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 Team Lead Electrical & Automation.

The role
You will be leading a small or mid-sized team of (Senior) Electrical & Automation Engineers during the execution of the project, to deliver the required engineering output. As Team Lead Electrical & Automation you will be ultimately responsible for the desired quality, timely delivery and reporting to the Project Manager Engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Leading a small or mid-size Electrical & Automation engineering team during the execution of the project
• Coaching the Electrical & Automation engineering team to work according to internal standards
• Compose work breakdown structures and assign labour and cost budgets
• Delivers quality engineering work on a timely basis to the Project Manager Engineering
• Leading the Requirements Engineering and Systems Engineering process for the Electrical Systems
• Leading the electrical engineering process by developing and reviewing the required deliverables, such as specification documents, functional descriptions, schematic drawings, and test/validation plans
• Managing vendors and subcontractors to get their timely contribution to the project
• Organize design checks and reviews to guarantee the required quality
• Verifying the technical performance of vendors and subcontractors.
• Performing technical analysis on received offers, in close cooperation with the Purchase department
• Monitoring and controlling man-hour budget and making progress reports to the Project Manager Engineering
• Coordinating technical support or commissioning activities for the project under contract
• Ensuring full compliance to all applicable requirements and specifications imposed by class and customer
• Helping to develop and describe standards and working methods

Job requirements

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Technical Automation, or another relevant technical discipline.
• Minimum of five-year experience in the design of (complex) electrical & automation systems, preferably in ships, offshore or industrial installations
• Experience in working in large project environments with high level of complexity and with leading an engineering team up to 10 people
• Experienced to work with and manage third-party vendors and subcontractors
• Good project management skills and able to structure work packages and get them realized according to contracted planning and labour/cost budgets
• Used to work on class-regulated products and with Good Engineering Practices, including quality and budget awareness
• Excellent command of Dutch and English language
• EU citizenship or EU work visa is required
• A background check will be part of the selection procedure

Our offer

• Salary: up to € 6000,- 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

Are you interested in our engineering vacancy and do you want to know more about the position, benefits and our offer? Please contact us or apply directly with your CV and we will contact you.