Internship or graduation project Mechanical Engineering

Job description

We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities . Join our family. The role: The objective of the proposed internship or graduation project is to design and develop dredging equipment, and their mechanical components. Key accountabilities: Dredging equipment is subject to harsh conditions. Exposure to maritime, saline environments is already demanding for most steel structures. In addition, the dredging process itself and the way the equipment is operated and maintained pose extra challenges to the design of the equipment. Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE) designs and builds standardized product ranges of dredging equipment, as well as customized solutions designed to the client’s needs. A typical dredging vessel consists of a floating steel construction with highly loaded mechanical static and rotating equipment. The supporting systems (e.g. hydraulical, electrical, HVAC, fuel oil, cooling water, bilge and waste water and control systems) have to be integrated as well. Furthermore the design shall comply with all relevant Class Rules and International Standards. Projects envisaged to be carried out in the near future are a.o.: Details of above projects can be elaborated in a job interview wit...