Damen

Project Manager

Damen  •  Cape Town, ZA (Onsite)  •  16 days ago
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Job Description

We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities Join our family.

We’re everything ship. Are you?

Ready to make a big splash in Africa's marine industry? Join our Service Hub in Cape Town and lead repair, upgrade and technical support projects for customers across Africa. You'll work directly with vessel owners, suppliers and technical specialists, taking ownership from kick-off to delivery.

About us

At Damen, we do more than build ships. Through Damen Services, we support customers throughout the entire lifecycle of their vessels with repairs, maintenance, upgrades and technical support around the world. As part of our South Africa Hub in Cape Town, you'll help customers keep their operations running safely, efficiently and reliably.

The role

As Project Manager Services, you'll lead repair, upgrade and technical support projects across Africa from our Cape Town Service Hub. With project values ranging from €50,000 to €4.5 million.

The majority of your projects will be executed in South Africa, with occasional opportunities to support customers and projects across other parts of Africa.

You'll work directly with vessel owners, suppliers and technical specialists, taking ownership from kick-off to successful delivery in a fast-paced ship repair environment.

Your impact

  • Lead repair, modification and technical support projects from start to finish.
  • Coordinate engineering, procurement, logistics and delivery activities.
  • Manage budgets, planning, risks and project performance.
  • Build strong relationships with customers and suppliers.
  • Identify variation orders and commercial opportunities.
  • Support project execution on-site when required within Africa.

Skills & Experience

We're looking for a proactive Project Manager Services who brings:

  • A Bachelor's degree in a technical or commercial field;
  • Several years of experience in a maritime services environment;
  • At least 5 years of project management experience within ship repair;
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

You are

  • A pragmatic and persuasive leader who thrives in a dynamic, hands-on environment;
  • Collaborative by nature, while confident in working independently and taking ownership;
  • Decisive, adaptable and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced operational setting;
  • Skilled at stakeholder management, building trusted relationships and aligning diverse interests;
  • An effective communicator who can influence, challenge and manage expectations at all levels;
  • Results-driven, proactive and able to turn plans into successful outcomes through strong leadership and initiative;
  • Resilient, patient and solution-oriented when navigating challenges and change;
  • Passionate about ship repair and committed to delivering outstanding service to customers;
  • Already living in South Africa, preferably in Cape Town.

Why Damen?

What we’re made of. We’re made for ships. To design them, build them, finance them and care for them throughout their life. Defined by our values of stewardship, craftsmanship, fellowship and entrepreneurship, we’re everything ship. We’re on a mission to help our clients harvest the oceans of possibilities presented by our waters, for the generations to come. To achieve our goal, we need people who share our vision and drive.

  • Work on challenging projects across Africa.
  • Join a global maritime leader known for quality, innovation and the widest variety of ships.
  • Be part of a family-owned company built on fellowship, craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and stewardship.
  • Grow your international network through direct customer and supplier interaction.
  • Help shape the future of maritime services in Africa.

Get on board!

If you feel you share our values and passion, then we’d like to see what you’re made of. Who knows, maybe we’re made for each other? Get on board. We would love to read your resume and motivation.

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Recruiter:

Ankie van Hees

Email:

ankie.van.hees@damen.com

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Damen

About Damen

Oceans, seas, lakes and rivers offer growing possibilities in the areas of trade, food, energy and recreation. To ensure global prosperity for next generations and keep the earth habitable with an ever-increasing population, it is essential to utilise and protect these possibilities as efficiently and responsibly as possible.

Damen provides unprecedented maritime solutions for this, through design, shipbuilding, ship repair and related services. We offer versatile platforms that enable our customers to be successful and that raise the standard in terms of safety, reliability, efficiency and sustainability. We want to become the most sustainable shipbuilders in the world.

In the previous century, we revolutionized shipbuilding. Thanks to standardisation, we were able to supply our customers with better ships, faster. More than 90 years and 6,500 ships later, the importance of standardisation is only increasing in the light of zero-emissions and digitalisation.

We do not build our ships alone, but together with an extensive network from the international maritime cluster. We firmly believe in the power of sharing. It means that we also use our craftsmanship to build platforms on production facilities that are not ours. In this way, through knowledge transfer, we not only contribute to better, safer and more eco-friendly ships, but also to sustainable local development and prosperity.

We are a family owned business and stand for fellowship, craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and stewardship. Our playing field is the world. Our horizon is the long term. We firmly believe in our team, but also in the strength of the individual. Each colleague is an entrepreneur, focused on ensuring truly satisfied clients and making our contribution to a better world. In every aspect of our business the next generation is our starting point.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Gorinchem, NL
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
damen.com
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