TWD - Naval Architect/Project Engineer

TWD; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% holiday allowance

Collective pension

Travel options: 0.25 €/km or Swapfiets

25 holidays per year

Lunch buffet daily

Friday events and social gatherings

Job summary

TWD is seeking a Naval Architect / Project Engineer to deliver jack-up and naval projects from concept to completion in a small, expert team based in Rotterdam. You will bring structure to complex challenges, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure timely, high-quality deliverables across offshore wind and marine civil construction projects.

You will join a growing team that values initiative, collaboration, and autonomy, contributing to design, assessments, and installation studies with global

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant working experience in shipbuilding or the offshore industry.
• Experience with ship structural design and verification (FEA) and floating stability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• A master's degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Technology or Offshore Technology is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients by understanding their challenges and translating them into practical engineering solutions.
• Set up and drive the project plan, ensuring structure, momentum, and clear milestones to fulfill the agreed timelines.
• Stay ahead of the curve by spotting technical risks early and coordinating mitigation actions.
• Align and coordinate engineers and designers so decisions are clear and work stays consistent.
• Contribute actively to the concept phase by gathering and structuring multidisciplinary input.
• Translate concepts and sketches into sound engineering calculations, reports, assessments and design solutions.
• Ensure consistent quality by reviewing engineering deliverables against TWD standards and client expectations.
• Act as the point of contact for technical questions after delivery, ensuring clear answers and consistent quality.

Skills

Naval architecture

Offshore project coordination

English communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Master's degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Technology or Offshore Technology

Job description

Are you a Naval Architect who enjoys bringing structure to complex construction challenges? Do you like owning projects from start to finish, coordinating people and priorities, and ensuring high-quality outcomes? Are you excited about applying your expertise in a wide variety of on‑and offshore construction projects? If the answer is yes, then we are looking for you!

Foundations of Your Job

As a Naval Architect / Project Engineer, you are responsible for the successful delivery of jack‑up and naval projects from concept to completion. You are the person who brings structure, clarity and direction to complex engineering challenges. While contributing technically yourself, you also ensure projects remain organized, priorities are clear, stakeholders are aligned and deliverables are completed on time and at the expected quality level.

You will join a small team of specialists working directly alongside one of the industry's leading jack‑up experts, with over 30 years of experience in the design, assessment and upgrade of jack‑up vessels worldwide.

Our Jack‑up & Naval team combines world‑class jack‑up expertise with practical offshore installation engineering and naval architecture. Typical projects include jack‑up vessel assessments, Variable Deck Load studies, vessel upgrades and conversions, class consultancy, transport & installation studies, local and global structural integrity assessments, site‑specific assessments, and tailor‑made engineering solutions for offshore wind and marine civil construction projects.

As a growing team of specialists, we are looking for someone who will help shape our future and become a key contributor to our continued success.

A Glimpse Of Your Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients by understanding their challenges and translating them into practical engineering solutions
• Set up and drive the project plan, ensuring structure, momentum, and clear milestones to fulfill the agreed timelines
• Stay ahead of the curve by spotting technical risks early and coordinating mitigation actions
• Align and coordinate engineers and designers so decisions are clear and work stays consistent
• Contribute actively to the concept phase by gathering and structuring multidisciplinary input
• Translate concepts and sketches into sound engineering calculations, reports, assessments and design solutions
• Ensure consistent quality by reviewing engineering deliverables against TWD standards and client expectations
• Act as the point of contact for technical questions after delivery, ensuring clear answers and consistent quality

What Makes You Great

You have a passion for naval architecture, a structured mindset and a talent for planning and organization. You naturally take ownership, maintain oversight and help teams stay focused on the right priorities. While you have a solid naval architecture foundation, you are equally interested in coordinating people, managing stakeholders and guiding projects to successful completion.

You are excited by working in a small and highly specialized team where flexibility, initiative and collaboration are essential. You're not looking to become just another engineer in a large organization; you want to help build a growing team and leave your mark on challenging offshore and maritime projects. You are comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy and enjoy taking responsibility for both technical and project-related decisions.

An interest in jack‑up vessels, offshore construction methods and vessel upgrades is highly valued. Experience in these fields is a plus, but curiosity and motivation to develop into a recognized specialist are just as important.

You are the perfect match for TWD if you also have the following skills and experience:

• 3-5 years of relevant working experience in shipbuilding or in the offshore industry.
• Experience with ship structural design and verification (FEA) and floating stability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• A master's degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Technology or Offshore Technology is strongly preferred. Candidates with a background in Structural or Mechanical Engineering and demonstrable maritime experience are also encouraged to apply.

TWD – A Fun Challenge to Be Part Of

At TWD, we love to create construction methods and design installation equipment. We achieve creative, simple, and efficient solutions through dedicated teamwork. Thanks to our core values – Fun, Development, and Happy Clients – we grow at a rapid pace with over 300 talented people in five locations: Rotterdam, London, Athens, and Taipei.

Every day we contribute to the energy transition and key infrastructure projects worldwide. We do this by offering innovative design solutions to our clients, mainly in the offshore wind and heavy civils industry.

Why You Will Love Working at TWD

TWD offers a collaborative and supportive working environment that will stimulate you to take the lead in your professional and personal development. Our people describe TWD's culture as open, no-nonsense, diverse, and informal - valuing your ideas and contributions.

Working At TWD Includes

• 8% holiday allowance per year
• Collective pension
• Monthly travel options: choose between a standard travel allowance (€0.25/km, based on the shortest route between home and office), a Swapfiets (regular or e‑bike subscription) or an NS Business Card.
• 25 holidays per year
• A free healthy and sustainable lunch buffet, prepared daily in our Lunchroom
• Friday afternoon drinks and special TWD events such as sports events, pub quizzes, ladies’ night, and various social gatherings

Join Our Team!

Do you have what it takes to join our team? We are happy to meet you!

At TWD, we celebrate diversity and inclusivity, welcoming individuals from all backgrounds. We continuously work on enhancing our recruitment process, ensuring fairness and inclusiveness at every step.