Engineer

435 Damen Engineering Gdansk Sp. z o.o.; Gdańsk; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical care (Medicover)

Life insurance

Cafeteria

Home office 3:2 days a week

Annual bonus up to 50%

Job summary

Damen Engineering Gdańsk seeks an Engineer to design and support shipbuilding projects across multiple engineering disciplines. You will develop technical documentation, perform design calculations, and ensure compliance with classification rules and client requirements.

Collaboration with project teams and suppliers is essential. Experience in ship/offshore systems, CAD/CAE tools, and MS Project is required, with English at B2 and Polish at C1.

Qualifications

• Requires a higher technical education with a maritime/engineering focus.
• Min. 2 years of ship/offshore systems project experience.
• Proficient in CAD/CAE and MS Project.
• Strong analytical and documentation skills.
• English (B2) and Polish (C1) required.

Responsibilities

• Designs and supports shipbuilding projects across multiple disciplines.
• Creates technical documentation and design calculations.
• Ensures compliance with classification rules and client requirements.
• Coordinates with project teams, suppliers and classification societies.
• Develops 3D models of floating units when applicable.

Skills

Ship design

2+ years experience

Strength/structural calculations

CAD/CAE tools

MS Project

English B2

Polish C1

Problem solving

Technical interpretation

Education

Higher technical education

Tools

CAD/CAE tools

MS Project

Job description

We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities. Join our family. Think ship design is routine? Think again. At Damen Engineering Gdańsk, we work on some of the most exciting projects on the market. Drone carriers? We’ve got them. Tugs? Of course. From barges and offshore service vessels like CSOVs and walk-to-work ships, all the way to advanced navy platforms — this is where the future of shipbuilding is shaped. As Damen Engineering Gdańsk we are set up to be involved into the engineering process from the moment when an idea is generated by the client to the vessel delivery. We are responsible for transforming the initial design into a complete and practicable engineering package. We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities. Are you ready to try?

The Engineer role

We’re looking for a Engineer who sees the vessel as a whole, not just one piece. Someone who will be responsible for designing and supporting shipbuilding projects at one across of multiple engineering disciplines. We are looking for at least 2+ years of experience engineer with the background of: strength or stability calculations / structural / heating and ventilation systems / mechanical / navigation / outfitting (the onboard equipment for osv). You’ll fit if you have a knowledge of the classification regulations, and you work the way of applicable quality and regulatory standards. You’ll be responsible for creating technical documentation, supporting system design, and contributing to project execution under supervision of senior engineers.

Key accountabilities

• Designing at (at least one of disciplined): structural, mechanical, electrical, automation, radio-navigation systems, onboard equipment, interiors of vessels
• Creating design solutions that address standard engineering procedures with moderate complexity from one of engineering fields,
• Ensuring compliance with classification rules, standards, and client requirements
• Participating in solving interdisciplinary engineering problems and optimizing solutions in terms of cost, functionality, safety, and compliance with classification regulations.
• Selecting equipment and preparing documentation for procurement processes
• Preparing and participating in tests (FAT, HAT, SAT)
• Coordinating with project teams, suppliers, and classification societies
• Providing technical support and ensuring consistency of solutions across disciplines
• Performing design calculations: class, mass, power and heat balances, stability and structural analyses (by the relevant experience on the specific discipline)
• Developing lists, registers, summaries, documents, and technical reports.
• If applicable creating and supervising 3D models of floating units: mechanical and electrical systems, technical spaces, stability and strength models.

Skills & experience

• Higher technical education (preferred: shipbuilding, marine engineering, mechanics).
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in ship/offshore systems projects.
• Knowledge of CAD/CAE tools, MS Project.
• Ability to analyze and solve technical problems.
• Ability to interpret technical documentation
• Up-to-date knowledge and openness to acquiring knowledge beyond the main discipline.
• Good command of the English language at B2 level (written and verbal); Polish language communication proficiency at least C1 is a must.

What we offer

• Participation in international prestigious engineering projects with a high level of complexity. Our portfolio is full of projects you won’t find anywhere else.
• Opportunities for professional and technical development in an international environment.
• Work from Alchemia's modern office in Gdańsk with one million dollar view as well as the option for home office if you need some flexibility (3:2 days a week).
• Medical care by Medicover and life insurance.
• Cafeteria.
• Bonus: up to 50% extra salary once per year as motivation to get rest and have fun while enjoying annual leave.
• By gaining the 5+ year experience at Damen Engineering Gdańsk we will support your PPK by an extra employer’s founds.

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. 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.