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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 an HVAC Integration Engineer, you will work on a wide range of tasks in the field of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, cooling, and refrigeration (HVAC-R) systems on board complex (naval) vessels. You are involved throughout the entire process, from the initial proposal to the final delivery of the ship. During project execution, you collaborate in a team with multiple engineers from various disciplines to achieve the required engineering outcomes. You apply both technical and practical knowledge to the design, ensuring that HVAC-R systems are integrated into the overall ship design compliant with contract. A core part of your responsibility is to guarantee the smooth integration of these systems across all departments, facilitating effective collaboration and seamless project progress.
As an HVAC Integration Engineer, you make an active contribution to the engineering process by reviewing and optimizing essential deliverables such as preliminary calculations, schematic drawings, specification documents, reviewing supplier documentation, functional descriptions, and test and validation plans. To achieve this, you are in direct daily communication with the customer and subcontractor. In this way, you directly contribute to the success of our projects and the innovative strength of Damen Naval.
Key accountabilities
- Writing of technical specifications for suppliers and sub-contractors based upon customer and design requirements.
- Performs technical evaluations of quotations from sub-contractors in close cooperation with the purchasing department.
- Checking compliance with all applicable requirements imposed by the customer and statutory bodies.
- Engaging in technical discussions to achieve comparable levels of compliance for competing suppliers of the same product/system; (providing a good starting point for the commercial negotiation).
- Dedicated point of contact for the selected subcontractors and manages aspects like scope of work, delivery demarcation, progress reporting and quality of deliveries during the engineering phase.
- Responsible for integration of delivered components/systems into ship design in close cooperation with internal departments, sub-contractor, statutory bodies and owner.
- Review of supplier engineering information/documentation; (i.e. mechanical drawings, schematics, calculations, electrical diagrams, etc.).
- Providing input and updates for the engineering database; (i.e. purchase orders, parts, meta-data, documentation).
- Performs required technical calculations to validate the sub-contractor’s design.
- Composes technical/functional specification documents (i.e. SDS).
- Supervises all contractual obligations of the sub-contractor(s) and keeps track of deviations to the contract.
- Supervises the outsourcing of the HVAC detailed engineering work (3D environment) and verifies the output.
- Verifies technical performance of products and systems; (i.e. inspection of equipment at supplier premises, FAT’s).
- Offers technical support for commissioning and testing activities.
- Ensures good working relationship with technical representatives of suppliers and subcontractors.
- Participate in design checks, reviews and risk analysis to guarantee the required quality.
Skills & experience
- Professional education on Bachelor or Master level preferable in the field of HVAC engineering or mechanical engineering with proven work skills based upon experience.
- A minimum of five years’ experience
- Knowledge of HVAC-R systems in a marine or offshore environment.
- Knowledge of electrical and automation in a marine or offshore environment.
- Quality, planning and budget awareness.
- Able to work with and manage multiple third-party vendors and subcontractors.
- Experience with statutory bodies is a pre.
- Proficiency in Dutch & English language written as well as verbal.
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, please submit your application with 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 or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via +31 118 485 000.
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.
Acquisition and introduction of candidates without a formal request is not appreciated and they will not be considered.
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