Senior Naval Architect

Van Storm Recruitment; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Van Storm Recruitment is seeking a Senior Naval Architect for a renowned engineering consultancy in the greater Rotterdam area. The role centers on leading challenging maritime projects and laying the foundation for safe, efficient vessels.

You will perform and review stability, resistance, propulsion, weight, and motion analyses, while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across disciplines to deliver integrated designs.

Qualifications

• MSc in naval architecture or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years' experience as a naval architect.
• Excellent knowledge of theoretical naval calculations.

Responsibilities

• Perform naval architecture calculations including stability, resistance, propulsion, weight and motion analysis.
• Create and check structural and scantling calculations.
• Mentor and coordinate junior naval architects within the team.
• Collaborate with systems, mechanical and structural disciplines for integrated design.
• Communicate with clients and classification societies to ensure good deliverables.
• Write specifications for the yard and assist in construction phase questions.

Skills

Naval Architecture

Stability calculations

Hydrostatics

Propulsion analysis

Mentoring

Communication skills

Open personality

Education

MSc in Naval Architecture

Job description

As a Senior Naval Architect, you will take on a central role in technically challenging and high-impact maritime projects. Your work will lay the foundation for safe, efficient, and cutting-edge vessels. Performing and reviewing calculations on stability, resistance, propulsion, weight management, and seakeeping will be a key part of your role. You will also guide and mentor younger engineers, helping to retain and develop knowledge within the team.

What you will do

• Perform Naval Architecture calculations such as stability, weight, hydrostatics, manoeuvrability, etc.
• Create and check structural and scantling calculations performed by other colleagues
• Act as a mentor and coordinate junior naval architects within your team
• Closely collaborate with the other disciplines (systems, mechanical, structural...) to have a fully integrated design
• Communication with clients and classification societies to ensure good deliverables
• Write specifications for the yard and be available to solve their questions in the construction phase

Where you will work

Our client is a renowned engineering consultancy firm in the greater Rotterdam area, with a deep-rooted history of providing naval architecture and marine engineering solutions for the development of naval ships as well as complex offshore vessels and floating installations. With a real passion for technology these engineers are involved in the full engineering cycle, working together on delivering concept, basic, and detail designs and developing new technologies.

• This medium-sized design engineering company is part of a broadly oriented Dutch top-10 engineering consultancy firm
• Strong position with clients in the naval defence industry worldwide
• Wide range of interesting design engineering & consultancy projects
• Cooperating with knowledgeable colleagues, learning and sharing insights

What you already have

• MSc.
• 5+ years of experience as a Naval Architect developing complex vessels with an offshore mission
• Perform and validate calculations for stability, resistance, propulsion, weight, and motion analysis
• You enjoy guiding and mentoring more junior engineers
• Excellent knowledge of theoretical naval architecture calculations
• Open personality, solution-driven and responsible
• Excellent communication skills and fluent English, so you can communicate efficiently with your multi-cultural team. Willingness to learn Dutch is much appreciated!
• Willingness to perform a background check
• EU citizenship is a must, due to the nature of some military projects
• More time to enjoy life: 30 paid holidays every year.
• Extra support for sustainable living: Sustainable Life & Work Bonus.
• Business travel covered: Insurance included whenever you travel for work.
• We pay the journey: Interview and commuting costs are reimbursed.
• Expand your network: Meet professionals from across the Dutch maritime industry at exclusive events.
• Moving to the Netherlands? We'll help you find housing and complete your registration.