Project Quality Assurance Lead
Posted 20 days 5 hours ago by Damen Naval
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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 Project Quality Assurance Lead at Damen Naval, you will be responsible for the execution and optimization of quality assurance (QA) processes and procedures for Damen Naval shipbuilding projects. You oversee, advise, and report about quality issues related to the project(s) you are assigned to. When an issue is identified, you Initiate root-cause analysis for quality deviations and update the overall quality policy and standards to prevent reoccurrence.
Key accountabilities
As the Project Quality Assurance Lead, your key responsibilities will include:
- Coordinates the quality processes and fosters a quality mindset in each shipbuilding project.
- Ensuring quality management principles, protocols, and processes are correctly applied.
- Leading the Project Quality team.
- Creating the QA registration system processes and ensuring it is kept complete and updated.
- Participating in project and department progress meetings.
- Updating project management about the quality assurance status and incident mitigations.
- Liaising with the Government Quality Assurance Representative (GQAR) and providing all QA information.
Skills & experience
To excel as a Project Quality Assurance Lead, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:
3+ years of experience in Quality Management, preferably acquired in the naval, defense or shipbuilding industry.
- Experienced with manufacturing techniques and processes, preferably in the naval shipbuilding industry.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Technical Business Administration, Maritime Technology or Shipbuilding.
- Good command of the Dutch and English language, both written and spoken.
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 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 this vacancy or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via .
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.