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Internship: Innovation within IT&IM

Damen

Gorinchem
Full Time
Posted on: June 6 2026

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

About us

Within Damen Global Support Group, the IT & Information Management (IT&IM) department drives digital innovation and value creation across the organization. The Innovators product focuses on accelerating business value by enabling automation and guided innovation, ensuring solutions are secure, reusable, and aligned with the One Damen digital strategy. Innovators enables teams across Damen to explore new technologies, run structured experiments and deliver measurable business value.

The role

You will work as part of Innovators, focusing on identifying, experimenting with, and validating emerging technologies (especially on automation). The assignment for this internship will be co-defined with the product owner. To give some insight into the possibilities, you mostly will work on multiple use cases in different areas of expertise within IT&IM, and contribute to delivering value to the organization as an Intern within the Innovators.

Key Accountabilities

  • Identify and define innovation opportunities together with product owner
  • Conduct experiments (PoCs/pilots) using AI and automation platforms
  • Measure and validate business value
  • Document findings and propose scale or stop decisions
  • Contribute to standardized innovation practices
  • Present outcomes to stakeholders

Skills & Experience

This assignment is intended for a Bachelor or Master student in Computer Science, Data Science, Business IT, or a similar study, with:

  • Strong interest in digital automation;
  • You have an analytical mindset;
  • Excellent communication skills in English;
  • Experience with different tools such as Python, low-code platforms or process automations;
  • Fulltime or minimum of three days availability from September 2026 onwards;
  • You are hands-on and eager to take on this project!

What we offer

As an intern at Damen, you will:

  • An internship/ graduation fee and travel allowance will be paid for the duration of the assignment.
  • A pleasant and dynamic, international work environment with informal atmosphere
  • Mentoring at academic level will be available throughout the internship.

And furthermore:

  • Focus on real experimentation and impact
  • Direct contribution to enterprise innovation strategy
  • Value-driven AI and automation use cases
  • Opportunity to influence innovation at scale

Other

Are you excited to work on automated-driven innovation and shape digital transformation at Damen? Send your motivation letter and CV and tell us what technology excites you and what problem you would like to solve!

Due to housing issues we cannot accept international students that do not have accommodation in the Netherlands yet.


Recruiter:

Liselotte van Veenendaal

Email:

liselotte.van.veenendaal@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