Offer summary

Qualifications:

Higher vocational education (HBO) in shipbuilding, mechanical discipline, or relevant field., Minimum of five years of experience leading a team., Knowledge of shipbuilding and/or mechanical engineering processes in a project-based environment., Fluent in English, with excellent communication skills..

Key responsibilities:

Supervise all engineering activities in projects.

Coordinate with Product Market Groups and Functional Disciplines to improve cooperation.

Support and coach Team Leaders Engineering, including performance management and professional development.

Assist in resource allocation, standardization, and budgeting for engineering projects.

Job description

Royal IHC is looking for an experienced Manager Engineering that can create and maintain a working environment in which multidisciplinary project teams flourish. Are you able to combine networking skills and a human-oriented leadership style with a healthy ambition to excel? Than we have the perfect role for you!

In your role you get energized from coaching team members, act as a role model, take car of operational management and achieving successes together. We are looking for a colleague who is proactive and who can easily prioritize between pending activities.

In your role you will be responsible for:

The supervision of all engineering related activities in the projects.
Demarcation of activities and improving cooperation with all relevant Product Market Groups (PMG’s) and/or Functional Disciplines (FD's).
Being the linking pin between PMG’s and FD’s.
Working in close cooperation with the overall Project Management team and assisting if and where needed.
Supporting/coaching your group of Team Leaders Engineering, including daily management activities like performance management, professional development and other activities.
Professional development of your team members, assessing and improving the engineering competences.
Dividing resources over the projects, together with the other managers Engineering.
Improve standardization in project execution, including reporting, taking into account different types of (engineering) projects, with room for individual interpretation.
Budgeting (hours + lead times) potential (engineering) project together with other team members of the management team.
Supporting the Engineering Management Team (MT) with external engineering sales activities.
Contributing to our social media visibility.

To be eligible for the role of Engineering Manager, we are looking for the following requirements:

At least higher vocational education level (HBO) in a shipbuilding, mechanical discipline (or other relevant field).
At least five years of experience in leading a team.
Knowledge of shipbuilding and/or mechanical engineering processes in a project-based work environment.
Courageous communicator – the ability to work efficiently and smoothly in a complex, international environment.
Excellent communication skills and fluent in English (verbal and written).
A broad interest in the shipbuilding, dredging, offshore and maritime equipment industry.

Please note that only candidates who live in the Netherlands with a valid EU work visa will be considered as viable candidates.

* These requirements give a direction to the profile we are looking. At Royal IHC, we warmly welcome anyone to join us, regardless of their background, disabilities or challenges. For example: research shows that male candidates apply if there is a 60% match and women only when there is a 100% match. Do you not meet all the requirements but do you think that this is the position for you? Then we would like to invite you to apply.

Royal IHC offers you:

A gross monthly salary between €5871,- and €8353,- +8% holiday allowance (based on a fulltime working week).
Good work/life balance with 40 vacation days for full-time employment with the option to buy or sell (additional) leave.
The possibility to work from home with associated expense allowance and/or to perform the work on the basis of flexible working hours (depending on the position).
An average salary pension scheme in which matters are properly arranged in the event of accidental death, incapacity for work or unemployment.
Good disability insurance.
Participation (on a voluntary basis) in the Social Fund, on the basis of which care and related costs are reimbursed that are not covered by your health insurance.
Discount on VGZ's additional healthcare insurance.
A training budget of €1,500 every three years.
Unlimited sporting in our own fitness room (in exchange for the sustainable employability day).
€ 0,21 per kilometer commuting allowance.
A profit-sharing scheme.

In 2042 (when we exist 400 years) Royal IHC will be a fully sustainable company with a net-zero portfolio.

About the department:

The FD Engineering is the company knowledge center for the engineering of IHC’s products and is supporting the PMG’s with specific engineering knowledge and resources. The department currently exists of around 225 employees and growing.

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