Engineer Lead, Marine

Position Summary

The primary role of Lead Engineer is to lead the design and detail engineering efforts to support the construction of all ships under construction and ships delivered to the various customers to include but not limited to post delivery availabilities and warranty periods.

Essential Functions And Major Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and technical leadership on assigned Program/Project, supporting internal departments, customers, suppliers, and subcontracted design agents.
• Perform or review regulatory and class level calculations and create detailed reports.
• Perform basic calculations required for system and component design/outfitting.
• Design and review all aspects of vessels – Naval Architecture, Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical.
• Perform and review 3D model creation.
• Provide hands-on support to production personnel to maintain production flow.
• Work with project team to ensure adherence to vessel build plan.
• Lead project engineering and design reviews.
• Provide liaison between Engineering, Project Management, and production operations to resolve any issues, improvements and changes necessary for deliverables.
• Manage Subcontractor design agents and Vigor engineering staff to resolve design problems.
• Develop, manage, and maintain Ship Constructor and SolidWorks models, as required.
• Develop engineering standards and procedures documents.
• Develop standard blocks and engineering details.
• Manage and maintain libraries of engineering standards and engineering procedures.
• Utilize ERP system to generate material requisitions, activities, and shop orders.
• Assist with compiling and managing complex work packages for the project.
• Responsible for producing and reviewing documentation for customers including: RFI, Submittals, Engineering Change Requests, Nonconformance Documentation (NCR).
• Provide technical advice to Vigor management team as a Subject Matter Expert.
• Mentor Vigor staff engineers in carrying out their design engineering tasks.
• Manage the project’s assigned Vigor staff engineers and engineering Subcontractors to achieve project goals.
• Establish project engineering strategies, determine the engineering scope for internal and external resources, and then schedule and manage the accomplishment of the engineering for the project.
• Guide the sequence of engineering and design of all mechanical systems in all company projects.
• Reviews engineering department output for adherence to design standards.
• Ensure project production drawings are completed and distributed to Document Control on schedule, for efficient assembly and fabrication of products.
• Aid in the preparation of project documentation and presentations.
• Assist Chief Naval Architect in team member assignments and provide feedback on individual job performance.
• Support Project Management and Production personnel during construction phase of project.
• Periodically view the project build progress in the shipyard to insure agreement between the plans and the construction.
• Adhere to all Vigor safety standards.
• Participate in annual performance evaluations.
• Comply with all Vigor policies and procedures.
• Participate in continuous improvement program.
• Support estimators during preliminary stages of project.
• Support Project Management and Production personnel during construction phase of project.
• Support Project Management and Production personnel during construction phase of project.

Supervisory Responsibility

Shall have capability of leading a team of engineers (up to 20), designers and engineering subcontractors, generating and managing schedules and budgets with assistance from the Chief Naval Architect.

Interpersonal Contacts

This position maintains a variety of professional relationships and must be able to determine the appropriate level, style of communication and interaction for various situations and circumstances to not only the Vigor Leadership Team but the various Department of War Customers representatives as well. The ability to effectively influence decisions through respectful interactions with others both within the organization and outside of the organization is essential in this role.

Education And/Or Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• Fifteen (15) years of directly related, boatbuilding/shipyard, experience required – high speed aluminum vessels preferred.
• Experience and familiarity with industry regulations: ABS, USCG CFR, IACS, ABYC, IEEE, IMO/SOLAS, and military contracts is preferred.
• Experience with prototype, one-off or custom boatbuilding.

PAY RANGE

$158,000 – 170,000

CITIZENSHIP

Pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires US citizenship.