Tender Engineer Asset and Maintenance Management

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 the Tender Engineer Asset and Maintenance Management at Damen Naval’s Proposals Department you are responsible for the conceptual and contract design of the Integrated Asset and Maintenance Support plan for our deal-winning tender package’s related to the build of state-of-the-art naval vessels. In military terms your domain is recognized as Integrated Logistics Support (ILS). Working as a member of the multidisciplinary tender (project) team, you work closely with internal and external stakeholders to create a commercially viable and attractive proposition. You have a winning mentality, combined with excellent numerical and digital insights as it involves complex solutions. You are also a gifted writer, able to substantiate your figures and solutions in a compelling and convincing document, set to win over the customer. After a successful tender, you are responsible for a smooth transition of your work towards our (ILS) engineering and service departments for further detailed engineering and realization.

Key accountabilities

As the Tender Engineer Asset and Maintenance Management, your key responsibilities will be:

• Deliver the complete Integrated Asset and Maintenance Support tender package, comprised of technical documents, Integrated Logistics Support specifications and contract specifications, written in a compelling and deal-winning format and lay-out.

• Contribute to requirements analysis, ensuring all required specifications are drafted and understood by the internal and external stakeholders.

• Support quotation (RFQ) processes and evaluations within the tender team and towards (sub-)suppliers for purposes of preliminary (sub-)supplier selection, budget allocation and cost-estimation.

• Participate in discussions with customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders on the technical and commercial aspects of the proposed Asset and Maintenance Support (and/or Integrated Logistic Support - ILS) solutions.

• Support the evaluation of costs provided by external and internal stakeholders.

• Collaborate with internal engineering and service departments to optimize project outcomes.

Skills & experience

To excel as the Tender Engineer Asset and Maintenance Management, you have the following qualifications and qualities:

• At least one year of experience in writing deal-winning tender packages, preferably for complex manufacturing, maintenance or (naval)shipbuilding tenders.
• Excellent writing skills, able to deliver compelling text, figures and calculations encompassing very specific technical details and specifications.
• A commercial mind-set to deliver viable yet attractive financial forecasts and propositions.
• Bachelor (or Master) degree, required to handle complex data from variant sources in the field of Asset and Maintenance Management, Technical and Logistics Services or Asset Life Cycle Support.
• Excellent command of the English language both written and verbal, preferably also Dutch command (or willingness to learn).
• Willingness to travel abroad occasionally.
• 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 and 8% holiday pay.

• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.

• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.

• PME-pension arrangement with an employer contribution of 60%.

• Profit sharing based on company results.

• Working from home policy and other benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Other
Are you interested in the position of Tender Engineer Asset and Maintenance Management, 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.

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