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Continuous Improvement Engineer

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

As the Continuous Improvement Engineer at Damen Naval, you are responsible for the (ISO 9001) continuous improvement processes and procedures for the shipbuilding project(s) you are assigned to. You ensure the QA handbook is updated and oversee, advise, and report about quality issues occurring in the project(s) assigned to you.

Key accountabilities

As the Continuous Improvement Engineer, your key responsibilities will include:

  • Coordinates the quality processes and fosters a quality mindset in each shipbuilding project.
  • Ensuring quality management principles, protocols, and processes are correctly applied.
  • Implementing project-specific improvements in the QA processes and procedures.
  • Contributing to the adaptation and application of the QA standards and principles.
  • Ensuring the (ISO) QA registration system is complete and up to date.
  • Participating in project and department progress meetings.
  • Updating project management about the quality assurance status and incident mitigations.

    • Skills & experience

    To excel as the Continuous Improvement Engineer, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

  • 3+ years of experience with (ISO 9001) continuous improvement processes, preferably acquired in the naval, defense or shipbuilding industry.
  • Experienced with manufacturing techniques and processes, preferably in the naval shipbuilding industry.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Technical Business Administration, Maritime Technology or Shipbuilding.
  • Good command of the Dutch and English language, both written and spoken.
  • 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

    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 Continuous Improvement Engineer, 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 website, the 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. #LI-DNS1

    Job Detail

  • Reference number NL02424
  • Date posted 22/03/2024
  • Closing date 22/03/2025
  • Location Vlissingen
  • Country The Netherlands
  • Expertise Project Management
  • Product Group Damen Naval
  • Company Damen Naval Vlissingen

    • Anderen bekeken ook

    Continuous Improvement Engineer

    Bedrijf:
    Damen
    Gemeente:
    Vlissingen
    Contracttype: 
    Vast contract, Deeltijds, Freelance, Voltijds
    Opleidingsniveau: 
    Bachelor
    Master
    Gepubliceerd:
    24.03.2024
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