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

At Damen Naval, we are seeking a dynamic Technical Specialist in Electrical Systems to lead the development, advice, and engineering initiatives related to specialized subjects within our projects. As a key member of our team, you will leverage your profound knowledge and experience in Electrical Systems to contribute to the advancement and promotion of these critical areas. Working alongside a select group of specialists, you will play an essential role in research projects, proposals, and engineering endeavours, ensuring the verification of performances during key project phases.

This is your opportunity to work on innovative projects in a dynamic and collaborative environment with access to ongoing professional development and growth opportunities! If you are ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact in the field of Electrical Systems, apply now to join our team at Damen Naval!

Key accountabilities

As Technical Specialist Electrical Systems, your key responsibilities will include:

• Serve as technical specialist, providing invaluable insights and solutions for complex projects across research, proposals, and engineering.
• Support design reviews and validation tests, ensuring adherence to project requirements and specifications.
• Actively contribute to the development and promotion of your area of expertise, fostering innovation and continuous improvement.
• Deliver high-quality engineering work within agreed schedules, maintaining strict compliance with all relevant standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the department, enhancing tools, processes, and knowledge transfer.

Skills & experience

To excel as Technical Specialist Electrical Systems, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

• Bachelor or Master degree in a relevant field, accompanied by a minimum of five years of practical experience.
• Proficiency in power generation, conversion, energy storage, and electrical distribution systems within complex project environments, particularly in naval vessels or offshore installations.
• Familiarity with maritime system dynamics and control systems is advantageous.
• Experience in academic research and collaboration with research institutes, universities, and industry stakeholders is preferred.
• Good command of the Dutch and English language both written and 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 Technical Specialist Electrical 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.

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