About us
Vacancy: Project Engineer Damen Services, Panama City, Panama
Do you want to work with an international team of ‘can-do’ people that are developing new and innovative ways to support customers and push for a more sustainable maritime industry?
If you answered ‘yes’ to this question, then you may be a good fit for Damen Services!
We are hiring to fill the job vacancy for Project Engineer Damen Services.
Nice to meet you!
We are Damen Services. Damen Services is a team of 300 very dedicated, creative, entrepreneurial, and motivated maritime professionals who support their clients and each other. We interact directly with Damen customers around the world, helping to find solutions for challenging situations.
Meet the Service Hub team.
The Panama Service Hub is founded in 2021 and still growing. The Panama Service Hub team is responsible to provide customers in the region with a local point of contact, fast response times, and a personal approach. The Service Hub’s broad scope will provide customers support with warranty and maintenance issues of their vessels. From the hub, Damen will also provide a range of training courses to its clients, including vessel familiarisation and maintenance. The services and accessibility offered by Damen’s Panama Hub are paired with a wealth of information and connectivity accessible via diverse web portals like Trition and the MyDamen web portal.
The role
Are you a good fit for the Project Engineer position at Damen Services now or in the near future?
As Project Engineer you work in a hybrid position where you will be responsible for the delivery of warranty support to multiple vessels, train the clients and act as a field service engineer who will be expected to conduct some “hands-on” tasks and small projects.
This is a good fit if you like to:
- Evaluate incoming warranty requests from our customers;
- Provide pro-active solutions and proposals to our clients;
- Coordinate, monitor and supervise the service activities to be carried out, occasionally also on location;
- Ensure proper (technical) preparation of the assignment;
- Attend other Damen projects such as warranty support and client visits.
Skills & experience
We ask our future Project Engineer to come prepared with the following:
You have:
- Engineering qualification at bachelor's level or equivalent working level;
- Proven experience in a service organisation like a Maritime, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering;
- Project management and Service skills;
- Good command of the English and Spanish language, both verbal and in writing;
- Excellent communication and advisory skills.
You are:
- Result-oriented Project Engineer with initiative and project management skills;
- A capable hands-on engineer with a proven track record in the maritime sector of Operate, Diagnose, Maintain and Repair;
- An effective communicator with team members and stakeholders;
- Decisive and at the same time flexible in your approach and works methodically;
- Pragmatic and persuasive with a solid personality, fitting within a dynamic organization with a hands-on culture;
- Able to influence, put things into perspective and also knows how to have the patience that is sometimes needed to achieve results;
- Well able to manage expectations.
What we offer
We ask a lot but we have to offer a lot, so we offer:
You can develop yourself in a versatile position. We are a growing organization where Services is the driving force. Entrepreneurship is in our DNA, and that's why we continue to grow and innovate and offer plenty of opportunities. All you have to do is grab them.
We offer you:
- Personal guidance, freedom, varied work and a work environment where your opinion counts;
- An excellent benefits package tailored to your experience and education level;
- An International work environment;
- Various growth and development opportunities;
- Open, informal, no-nonsense culture with short communication lines.
Other
About Damen:
Damen is a family-owned, client-driven organization that has been in operation since 1927. Our primary business involves ships, but we are not just a shipbuilder. We are a global operation of diverse people with a range of skills that deliver innovation and quality to the maritime sector. Our business priority is to deliver for the needs of the present while working to solve the challenges of the future.
Still with us and ready to apply?
Apply online for the position of Project Engineer by scrolling down and using the apply button at the bottom of this page. We look forward to meeting you!
Do you need a bit more info or looking for something that suits you better?
Don't hesitate to get in touch with Robin Verbruggen at robin.verbruggen@damen.com if you have questions or explore other career opportunities at https://career.damen.com/
Damen Services does not approve of a commercial, contractor and/or agency acquisition or commercial use of this advertisement. Proposing candidates without invitation is not appreciated and will not be considered.