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About Damen

Damen is a global, family-owned shipbuilding company with a strong focus on innovation, craftsmanship and sustainable entrepreneurship. From design and construction to financing and lifecycle support, Damen is involved in every phase of a vessel’s life. Our core values — stewardship, craftsmanship, fellowship and entrepreneurship — guide everything we do.

Within Damen Global Support BV, we provide specialist expertise to support the Damen businesses worldwide, including finance, tax, legal and compliance. To strengthen our global tax function, we are looking for a Tax Manager.

The role

As Tax Manager, you play a key role in shaping, safeguarding and further developing Damen’s global tax position. This is not a purely operational role: you work at both a strategic and hands‑on level and have a direct impact on policy, compliance and decision‑making across an international organization.

You will join a close‑knit tax team of four professionals and report directly to the Head of Tax. Due to Damen’s global footprint, this role places you at the center of complex international tax matters, while offering significant room for personal and professional growth.

Key accountabilities

In this role, you take ownership of core direct tax processes and ensure that Damen’s Tax Control Framework is robust, future‑proof and well embedded throughout the organization.

Own & implement

You are responsible for key direct tax areas, including:

Global transfer pricing
Pillar Two implementation
Dutch tax accounting and compliance
Direct tax advisory for the global Damen organization
Tax aspects of M&A activities and corporate restructurings

Connect & collaborate

Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across Finance, Legal and the business
Act as a trusted partner to external advisors and tax authorities worldwide

Lead projects & strategy

Manage medium‑sized tax projects from design through implementation
Co‑develop the tax strategy for the coming years together with the Head of Tax

Advise & support

Provide hands‑on, day‑to‑day tax advice to support business decisions in a dynamic international environment

Skills & Experience

You are more than a technical tax specialist — you are a connector, a strategic thinker and a future leader.

A university degree in Tax Law or Tax Economics
At least 5 years of experience in tax advisory and/or an in‑house tax role
Member of the Dutch Association of Tax Practitioners (NOB)
Fluent in English and Dutch, both spoken and written
Ambitious, proactive and motivated to grow into a Head of Tax role in the coming years

Why Damen?

At Damen, we offer more than a job — we offer an ocean of possibilities.

Global impact – Work at the heart of an international, multidisciplinary organization
Career growth – A clear development path toward senior tax leadership
One family. One goal. One Damen. – A strong family‑owned culture built on trust and collaboration
Entrepreneurial environment – Room to innovate, improve and take ownership
Vibrant work culture – An open, informal workplace where colleagues go the extra mile for each other

Get on board

Do you feel connected to our values and ambition? Then we would like to learn more about you.
Who knows — maybe we’re made for each other.

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Recruiter:

Gerard Eggink

Email:

gerard.eggink@damen.com

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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