Mechanic

Are you looking for a varied and challenging job at our production site in Drachten with multiple international assignments per year? SMST is undergoing organizational changes, requiring varied work and a high degree of flexibility. We are looking for flexible mechanics with a strong sense of responsibility; leadership and communication skills are important when working on-site at the client.

• Completed technical training at MBO level (level 3 or 4).
• Preferably several years of relevant work experience.
• Good oral and written command of the Dutch and English languages.
• Strong oral communication skills; communicate information clearly and convincingly in groups and one-on-one situations.

• Responsible for the complete and correct delivery of systems, including gangways and motion-compensated cranes.
• Working proactively with a hands-on mentality and monitoring quality during realization projects in collaboration with the foreman.
• Working at the location in Drachten and traveling to worldwide locations multiple times a year to deliver SMST equipment together with a coordinator.
• Assembling finished products with mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical components in accordance with drawings and specifications.
• Ensuring proper connection and fastening of components, structural and assembled parts, and checking this during the process.
• Extra attention to cleanliness throughout the entire process of hydraulic lines and components.
• Understand mechanical, electrical and hydraulic drawings and transfer information to local engineers.
• Overseeing the intersection of electrical, hydraulic and mechanical.
• Organizing toolboxes and supporting the shipyard in complex operations such as lifting operations, welding towers and installing cranes and gangways on flanges.
• Performing pressure testing and flushing on site according to prescribed protocols.
• Delivering correctly completed (torque) procedures.
• Participate in evaluations to improve the installation process.

• Works primarily during the day; flexibility required for irregular hours and weekend shifts.
• When working abroad, a 12-hour day shift is common.
• Availability approximately three times a year, for 2–3 weeks each time, at client sites for installation work.

SMST is an internationally oriented company that conceives, designs, and builds innovative systems for the offshore and maritime industry. We supply systems for the safe transfer of personnel and cargo from ships to offshore installations, with a focus on renewable energy, particularly offshore wind.

SMST is the market leader in mission equipment (gangway with tower and 3D crane) and distinguishes itself through a fully in-house approach: from design to production, assembly and testing, to worldwide installation, service, and customer support. The systems are continuously under development.

From Drachten, we continuously take on the technical challenge; our approximately 180 employees are given the space to grow with our success. SMST has an informal and pleasant working atmosphere within a dynamic work environment with short lines of communication. At SMST, you work directly with the products, because we produce and test them at the same location.

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