Senior Project Planning Coordinator Production

About us

Get on board with Damen Naval, along with more than 1,200 professionals based in The Netherlands, Romania, and Germany. We are the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group which employs 12,000 professionals globally. Damen Naval designs and builds advanced naval vessels for customers all over the world. With a passion for technological innovation and sustainable solutions, we continue to push the boundaries in naval shipbuilding. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role

As Senior Project Planning Coordinator Production (Interim) at Damen Naval you will be responsible for the planning, progress review and follow-up related to the build of new frigates we are building for the German Navy. You will also ensure the shipbuilding planning is up-to-date by integrating the latest information from subcontractors, and review the progress to identifying bottleneck and planning-issues.

Key accountabilities

As Senior Project Planning Coordinator Production your key responsibilities will include:

• Take charge of planning, progress review, and follow-up for this large-scale marine shipbuilding project.
• Integrate subcontractor information into the shipbuilding planning process and review progress on board.
• Identify bottlenecks and proactively address potential planning issues.
• Creation and integration of STW, HAT, SAT schedules for combat systems.
• Collaborate with colleagues across locations in Hamburg, Kiel, Wolgast and The Netherlands.

Skills & experience

To excel as Senior Project Planning Coordinator Production, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

• Bachelor degree in a technical field combined with a minimum of five years of experience in planning large and complex projects, preferably gained in shipbuilding or similar industries.
• Proficiency in planning applications such as MS Project or Primavera, or willingness to learn.
• Fluency in both German and English, both spoken and written.
• Preferably based in northern Germany
• Excellent references antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is standard part of the recruitment procedure.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required and candidates with NL/EU (work) visa or with both an EU and non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible in accordance with the requirements imposed by the military nature of our projects.

What we offer

At Damen Naval, we highly value our employees, and we will support your professional and personal development. We also provide our employees with:

• A competitive salary package with Christmas bonus.
• 30 annual leave days.
• A technology and innovation focused, dynamic, international work environment.
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• An active social environment in terms of business culture, events, and sports.

Other

Are you interested in the position of Senior Project Planning Coordinator Production, kindly submit your application along with your CV and motivation letter, along with an indication of:

• Your (preferred) monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.
• Availability (fulltime / part-time / number of hours).
• Notice period / possible starting date.

For more information about the vacancy or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via recruitment@damennaval.com.

Please note that due to the military nature of our projects, only candidates who have permanent EU nationality can be considered for vacancies at Damen Naval. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to process candidates who (also) have a non-EU passport or nationality. A pre-employment and security screening and investigation form part of the recruitment process.

Damen Naval does not approve commercial, contractor and/or agency or other commercial use of this advertisement. Proposing candidates without invitation is not appreciated and they will not be considered.