Our client, a renowned Dutch shipbuilder of navy vessels, with an established customer portfolio is currently seeking a Naval Architect - Change Coordinator to be based in Vlissingen on a project-based assignment (at least two years). Given the military nature of clients and projects, an EU citizenship and a valid EU work visa are mandatory.
The role Change Management is part of Configuration Management and is the technical administrative support to control the primary process (value chain). As Change Coordinator you will act on the interface between technical and administrative content. Changes can involve customer requirements and documents/ drawings/ calculations and might be initiated by the customer, partners, subcontractors, suppliers, and Class. As Change Coordinator you must understand the engineering process to be a credible partner to the executing engineers and the interaction of all aspects in a potential change. At the same time, you like the coordinating and organizing nature of the role. With changes you must be sensitive towards the attitude of colleagues and team up with them.
Key accountabilities
Support change initiation, issue identification and/or issue description sheet (ICR)
Verify if appropriate Change level is assigned
Define and execute and/or delegate actions for impact analysis
Monitor progress and change from action holders where needed
Organize and prepare Change Board meetings on proper level
Prepare minutes of meeting and/or progress logs
Initiate change implementation, ensure implementation actions are planned, executed, and communicated
Closure of changes after implementation and verification
Job requirements
Broad General Engineering knowledge of Naval vessels.
Experience and affinity with administrative tasks in a complex technical setting
Naturally driven to get the work done to the end support and to facilitate engineers and other colleagues
Competences: precise, thorough, disciplined, socially sensitive, able to motivate engineers, resolute, persistent, resilient, professionally outgoing, customer orientated, teamwork, result orientated, behavioural flexibility and quality orientation
Good command of the Dutch and English language (written & verbal) / German is a plus
Given the military nature of clients and projects, an EU citizenship and a valid EU work visa are mandatory
A background check will be part of the selection procedure
Our offer
Salary depending on experience
Annual leave: 27 days plus 13 days ADV
Travel costs: € 10 per month for the first 10 km, then € 0.19 per km