Global Defense & Maritime Project Manager

790 Damen Shipbuilding & Cooperation B.V.; Gorinchem; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 vacation days + 13 ADV days

Damen Academy

Pension scheme

Travel expense reimbursement

Job summary

Damen Offshore & Specialized Vessels is seeking a Project Manager for the Defense & Security product group. You will lead complex shipbuilding projects from handover to delivery, coordinating engineering, procurement, production, testing and warranty follow-up in an international setting.

You will manage scope, planning, budget and risk, steering multidisciplinary teams while ensuring compliance with governance and customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field related to shipbuilding or marine engineering.
• Minimum five years of relevant project management experience in shipbuilding, maritime engineering, defense, offshore, or similar.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and complex stakeholders.
• Strong project control skills: planning, budget, scope, risk, quality, contractual requirements.
• Experience with international production locations, suppliers, subcontractors and customers is a plus.
• Affinité with defense and security projects and ability to work in regulated environments.
• Excellent English communication; Dutch is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Kick off projects and define scope, plans, milestones with the project team.
• Manage full project execution across engineering, procurement, production, testing, delivery, warranty.
• Monitor progress against plan, budget, quality, contractual requirements; take action.
• Identify risks, define mitigations, escalate issues affecting time, cost, quality or scope.
• Coordinate stakeholders and communicate status, decisions, risks and actions.
• Support customer meetings, inspections, sea trials, delivery milestones.
• Capture lessons learned and drive improvements.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-cultural collaboration

English communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Shipbuilding/ Naval Architecture / Marine Engineering

Job description

Damen Offshore & Specialized Vessels is seeking a Project Manager for the Defense & Security product group. You will lead complex shipbuilding projects from handover to delivery, coordinating engineering, procurement, production, testing and warranty follow-up in an international setting.

You will manage scope, planning, budget and risk, steering multidisciplinary teams while ensuring compliance with governance and customer requirements.