We are Helsinki Shipyard – celebrating 160 years of shipbuilding excellence. Since 1865, we have been designing, building, and commissioning tailor-made, high-class passenger vessels and icebreakers for extreme conditions. We proudly continue the legacy of Helsinki’s own Shipyard, right in the heart of Helsinki.

With us, you get to design and build the ships under one roof from start to finish, in close collaboration with our customers. Our specialty lies in vessels that operate on the polar seas, but we can build everything from smaller yachts to complex multi-purpose icebreakers. To provide you with some perspective, we've built 50% of the world's icebreakers - without us it would be hard to navigate in the icy seas!

Read more about the ice breaking vessels we have built here: https://helsinkishipyard.fi/products/icebreaking-vessels/

Since November 2023, Helsinki Shipyard has been part of the Canadian Davie group. 

We are looking for a Lead Hull Structure Designer with good teamwork and communication skills to join our competent hull structures design team. Currently, we have eleven designers on the team, and we are growing. Around 2/3 of the team focuses more on basic design and calculations, and the other half focuses on production design and production support.

You will be responsible for and coordinate the hull structural design tasks for new building ships from contract to delivery. Your expertise is also needed for design tasks and sales projects. You act as a part of the project organization and as a point of contact between hull structures design and other disciplines, as well as production and other stakeholders.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in relevant field, for example in Naval Architecture or Mechanical Engineering
• Solid experience in hull structural design and the capability to lead the structural designers in the project
• Experience from ship design processes and Classification Society Rules for ships
• Experience in coordinating structural design
• Ability to perceive wholes and pick up the essentials to successfully complete the task
• Fluent communication skills in English

“The ship project takes from 2-3 years, and you can literally see the completion of the ship from plans to the finished ship ready for her maiden voyage outside one’s own window. It’s always a moving moment when a ship leaves for her home port”

- Mohamed Elameen, Ship Theory Engineer

What makes us a good choice?

🚢 Our designers participate in the whole process from drawing first drafts to collaboration with suppliers to the finished product. In the end, you get to see your handprint at one of our piers.

🚢 In our close-knit Design team of approximately 70 individuals, everyone is familiar with one another, and everyone has a mandate to make a true impact on the projects.

🚢 Environmental responsibility is a core value for us. As part of our commitment, we participate in joint Helsinki sea monitoring, where the quality and harmful substances in the water are monitored.

You can choose your primary office location between Helsinki Shipyard in the heart of Helsinki or our design office in the city center of Turku. Our team members work in a hybrid model both remotely and on-site at the office, depending on the tasks and project phase.

Continue our historical story with us! To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter no later than 26.2.2025. We’ll be conducting interviews throughout the application period, so don’t wait too long to apply!

Please note, applications are only accepted via Teamtailor.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Max Johansson, Head of Hull Structures Design via email max.johansson@helsinkishipyard.fi or phone +358 405337904.