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About us
Get on board with Damen Naval, along with more than 1,200 professionals based in The Netherlands, Romania, and Germany. We are the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group which employs 12,000 professionals globally. Damen Naval designs and builds advanced naval vessels for customers all over the world. With a passion for technological innovation and sustainable solutions, we continue to push the boundaries in naval shipbuilding. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role
As the Information Security Officer (ISO) at Damen Naval, you are responsible for the proper implementation of information security within our organization. This involves drafting policies and raising awareness about good security practices among colleagues.

Key accountabilities
As an Information Security Officer at Damen Naval you will:

• Co-create, implement, and maintain our company security plan.
• Oversee the execution of the security plan, including processes, procedures, risk assessments, method statements, and documentation for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Offer expert security guidance to ensure that our company and projects meet contractual and internal requirements.
• Take charge of accreditations, including monitoring and reporting activities in line with standards such as ISO9001, ISO27001, and ABDO2019.
• Manage internal audit processes and project monitoring to ensure legislative and company requirements are met.
• Establish and maintain administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect our company and project information assets from both internal and external threats.
• Develop and deliver staff instructions, training, and briefings as needed, enhancing security awareness across the company in accordance with planned works, current best practices, and evolving legislation.

Skills & experience
As an Information Security Officer you will need to have:

• Bachelor degree in (information) security management, business administration, or related field.
• Certification as an Information Systems Security Professional or a similar qualification.
• Proficiency in implementing security control systems related to ITAR, ABDO, and ISO27001.
• Hands-on experience in developing and strengthening security management systems.
• Strong command of the Dutch and English languages, both written and spoken. Knowledge of German is an asset.
• Willingness to travel frequently, sometimes long distances, and to work abroad as required.
• Excellent references antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is standard part of the recruitment procedure.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required. Candidates with EU (work) visa or with both an EU and non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible in accordance with the requirements imposed by the military nature of our projects.

What we offer
At Damen Naval, we highly value our employees, and we will support your professional and personal development. We also provide our employees with:

• A competitive salary and 8% holiday pay.
• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• PME-pension arrangement with an employer contribution of 60%.
• Profit sharing based on company results.
• Working from home policy and other benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Other
Are you interested in this position, please submit your application with your CV and cover letter, along with an indication of:

• Your (preferred) monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.
• Availability (fulltime / part-time / number of hours).
• Notice period / possible starting date.

For more information about this vacancy or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via +31 118 485 000.

Please note that due to the military nature of our projects, only candidates who have permanent EU nationality can be considered for vacancies at Damen Naval. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to process candidates who (also) have a non-EU passport or nationality.

A pre-employment and security screening and investigation form part of the recruitment process.

Acquisition and introduction of candidates without a formal request is not appreciated and they will not be considered.

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