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Project Manager Integrated Logistics Support ILS (Interim)
Vlissingen

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
Are you a skilled Project Manager with expertise in Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and ready to take on an interim role at Damen Naval? We are looking for an experienced professional to join our team and lead critical ILS initiatives that ensure seamless operational support and customer satisfaction.

As an Interim Project Manager ILS, you will oversee the development and execution of ILS packages, driving results in schedule, quality, and cost. You will bring your knowledge of ILS methodologies, gained in the defence or other complex technical environments, to support our naval engineering projects. This role will require close collaboration with various stakeholders and departments within Damen Naval.

Key accountabilities
As Project Manager Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), your core tasks will include:

• Lead ILS projects to ensure targeted results for schedule, quality, and cost.
• Work according to contract specifications and agreements with relevant stakeholders and departments.
• Professionalize and optimize the ILS project management process, delivering high-quality results that meet client expectations.
• Innovate and drive innovative approaches in ILS methodology while respecting existing work and processes.
• Ensure full compliance with company and end-user requirements and specifications.
• Draft ILS proposals, including technical specifications and pricing.
• Oversee day-to-day operations and plan long-term strategies for productive and cohesive ILS support.
• Measure and drive performance across all ILS activities, ensuring the team stay on track to meet goals within the allocated budget.

Skills & experience
To succeed as interim Project Manager Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) in this role, you should have:

• Bachelor or Master degree in a relevant technical discipline, ideally with an IPMA C certification.
• Solid knowledge and hands-on experience with maintenance and ILS methodologies, particularly within the defence industry or a complex technical environment.
• Good command of the English and Dutch language both written and verbal and German is a plus.
• Flexibility to work full-time in Vlissingen, with occasional travel to other locations.
• Competencies: customer orientation, teamwork, results-driven, coaching, planning, and organizing, leadership, and the ability to manage stress.
• Good command of the Dutch and English language both written and verbal.
• 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 value our interim team members and strive for a positive and successful collaboration. As an interim professional on secondment basis or as a freelancer, we offer you the following conditions:

• An attractive rate, ensuring at least equal pay to permanent staff.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• Flexibility to work partially from home.
• Challenging and innovative projects.

Other
If you are interested in this interim assignment as Project Manager Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), please submit your application with your CV and cover letter. Please indicate your preferred agreement -secondment or freelance- along with an indication of:

• Secondment: monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.
• Freelance: hourly rate excluding VAT.
• Availability: fulltime/ part-time and number of hours per week/
• Notice period and/ or preferred start date.
   

For more information about the vacancy of interim Project Manager Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) 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-assignment 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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