Project Lead Naval Architect

You manage a vessel design from the first client meeting to the final stage of engineering. In the commercial phase, you provide technical input on concepts and estimates for the proposal. After award, you select your team together with the department manager(s) and set the detailed planning and budget. The work: During engineering, you lead a team of design, structural, marine systems and 3D/2D engineers. The work covers vessel lay-outs, stability, weight calculations and hydrodynamic calculations. You use these to optimise hull and ship structures, taking integration with offshore equipment, marine systems and workability into account. The projects include new designs and conversions for the offshore, renewables, dredging and mining, and salvage and decommissioning markets. All design and engineering work is approved by a class society such as DNV, Bureau Veritas or Lloyd's Register. You coordinate and communicate with the class society, and report progress to the department manager and the client. Provide technical input to the commercial team for concepts, estimates and proposals Lead a multidiscipline team of engineers and designers during the project Track planning, budget and engineering progress Report progress to clients and the department manager Coordinate and communicate with class societies such as DNV, Bureau Veritas and Lloyd's Register MSc degree in naval architecture, maritime engineering or a comparable field 10+ years of engineering experience in the maritime industry Experience with concept design, basic design, FEA and 3D/2D modelling (for example: Rhino, Autocad, Ansys, Nupas) Working knowledge of class society rules and regulations, and experience dealing with class approval Proactive attitude and strong written and spoken communication in English and Dutch A competitive salary and working conditions 37 days of leave (28 vacation days and 9 ADV days) Profit distribution Working from home Varied design projects in the maritime, dredging and offshore industries Submit your application: Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. First name * Last name: * Phone: * Email * your Contact your Upload your resume: * Drag & Drop Files, Choose Files to Upload Supported files: PDF, DOC(X) Write your motivation here: * Which position are you applying for? * Submit application Share your LinkedIn profile: You can share your LinkedIn profile with us without responding to a vacancy. We review your profile and may contact you via LinkedIn if there is a relevant match. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Name Website URL Name * Website / URL * Share profile Vuyk Engineering is an independent maritime design house. It works in four disciplines: ship design and conversion, methods engineering, equipment design and temporary steel design. Clients include shipowners, contractors, equipment suppliers, fabricators and shipyards. Vuyk supports them from small ad hoc assignments to fully integrated projects. See our projects here: Conversion design for U-81 yacht support vessel Allseas: cargo barge Braveheart Boskalis Windpiper conversion to subsea rock installation vessel Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link: immersion pontoons IVY1 + 2 Find all projects here Manage Consent To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Preferences Preferences The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Statistics Statistics The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Marketing Marketing The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes Accept Deny View preferences Save preferences View preferences {title} {title} {title} Manage consent