Job description

Our client is a Dutch shipbuilder of navy vessels, with customers all over the world. For their office in Vlissingen, we are looking for a FAT Coordinator.

The role
The FAT Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that:

• FATs are scheduled appropriately and performed to the schedule
• All involved personnel are notified of the test schedule and any deviations from the schedule
• Tests are fully attended by the required personnel, also from regulatory authorities and other involved companies
• Test results have been obtained, and appropriately recorded in accordance with the test specification
• Test results are stored and distributed to the specified recipients

Key accountabilities

• Monitor (preventively) and register whether suppliers meet the requirements for delivery times
• Visit suppliers and factories, to prevent or limit delivery times as much as possible
• Responsible for the FAT coordination and long- and short-term FAT-planning
• Devise procedures to inspect and report quality issues
• Monitor all operations from basic engineering up to and including delivery of equipment that affects the quality
• Supervise and guide inspectors, technicians, and other staff
• Assure the reliability and consistency of production at supplier and their sub-suppliers by checking processes and final output
• Report all malfunctions by collecting and analysing quality data
• Keep records of quality reports, statistical reviews, and relevant documentation
• Ensure all legal standards and record whether the technical specification requirements are met
• Communicate, instruct, and advise external quality assurance officers during on-site inspections
• Organising interim and final inspections with the necessary documents, inviting final customers, coordinating with class offices
• Communicate directly with the end customer
• Create test protocols and -reports

Job requirements

As FAT Coordinator, you need to have:

• MBO-4 or Bachelor degree in a relevant technical discipline and quality control certification (ISO 9000 etc.) is a plus
• Multiyear work experience as quality assurance manager or another relevant role
• Thorough knowledge of methodologies of quality assurance and standards
• Competencies: great attention to detail, result-driven approach, excellent organizational and leadership abilities, reliable and trustworthy
• Technical knowhow: shipbuilding and building-strategy, mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical knowledge, basic knowhow Noise & Vibration, basic welding and conservation and materials technology including NDT (preferentially certified ISO 9712)
• EU citizenship or EU work visa is required
• A background check will be part of the selection procedure

Our offer

• Salary: up to € 5500,- gross per month, depending on experience/education
• Annual leave: 27 days per year
• ADV hours: 13 days per year with the option to sell these in exchange for a maximum of 5% more salary (0.383% per day)
• Travel costs: € 10 per month for the first 10 km, then 0.19 cents per km. A T-tag is issued for employees who use the Westerscheldetunnel for commuting
• Collective Labor Agreement: Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro applies
• Pension: Compulsory participation in the PME pension scheme
• Premium distribution: employer 50% and employee 50%
• Profit-sharing: If the results of the company give reason to do so