Legal Counsel

399 Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Holding B.V.; Schiedam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel allowance

Pension contribution

Profit-sharing

Education and career development

Job summary

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Holding B.V. is seeking a Legal Counsel to act as a trusted business partner for the Damen Shiprepair division.

You will provide pragmatic legal and contractual guidance across tendering, negotiations, and project execution, focusing on shiprepair, conversion and offshore projects. The role involves collaboration with project managers, commercial teams, procurement, risk, insurance, and management to identify and mitigate legal risks while enabling business

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in contract law, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Experience in international shipbuilding, manufacturing or construction is a plus.
• Excellent command of English; French is an advantage.
• Accurate and quality-oriented.
• Willingness to travel occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic legal and contractual advice throughout the project lifecycle, from tender stage to close-out.
• Lead review, drafting and negotiation of ship repair contracts, NDA’s, and subcontract agreements.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and applicable laws and regulations.
• Support large and complex projects as contract management advisor to project teams.

Skills

Contract negotiating

Intercultural communication

Team player

Independent worker

Negotiation skills

Travel occasionally

English proficiency

Education

Master's degree in Law

Job description

We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities. Join our family.

About us

The Damen Shiprepair division is part of the Damen Shipyards Group which was established in 1927. The Damen Shipyards Group is a 100% Dutch family owned international group of companies which operates 35 shipbuilding and repair yards, employing 12,000 people worldwide. Damen Shiprepair has a worldwide network of repair and conversion yards with dry docks ranging up to 420 x 80 meters. Conversion projects range from adapting vessels to today’s requirements and regulations to the complete conversion of large offshore structures. With more than 1,200 employees, the Damen Shiprepair division provides repair services for all kinds of vessels. The division's shipyards in the Netherlands, France, Senegal and Curaçao have 20+ docks and they complete some 1,300 projects annually. In addition to repairs, the division also executes projects in the areas of conversion (rebuilding) and decommissioning. This dynamic project environment inherently comes with a wide variety of challenges, like: diverse project scopes, tight deadlines, and the need to collaborate effectively with project teams, clients, and subcontractors.

The Role

As Legal Counsel, you will act as a trusted business partner to the Damen Shiprepair division. You will provide pragmatic legal and contractual advice throughout the project lifecycle, from tender stage and contract negotiations through project execution, claims management and close-out. You will support the business on a broad range of commercial, contractual and legal matters, with a particular focus on complex shiprepair, conversion and offshore projects. You will work closely with project managers, commercial teams, procurement, risk, insurance and management to identify, mitigate and manage legal and contractual risks while enabling the business to achieve its objectives. You will be part of the legal team dedicated to the Damen Shiprepair division. You will report to the Head of Legal of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Holding B.V. Further, you will be part of the Damen group wide team of (international) legal counsels, contract managers, compliance officers and risk managers who share knowledge and work together throughout the various divisions.

Key Accountabilities

• Providing legal advice to the business in all areas;
• Lead the review, drafting and negotiation of a wide range of commercial agreements, including ship repair contracts, Bimco Repaircon, NDA’s and subcontract agreements.
• Ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable laws and regulations;
• Supporting large and complex projects by acting as contract management advisor to the project team throughout the project lifecycle.
• Interacting actively at Damen Group level with other expertise disciplines within the legal, contract management, compliance, risk and insurance team (> 50 colleagues), under supervision of the Chief Counsel, and acts as One Damen ambassador in the division.

Skills & Experience

• Master’s degree in Law
• 2-5 years of experience in contract law, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Experience in international (shipbuilding) business or manufacturing / construction business is a pre but not mandatory;
• Accurate and quality-oriented;
• Strong (intercultural) communication and negotiation skills;
• Both team player and independent worker;
• Excellent command of the English language, French is an advantage
• Ability to travel occasionally to our yards.

What We Offer

• A dynamic and international project environment with an informal working atmosphere.
• A competitive salary in accordance with the Metalektro Collective Labour Agreement (CAO Metalektro).
• 27 vacation days and 13 additional reduction-of-working-hours (ADV) days based on a full-time employment contract.
• Travel allowance covering up to 40 km one-way commuting distance.
• Profit-sharing and a pension contribution.
• Education, training, and career development opportunities

This role requires a predominantly on-site presence, with limited and not standardized opportunities for remote work.

Please note; we cannot offer a sponsorship for a visa and/or work permit. Applicants must already have the legal right to work within the Netherlands.

Ready to join Damen?

Does Damen Shiprepair sounds like the right Damen environment for you? And are you the driven Legal Counsel we are looking for?

Damen has 35 shipyards on five different continents and operates in more than 100 countries. We are still growing and that gives you options. You contribute to this growth while benefitting from the diverse development and career opportunities that our company offers. We will continue to challenge you.

We will continue to challenge you. With our extensive portfolio of products and solutions you will never get bored and never stop learning. We offer you a world of possibilities. Working at Damen means contributing to the highest quality in shipbuilding, with an eye to the future and future generations. We want to make the world a better place by becoming the most sustainable maritime solution provider. For that, we need you. Become part of our family. We are Damen. We’re a family company that has been building ships for almost 100 years. However, our focus is not on the past, however – we’re looking forward. Our ambition is to become the most sustainable and connected maritime solutions provider there is. To achieve this, we combine digital technology with our philosophy of standardised shipbuilding to offer a portfolio of services that takes care of vessels throughout the entire lifecycle. Working at Damen offers the best of several worlds. Active in more than 100 countries, with over 30 shipyards, we are internationally renowned for quality. And we are still growing, still innovating. Which means we will continue to challenge you. You will never stop learning, and you will never get bored – we promise you that. We offer you an ocean of possibilities. Join our family.