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Diogo Teixeira
Recruitment Partner Consultant at Van Storm
Job summary:
Tasks: concept and basic engineering of complex shipbuilding projects
Projects: complex defense, offshore & special vessels
Company: shipbuilding engineering and consultancy firm
Main requirements: MSc. in Naval Architecture
Your opportunity
As a Senior Naval Architect, you will take on a central role in technically challenging and high-impact maritime projects. Your work will lay the foundation for safe, efficient, and cutting-edge vessels. Performing and reviewing calculations on stability, resistance, propulsion, weight management, and seakeeping will be a key part of your role. You will also guide and mentor younger engineers, helping to retain and develop knowledge within the team.
What you will do
- Perform Naval Architecture calculations such as stability, weight, hydrostatics, manoeuvrability, etc.
- Create and check structural and scantling calculations performed by other colleagues
- Act as a mentor and coordinate junior naval architects within your team
- Closely collaborate with the other disciplines (systems, mechanical, structural...) to have a fully integrated design
- Communication with clients and classification societies to ensure good deliverables
- Write specifications for the yard and be available to solve their questions in the construction phase
Where you will work
Our client is a renowned engineering consultancy firm in the greater Rotterdam area, with a deep-rooted history of providing naval architecture and marine engineering solutions for the development of naval ships as well as complex offshore vessels and floating installations. With a real passion for technology these engineers are involved in the full engineering cycle, working together on delivering concept, basic, and detail designs and developing new technologies.
- This medium-sized design engineering company is part of a broadly oriented Dutch top-10 engineering consultancy firm
- Strong position with clients in the naval defence industry worldwide
- Wide range of interesting design engineering & consultancy projects
- Cooperating with knowledgeable colleagues, learning and sharing insights
What you already have
- MSc. in Naval Architecture
- 5+ years of experience as a Naval Architect developing complex vessels with an offshore mission
- Perform and validate calculations for stability, resistance, propulsion, weight, and motion analysis
- You enjoy guiding and mentoring more junior engineers
- Excellent knowledge of theoretical naval architecture calculations
- Open personality, solution-driven and responsible
- Excellent communication skills and fluent English, so you can communicate efficiently with your multi-cultural team. Willingness to learn Dutch is much appreciated!
- Willingness to perform a background check
- EU citizenship is a must, due to the nature of some military projects
Your benefits
- Enjoy your time off: 31 paid holidays per year for a good work-life balance
- Salary: based on expertise starting from 65K gross per year
- Stay safe during business trips: Business Travel Insurance
- Paid commuting and interview cost
- Spreek Nederlands! Basic Dutch course, so you will understand Dutch jokes during coffee breaks
- Make yourself at home: we fully support your relocation & registration process
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