometre.
• Flexibility to work partially from home.
• Challenging and innovative projects.

OTHER

Are you interested in the interim position of Senior Engineer Electrical & Automation, kindly submit your application along with your CV and motivation letter. Please state your preferred agreement, secondment (detachering) or freelance (zzp) along with an indication of:

• Secondment: your monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.
• Freelance: your hourly rate.

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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