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(Senior) Electrical Engineer (Interim)

Your role

As a (Senior) Electrical Engineer (Interim) at Damen Naval, you play a major role in ensuring that state-of-the art naval vessels are built and commissioned with perfectly arranged power systems and wiring configuration, compliant to strict regulations and requirements. You calculate the load balance, develop the power distribution, and find optimal cable routing to ensure all systems remain operational, even in the worst conditions. Depending on the vessel’s configuration, your electrical design will include a strict EMC-compliant power distribution to strategic defensive and deterring systems. You work and collaborate according to the V-model in our 3DExperience engineering environment, while basic and detailed designs will be thoroughly reviewed, tested, and verified throughout both the design as well as the production phase. The culmination of your work is the launch of a new naval vessel, ready to defend our freedom across the world!

For this interim position, we are seeking a professional who can start on short notice for the duration of 6 months with the possibility to extend.

Key accountabilities

As a (Senior) Electrical Engineer (Interim), your key responsibilities will include:

  • Develop the functional descriptions, drawings and other basic engineering documents of the power distribution, lighting, and other electrical systems.
  • Develop and maintain specification documents of all electrical components and installation processes.
  • Write detailed test- and validation plans to ensure compliancy with Class regulations and to meet customer requirements during virtual testing (simulations) and real-world testing (FAT, HAT, SAT).
  • Manage vendors and subcontractors to get their timely contribution to the project.
  • Review of vendors and subcontractors design and implement this in the vessels design.
  • Develop and describe standards and working methods for detailed engineering and commissioning.
  • Provide support in proposal stages by developing conceptual designs of electrical power systems.
  • Offer technical support or commissioning activities to projects under contract.
  • Skills & experience

    To excel as a (Senior) Electrical Engineer (Interim), you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

  • 3+ years’ experience with designing complex electrical systems (including large power distribution systems), preferably in maritime, offshore, or industrial installations.
  • Experience in designing EMC-compliant solutions; knowledge of the TEMPEST regulations is a plus.
  • Professional experience working in complex projects, comprised of multidisciplinary sub-teams and multiple suppliers and subcontractors.
  • Experience working in a model-based system engineering environment (MBSE) according to the V-model.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s level in Electrical Engineering or other relevant discipline
  • 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.
  • 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?

    What we offer you

    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 23 cents per kilometre.
  • Flexibility to work partially from home.
  • Challenging and innovative projects.
  • Application & info

    Are you interested in the interim position of (Senior) Electrical Engineer (Interim), 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 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.

    Job Detail

  • Reference number NL02477
  • Date posted 29/04/2024
  • Closing date 29/04/2025
  • Location Vlissingen
  • Country The Netherlands
  • Expertise Engineering - Electrical & Automation
  • Product Group Damen Naval
  • Company Damen Naval Vlissingen
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    (Senior) Electrical Engineer (Interim)

    Bedrijf:
    Damen
    Gemeente:
    Vlissingen
    Contracttype: 
    Vast contract, Freelance, Voltijds
    Categorieën: 
    Engineer Electrotechniek, Tekenaar Elektriciteit
    Opleidingsniveau: 
    Bachelor
    Master
    Carriereniveau: 
    Senior
    Gepubliceerd:
    16.03.2024
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