Requirements: English
Company: Damen Naval
Region: Schiedam , South Holland
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About us
As the Technical Subcontract Manager Combat at Damen Naval, you will specify, coordinate and manage all the technical activities for sub-contracted combat systems, covering above water and underwater sensor systems, weapon, command and control and communication systems. This includes activities related to the project definition, procurement, engineering, interfacing, installation, verification, and acceptance of the relevant combat systems for large design and build projects. This to achieve a successful integration of the various combat systems into an effective naval combat suite for the developed ships and optionally the related land-based facilities that Damen Naval delivers to its customers.
The role
As the Technical Subcontract Manager Combat at Damen Naval, you will specify, coordinate and manage all the technical activities for sub-contracted combat systems, covering above water and underwater sensor systems, weapon, command and control and communication systems. This includes activities related to the project definition, engineering, interfacing, installation, verification, and acceptance of the relevant combat systems for large design and build projects. This to achieve a successful integration of the various combat systems into an effective naval combat suite for the developed ships and optionally the related land-based facilities that Damen Naval delivers to its customers.
Key accountabilities
As the Technical Subcontract Manager Combat at Damen Naval, your key responsibilities will include:
- Manage, coordinate and facilitate multiple subcontractors suppliers during preparation and execution of a project with focus on short and medium term.
- Ensure full compliance of the Combat Systems products and services with all applicable requirements and specifications within agreed schedules, required quality and cost limits.
- Take ownership of integration activities in complex medium value projects and manages the corresponding subcontractors.
- Organize and/or participate in project reviews.
- Secure the execution and synchronization of project activities related to all deliverables and obligations of the subcontractor(s).
- Participate, as accepting party, during contractual milestones, tests and trials, such as FAT, HAT and SAT.
- Assist the warranty authority on all warranty issues that have been identified.
- Support in proposal evaluations, technical evaluations and cost/price analyses.
- Assist, and may become, the Combat System Integrator (CSI) in defining, establishing and validating (the testing of) all relevant functional and physical interfaces.
Skills experience
To excel as the Technical Subcontract Manager Combat, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:
- 5+ years of technical subcontract management experience dealing with international sub-contractors. Preferably acquired in the naval or shipbuilding sector.
- Relevant knowledge and experience with highly complex (combat) systems, preferably in the shipbuilding or naval sector.
- Solid communication skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Good contract management skills and affinity with legal language and technical terminology.
- Bachelor''s or Master''s degree in a Technical direction.
- Good project management experience and ideally with project management qualification.
- Excellent command of the English language, Dutch and/or German language knowledge or willingness to learn.
- 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 this position, please submit your application including your CV and cover letter, along with an indication of:
- Your (preferred) monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.
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