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Business Analyst Engineering

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

Do you have a passion for optimizing complex systems and working at the intersection of engineering and IT? Damen Naval is looking for a Business Analyst Engineering to provide vital support in managing and enhancing the engineering department’s business applications. This role is crucial to ensuring seamless collaboration between engineering and IT, enabling efficient support of Damen’s innovative naval projects. If you have a sharp analytical mind and the skills to drive impactful change, we want to meet you! As Business Analyst Engineering at Damen Naval, you will:

• Collaborate closely with engineers, IT specialists, and other stakeholders to gather and document requirements, specifications, and processes.
• Analyse data and engineering workflows to uncover trends and drive data-informed recommendations.
• Identify inefficiencies in engineering processes, proposing improvements to boost productivity, and cut costs.
• Evaluate the cost implications of engineering decisions, offering solutions that align with business goals.
• Serve as a key liaison between Engineering and IT to ensure smooth interaction and alignment with project and business objectives.
• Assist in implementing new systems, processes, or technologies, contributing to organizational change.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, including project plans, business cases, and process flows, for an accessible and transparent archive.
• Assess innovative technologies and tools that can elevate the efficiency and effectiveness of engineering operations.
• Support knowledge transfer, continuous improvement, and process evaluation within the team.

Skills & experience
To excel as Business Analyst Engineering you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

• Bachelor or Master degree in a relevant field and at least three years of professional experience.
• Familiarity with engineering tools, project management processes, IT platforms, and software development.
• Hands-on experience with project management tools and ideally experience in naval or complex engineering projects.
• Fluency in English and Dutch language skills are a plus.
• Core Competencies: Customer focus, results-driven approach, quality orientation, teamwork, initiative, and critical thinking.
• Excellent references antecedents as a pre-assignment security screening is part of the recruitment procedure.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required. Candidates with EU (work) visa or with (also) a non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible given 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 the position of Business Analyst Engineering, please submit your application including 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 the vacancy of Business Analyst Engineering 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. #LI-DNS1