Technical Subcontract Manager Combat

As an Engineer in Offshore & Shipbuilding, you play a crucial role in creating safe, sustainable and efficient projects on or offshore. From shipbuilding to floating offshore platforms.

Responsibilities

• As a Technical Subcontract Manager Combat, you will specify, coordinate, and manage all technical activities for sub-contracted combat systems, including above-water and underwater sensor systems, weapon systems, command and control, and communication systems.
• This covers the entire scope from project definition, engineering, interfacing, and installation to verification and acceptance of the relevant systems for large design-and-build naval projects.
• The ultimate goal is to ensure successful integration of these various combat systems into an effective naval combat suite for the vessels being delivered, and where applicable, related land-based facilities.
• Managing, coordinating, and facilitating multiple subcontractors and suppliers during the preparation and execution phases of projects, with a focus on short- and medium-term milestones.
• Ensuring that all combat systems products and services fully comply with applicable requirements and specifications within the agreed schedules, quality standards, and cost limits.
• Taking ownership of system integration activities within complex, mid-sized projects, including managing the associated subcontractors.
• Organizing and/or participating in project reviews.
• Securing the execution and synchronization of all project activities related to deliverables and obligations of the subcontractor(s).
• Participating, as the accepting party, during contractual milestones, tests, and trials, such as FAT (Factory Acceptance Tests), HAT (Harbour Acceptance Tests), and SAT (Sea Acceptance Tests).
• Assisting the warranty team with any identified warranty issues.
• Providing support for proposal reviews, technical evaluations, and cost/price analyses.
• Assisting in defining, establishing, and validating and potentially acting as the Combat System Integrator for all relevant functional and physical interfaces, including related testing activities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical subcontract management experience dealing with international sub-contractors. [preferably acquired in the naval or shipbuilding sector].
• Relevant knowledge and experience with highly complex (combat) systems, preferably in the shipbuilding or naval sector.
• Solid communication skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Good contract management skills and affinity with legal language and technical terminology.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a Technical direction.
• Good project management experience and ideally with project management qualification.
• Excellent command of the English language, Dutch and/or German language knowledge or willingness to learn.
• Excellent references antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is standard part of the recruitment procedure.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required and candidates with NL/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.

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