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Giulio Geromella
Recruitment Partner Consultant at Van Storm
Job summary:
Tasks: Support the structural design during construction by resolving production, fabrication, and integration issues, ensuring compliance and buildability.
Projects: custom-made mega yachts +80m
Company: engineering office with state-of-the-art building facilities
Main requirements: +3 years of experience as a Structural Engineer (hull) in yachtbuilding, preferably with exposure to production support, site engineering, and modifications
Your opportunity
As a Production Support Engineer - Structural, you ensure the continuity and technical integrity of the structural design during the transition from engineering to construction and throughout the build phase of prestigious custom-built mega yacht projects (>80m). You work on hull structures and structural interfaces, acting as the technical link between Engineering, Production, Suppliers, and Class.
Your focus is on buildability, problem-solving, and modification management: identifying risks in drawings and supplier output, resolving on-site technical issues, and coordinating structural changes when reality deviates from the original design. You do not own the original design, but you ensure it can be built correctly, safely, and efficiently.
What you will do
- Support the structural engineering scope during engineering finalisation, reviewing design output to identify buildability, integration, or production risks before construction approval
- Provide targeted updates to models and drawings to resolve issues identified prior to construction approval, ensuring a production-ready design
- Act as on-site technical support during the build phase, at the shipyard and supplier locations, resolving structural questions related to fabrication, prefabrication, and block erection
- Handle technical queries from production and suppliers, ensuring issues are clearly analysed, documented, and formally processed
- Prepare, manage, and track Modification Requests and Modification Orders (MR/MO) in coordination with Engineering and the Shipyard, including extended engineering where required
- Maintain overview and traceability of all active structural modifications within your scope
- Coordinate cross-disciplinary solutions for modifications impacting multiple departments, ensuring technical consistency and feasibility
- Proactively identify risks in production drawings and supplier deliverables, initiating corrective actions before they affect quality or schedule
- Contribute to continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned, improving templates and standards, and optimising workflows (e.g. within Siemens NX)
Where you will work
Dreaming of working for one of the top 3 mega yacht builders in the Netherlands? Then this is the opportunity for you!
Our client does not only build state-of-the-art luxury mega yachts but is also one of the oldest and most prominent shipyards in the Low Lands.
- Combination of rich tradition and modern approach
- The finest quality & attention to detail
- You will learn from the best professionals in the market
- Engineering office together with shipyard facilities
- Fast-growing department that requires to be sharp and flexible
- International team of passionate & motivated colleagues
What you already have
- 3+ years of experience as a Structural Engineer in yacht or shipbuilding, with exposure to production, site support, and modifications
- Valid driving license and willingness to travel to shipyard and supplier locations (car required to reach sites not easily accessible by public transport)
- Strong understanding of structural design intent and how it translates into fabrication and assembly
- Experience working with production drawings, supplier deliverables, and technical queries from the yard
- Familiarity with Class and Flag requirements and how they apply during construction
- Proficiency with AutoCAD and preferably Siemens NX, Teamcenter, or Cadmatic
- Practical, solution-oriented mindset and the ability to work effectively at the interface of engineering and production
- Clear communication skills, able to coordinate across disciplines and external parties
- Fluent English and comfortable working in an international environment
Your benefits
- Covered commuting and interviewing costs
- Basic Dutch course, so you will understand the Dutch jokes during the coffee break
- Access to social gatherings, lectures, and events, so you will meet like-minded friends within the Dutch Maritime Industry.
- Housing search support and registration supported by Van Storm
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