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 Specification Engineer Interior for a project-based position. Given the military nature of clients and projects, permanent multi-year EU citizenship combined with a permanent EU work visa are all requirements of the recruitment process.The role
You can be involved from the first proposal until final delivery. You will also work in a team of several engineers and implements technical and practical knowledge into the design and you take care that all relevant data is stored accurately in the PDM-system. The Specification Engineer Interior (Project Based) will also contribute to the engineering process by developing the required deliverables, such as (technical) specification documents, functional descriptions, test/validation plans, and by reviewing supplier documentation.
Key accountabilities
- Setting up of (functional) technical specifications for suppliers and subcontractors based upon customer and design requirements
- Performs technical evaluations of quotations from suppliers and subcontractors in close cooperation with the purchasing department
- Ensures full compliance to all applicable requirements imposed by customer and regulatory bodies
- Engages in technical discussions to achieve comparable levels of compliancy for competing suppliers of the same product/system (providing a good starting point for the commercial negotiation)
- Can defend technical solutions and communicate these with stakeholders
- Acquisition and review of supplier engineering information/documentation (i.e. arrangement and detailed drawings, calculations, diagrams, etc.)
- Responsible for integration of delivered components/systems into ship design in close cooperation with internal departments, suppliers, regulatory bodies and owner
- Providing input and updates for the engineering database (i.e. purchase orders, parts, metadata, documentation)
- Performs required technical calculations to validate the design
- Composes technical/functional specification documents (i.e. System Description Statements, HAT and SAT procedures)
- Verifies technical performance of products and systems. (i.e. inspection of equipment at supplier premises, FAT’s)
- Offers technical support for commissioning activities
- Ensures good working relationship with technical representatives of suppliers and subcontractors
- Participates in design checks and reviews in order to guarantee the required quality
- Contributes to the further development of the engineering department
Job requirements
- Bachelor's degree related to the Interior design discipline or proven work skills based upon experience
- Knowledge of interior systems, preferably in ships or offshore installations
- Quality, planning and budget awareness
- Able to work with and manage third-party vendors and subcontractors
- Preferably two years experience in the engineering of interior systems
- Preferably experience with Regulatory bodies
- Proficiency in Dutch & English language written as well as verbal
- Willingness to travel and work abroad
- Given the military nature of clients and projects, permanent multi-year EU citizenship combined with a permanent EU work visa are all requirements of the recruitment process
- 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
- Pension benefit: employer 50% and employee 50%
