Vacature
Technical Specialist Composite Structures

The role

Damen Naval is looking for a Technical Specialist Composite Structures (Project-Based) who can start on short notice on a temporary basis for the duration of a frigate project. During the project you will be supporting the engineering of large naval composite structures from basic engineering up to production start. In the project you will be responsible for the design and validation of large composite structures, including relevant structural and FEM calculations. Calculation aspects are strength, stiffness, vibrations, buckling, fatigue, blast, EMC, producibility, maintainability, etc. In addition to the in-house performed structural analyses, you will review technical documentation provided by the suppliers such as production engineering documents) and subcontractors (calculation reports and trade-off studies).

Key accountabilities

As Technical Specialist Composite Structures (Project Based), you will:

• Deliver engineering work within time, budget and according to the relevant quality standards.
• Support in non-structural aspects of composite naval structures, such as fire safety, EMC, and outfitting.
• Support the basic and detailed engineering of outsourced engineering packages, design checks and design reviews.
• Support in developing building strategies of large composite structures together with composite manufacturers.
• Responsible for integration of delivered components and systems into ship design in close cooperation with internal departments, suppliers, regulatory bodies, and customer.
• Defend technical solutions and communicates these clearly with stakeholders.

Skills & experience

As Technical Specialist Composite Structures (Project Based), you will need to have:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Naval Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering.
• Knowledge of and experience in the field of Fibre Reinforced Polymers.
• Experience with FEM modelling and analysis software, such as ANSYS, NX or FEMAP and CAD systems such as 3DX or Catia.
• Good knowledge of English and preferably Dutch, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work when necessary fulltime at our office in Vlissingen
• Competencies: creative within your field, accurate, decisive, and efficient, capable of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent antecedents as a pre-employment security screening and investigation are a part of the recruitment procedure (given the military nature of our projects).
• Permanent EU citizenship and valid EU work visa are both required to be considered as viable candidate.