Vacancy
Technical Specification Engineer

As Technical Specification Engineer, your primary responsibilities include:

• Formulating (operational) technical specifications for suppliers and subcontractors, drawing upon both customer demands and design prerequisites.
• Collaborating closely with the procurement unit, critically assessing supplier quotations from a technical perspective.
• Ensuring the absolute adherence to all stipulated requisites dictated by customers and relevant governing bodies.
• Establishing and maintaining robust professional rapport with technical liaisons from subcontractors and suppliers.
• Engaging in technical dialogues aimed at attaining equitable levels of compliance among competing suppliers of identical products or systems, thus laying a solid foundation for subsequent commercial negotiations.
• Procuring and assessing engineering particulars and records from suppliers, encompassing mechanical blueprints, schematics, computations, electrical charts, and more.
• Integrating received components and systems into the ship's design, working in tandem with internal divisions, suppliers, regulatory entities, and the proprietor.
• Contributing to and updating the engineering repository, encompassing facets such as purchase orders, components, metadata, and records.
• Executing essential technical computations to ratify the soundness of the design.
• Crafting documents detailing technical and operational specifications for materials like System Description Statements, HAT (Hold Acceptance Test) procedures, and SAT (Site Acceptance Test) procedures.
• Validating the technical efficiency of products and systems, including inspecting equipment at supplier premises and executing Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs).
• Offering technical assistance for commissioning operations.
• Actively participating in design appraisals and evaluations to assure the requisite caliber.

To be successful for the role, you should possess:

• A Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of two years' experience in Mechanical or Marine Engineering, including interaction with regulatory bodies.
• Knowledge of mechanical systems, especially in ship, offshore, or industrial settings.
• Ability to collaborate with third-party vendors and subcontractors.
• Desired attributes: emphasis on quality, planning, budget management, occasional willingness to travel abroad.
• Proficiency in both written and spoken Dutch and English.
• Requirement of EU citizenship and successful security clearance for candidacy.