SECONDEE: Shipbuilding expert

TERMS

Your current home employer remains your employer during you are the period where you perform your contribution to the Center.

Thus, the employer obligations will remain with your home employer including payment of all compensation, salaries, remuneration, and costs owed to you as an employee, as well as any social or employment-related taxes and all associated costs and expenses.

If interested, please reach out to your organization's point of contact with the Center. 

OVERVIEW

This is a fantastic opportunity to apply your knowledge of ship design / ship building into a dynamic environment based on pure research and development and with a keen eye into accelerating the decarbonization journey of shipping.

The Ship Design team is looking for a secondee with experience from the shipyard environment to work in an array for dedicated projects spanning from methanol conversions, ammonia newbuilds as well as preliminary studies on battery powered vessels, to name a few.

If you are keen to work in an environment of constant change and wish to apply you current knowledge while at the same expand it with new technologies that affect the decarbonization journey of shipping, then look no further!

ORGANIZATION AND TEAM

Chief Technology Officer - Onboard Vessel Solutions Officer > Head of Ship Design > Secondee.

PRIMARY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Be the expert and advise on shipyard practices in design and construction of vessels.
• Maintain a good understanding of shipyard and construction practices, production lines as well as newbuild commissioning.
• Support ongoing or new projects associated with shipyard capability and technical requirement assessment for construction and delivery of alternative fuel newbuild vessels and retrofits.
• Support ongoing or new projects and pertinent scoping related to agility, standardization in ship design process, construction and technology adoption to accelerate transition.
• Advise on requirements and shipyard abilities in terms of novel technology development and introduction.
• Knowledge of the newbuild and retrofit process, heavily focusing on the standardization/modularization possibilities of the ship design.

WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE

To continue being innovative within the ship domain sphere, we strive to maximize the diversity of thought in our teams.

This is a catalyst for bringing new ideas as well as ensuring we don’t have any “blind spots”.

As such, to maximize our impact we are looking for diversity in candidates to strengthen our team and will be considered as one of the important factors for selection.

• Excellent aptitude for conducting a thorough analysis.
• A proactive approach to challenges.
• Passion for policy and the maritime industry.
• Excellent capacity for analytical thinking.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail in the right amount.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration within the Center and with project stakeholders.
• Do not shy away from Ad-hoc analytical tasks.
• Ensure due care and diligence.
• Capable of adjusting communication of analysis findings to diverse stakeholder groups.
• Can help develop regulatory intelligence to ensure compliance with future possible regulatory requirements.

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES NEEDED

• Naval Architect or Marine Engineer with background in shipbuilding. 5+ years of experience.
• Hands-on experience or previous exposure to shipbuilding, project management and or plan approval.
• Understanding of IMO Regulations, especially SOLAS, IGC, IGF, and MARPOL.
• Excellent communication and writing skills in English language.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment of uncertainties, while at the same time maintaining execution discipline.
• Able to work full time from our amazing new offices in Copenhagen.
• Ability to be positive looking and approaching challenges as opportunities for something new.

PERSONALITY AND ATTITUDE

• Highly motivated.
• A can-do attitude – willingness to do what it takes in a start-up environment.
• Collaborative mindset – we succeed together as a Center.
• Proactive in engaging with partners.
• Cultural awareness – we operate in a global setting.
• Initiative – ability to drive and promote own objectives.