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Project Manager Services

Damen Shipyards

Damen Shipyards

Operations
Gorinchem, Netherlands
Posted on Jul 17, 2025

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About us

Damen is a family-owned, client-driven organization that has been in operation since 1927. Our primary business involves ships, but we are not just a shipbuilder. We are a global operation of diverse people with a range of skills that deliver innovation and quality to the maritime sector. Our business priority is to deliver for the needs of the present, while working to solve the challenges of the future.

Damen Services is a team of creative, entrepreneurial, and motivated people who support each other and enjoy coming to work each day. We interact directly with Damen customers around the world, helping them find solutions to challenging situations and improve the performance of their fleet. Our team goes the distance for each other and for our customers, and we all take pride in our ability to put groups of skilled, ‘can-do’ team members together to find and implement solutions.

Damen Services provides lifecycle support services with a strong focus on Damen built vessels. The range of services stretches from reactive and corrective, triggered by calls from our customers, up to services with a pro-active market approach and predictive maintenance elements.

The role

For our office in Gorinchem we are looking for an enthusiastic, communicative and experienced Project Manager ILS. As part of the Services Technology, Development & ILS Department the Project Manager ILS is responsible for the progress, execution and financial results of his/her ILS projects.

ILS Project Management in Damen Services is distinctive for managing a complete scope of Services products during and after newbuild of a vessel. Clients who bought an ILS package are clients which require certainty and predictability in their operation and maintenance of their Damen vessel. The ILS specific part is reflected in analysis of the engineering package in reflection of the total life cycle of the vessel, mostly resulting in data-supported parts list and a detailed maintenance management. Within Damen Services there are several Service Lines who are responsible for the execution of parts of the project, in which the ILS Project Manager is managing the coordination, overview and stakeholder relations. He/she will do that by being organization and people sensitive, making the required reports and overviews at the right time and communicating that to stakeholders internal (newbuild team, sales team, internal Damen Services team) and external as being our representation to the client.

Key accountabilities

  • Coordinates, guides, directs, supervises and monitors ILS projects in all aspects from start to finish for our customers;
  • Checks (indirectly) the progress of subprojects related to the entire ILS project;
  • Represent Damen Services to our clients;
  • Monitors additional work and is responsible for pre and post-calculations, the administrative processing and invoicing of projects (use of the ERP system) and ensures proper completion and communication with all parties involved;
  • Ensures correct and regular coordination of delivery agreements with the customer and a satisfactory handling in accordance with the contract.
  • Processes maintenance data and analysis within time, budget and according quality standards.

Skills & experience

  • Bachelor Mechanical Engineering or similar, supplemented with relevant training courses such as purchasing, work preparation, project-/supply chain management or similar;
  • Experience with contracts in English is desirable (contract clauses, technical specifications, sales & delivery conditions, bank guarantees, letters of credit);
  • At least 5 years of work experience in a similar position, preferably a technical background in the maritime sector;
  • Result-oriented, a "leader" with initiative and management skills;
  • Good commercial attitude, social and communicative skills, a team player;
  • Familiar with Reliability Availability and Maintainability Analysis (RAM), Failure Mode Effect & Criticality Analysis (FMEA) and Life Cycle Costs calculations (LCC) is a pre;
  • Makes decisions and finds solutions when challenges occur;
  • Assists in the further improvement and development of ILS products, processes and methodologies.

Advantage

  • Mastery of English
  • IPMA or PRINCE

What we offer and Other

The opportunity to develop yourself in this position. We are a growing organization where Services is the driving force. Entrepreneurship is in our DNA, and that's why we continue to grow and innovate and offer plenty of opportunities. All you have to do is grab them.

We offer you:

  • Personal guidance, freedom, varied work and a work environment where your opinion counts;
  • An excellent benefits package tailored to your experience and education level;
  • An International work environment;
  • Various growth and development opportunities;
  • Open, informal, no-nonsense culture with short communication lines;
  • An active social environment in terms of business culture, events & sports.

Does this position sound like the perfect fit for you? If so, we would love to hear from you! Please apply by submitting your resume and a motivation letter.


Recruiter:

Ankie van Hees

Email:

ankie.van.hees@damen.com

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