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Project Engineer Services

Damen

Gorinchem
Full Time
Posted on: March 30 2026

We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities. Join our family.

At Damen Services, we believe the future of the maritime world is built by people who see opportunities where others see challenges. If you’re driven by innovation, energized by teamwork and excited to support customers across borders, you may be the Project Engineer we’re looking for at our Damen Services Hub Germany in Hamburg.

"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."

About Damen Services

Damen Services is home to more than 300 dedicated maritime professionals who support our customers worldwide. With a culture shaped by craftsmanship, innovation, teamwork and entrepreneurship, we ensure every vessel performs at its best throughout its lifecycle.  

Established in 2021, our Hamburg Service Hub is quickly developing into a mature, well‑established base for our service activities. From this strategic location, we serve customers across the Baltic region with fast response times, hands‑on support, vessel training and access to digital tools like Triton and MyDamen.

The Role – Shape the Service Experience of Tomorrow

As a Project Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring that our customers receive the highest level of support. Technically, operationally and personally. You will combine problem-solving with hands‑on engineering, project coordination and customer interaction. This is your chance to contribute to sustainable maritime solutions within a dynamic, international environment that embraces innovation and continuous improvement.

Your key accountabilities:

Support & Solve

  • Deliver outstanding warranty and service support across multiple vessels.

  • Train clients and perform hands‑on engineering tasks and small technical projects.

Evaluate & Advise

  • Assess incoming warranty requests and provide proactive, customer‑focused solutions.

  • Act as a trusted advisor, offering clear, practical recommendations.

Coordinate & Execute

  • Prepare, organize and supervise service activities, sometimes on-site at the vessel.

  • Ensure solid technical preparations for every assignment.

Grow & Build

  • Join other Damen projects, from client visits to supplier onboarding and new regional initiatives.

  • Contribute to the continued growth of our young and ambitious Hamburg Hub team.

We’re Looking For Someone Who…

Is Driven by Excellence

  • You bring enthusiasm, ownership and a commitment to delivering the highest service level.

Thinks and Works Like an Engineer

  • A bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience.

  • Experience in maritime, mechanical or electrical service engineering is a strong advantage.

Communicates with Impact

  • Fluent in both English and German, with strong advisory and interpersonal skills.

  • Speaking Polish is a nice plus.

Acts with Purpose

  • Hands‑on, decisive, structured and flexible, always seeing possibilities. Picking up the tools occasionally and enjoying it.

  • Able to manage expectations, influence stakeholders and keep a cool head when needed.

What 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.

Your benefits:

  • Personal guidance, freedom, varied work and a work environment where your opinion counts;

  • Opportunity to travel to client sites and our headquarters in the Netherlands a few times per year.

  • An excellent benefits package tailored to your experience and education level;

  • An international work environment;

  • Open, informal, no-nonsense culture with short communication lines.

Ready to Get on Board?

Does this position sound like the perfect fit for you? We’d love to hear from you! Please apply by submitting your resume and motivation letter. 


Recruiter:

Ankie van Hees

Email:

ankie.van.hees@damen.com

Please apply through the Apply Button. Due to GDPR reasons we cannot accept applications by email.

About Damen
Damen logo

Are you ready to sail into a new adventure?

Damen was established by two brothers back in 1927. Today, with more than 12,000 employees, operating over 35 shipbuilding and repair yards, the Damen Shipyards Group has earned a leading position in the shipbuilding world. We are an international company that is, at heart, still a family business with family values and a deep respect for our maritime heritage. It is our aim to combine our proven standardisation with the innovations of digitalisation to become the world’s most sustainable shipbuilder

Newbuild

Damen has delivered more than 6,500 vessels in 100 countries and delivers some 175 vessels annually to customers worldwide. Damen’s focus on standardisation, modular construction and keeping vessels on stock leads to short delivery times, low total cost of ownership and reliable performance. We offer a wide range of products including tugs, naval and patrol vessels, high speed craft, ferries, dredging, offshore vessels and superyachts.

Shiprepair & conversion

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has a worldwide network of 18 repair and conversion yards with drydocks ranging up to 420 x 80 metres. DSC yards have extensive experience – completing more than 1,300 projects every year, from normal drydockings for scheduled maintenance to damage repair, right up to extensive refit and conversion projects.

Services

Being active in the maritime industry demands continuous vessel reliability. For nearly all vessel types Damen offers a broad range of services, including maintenance, spare parts delivery, training and the transfer of shipbuilding know-how.

Components

Damen is also specialised in the design and production of various marine components including propeller nozzles, rudders, special towing winches, anchors, anchor chains and steel works.

Always looking for talent

At Damen we are always looking for professionals, starters and students with a passion for ships. We offer challenging jobs, internships, premium placements or graduation projects both locally and globally, in various job areas.

Investing in talent

As professionals we offer you the ideal environment to continuously develop yourself both technically and personally by coaching you on the job and through various programmes found in the Damen Academy.

We also offer students diverse unique opportunities to get to know the Damen Shipyards Group. Boost your personal development, even before beginning your professional career, through various events and activities.

“Damen has always been a company with a clear focus on innovation. From ground-breaking concepts such as standardised shipbuilding to advanced products such as the SEA Axe Hull, innovation has provided the means for Damen to grow into an established global group of companies.”

Oceans of opportunities

We are active across the entire maritime sector and offer jobs in different areas allowing you to grow, develop and define your own career. Whether you are looking for a job in Sales, Design & Proposal, Engineering, Research & Development, Yard Support or Project Management, we will do our best to find the right fit in our Newbuild, Shiprepair & Conversion, Services or Components activities.

Steer your own career

From the first day you join our company, you will have the freedom and responsibility to steer your own course. Damen stands for challenging jobs, personal and professional development and for numerous career opportunities. And, above all, it’s fun to work at Damen!

Are you up for the challenge? Are you a team player who likes to work independently and thinks critically and are you ready to take the lead? Then feel welcome at Damen and spend your future best years with us!

‘’We want to become the most sustainable shipbuilders in the world. Our ambitions lie in circularity and zero-emission sailing!’’

Facts about

  • Number of employees: 9.000+

  • Sector: Yacht building, Marine Energy, Maritime, Offshore, Shipbuilding & repair

  • Preferred educational level: Vmbo, Mbo, Hbo, Wo bachelor, Wo master

  • Career level: Student, Starter (< 3 years), Young professional (3-5 years), Professional (5-10 years), Senior professional (>10 years)

  • Preferred education: Marine technology, mechanical engineering, offshore engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, aerospace engineering, industrial engineering, marine officer, ICT, information technology

  • Open vacancies: Check career.damen.com