Engineering Superintendent

About the role

Responsible for specific project segments and activities related to engineering or marine engineering systems associated with the profitable repair of ships. Under the guidance of the assigned Project Manager, plans, coordinates, manages, and evaluates work required to repair or modify marine vessels that produce timely, profitable results and satisfied customers. The incumbent must be self-disciplined, resourceful, and willing to accept responsibility for yard and customer assets as related to the assigned project. Exercises appropriate independent judgment in adjusting priorities, goals, and work assignments, methods, procedures, and techniques to successfully facilitate vessel repairs and shipyard maintenance. Overall goals, budgets, and priorities are established jointly with the appropriate manager where applicable. Progress and performance are monitored through periodic evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Develops short-term and long-term goals including work priorities and schedules for consideration by the assigned Project Manager.
• Plans, coordinates, and directs daily and weekly production activities on assigned ship repair contracts and construction crafts.
• Effectively communicates and collaborates with managers to develop strategies that result in the appropriate deployment of personnel and equipment needed on projects.
• Establishes integrated test plans, ensuring timelines and budgets are in sync with overall project.
• Coordinates tasks for each job among customers, contract administrators, and craft workers and revises daily/weekly schedules as needed.
• Inspects work in progress to ensure that workmanship conforms to specifications and adherence to repair schedules.
• Communicates project status to others, such as the customer and assigned Project Manager; participates with customers and the Project Manager in planning and production meetings.
• Confers with and directs supervisory and project management personnel regularly to establish and revise work schedules, clarify objectives, follow progress, and resolve production issues.
• Coordinates and orders parts and supplies as directed.
• Writes accurate and timely records or documentation for each job and contributes accordingly to final written specifications.
• Confers with supervision, project management staff, project inspectors, and suppliers of materials to resolve repair problems and improve repair methods of standard vessel maintenance work.
• Prepares reports on work progress, materials used, costs, and adjusts work schedules as indicated by reports.
• Operates within the established budget and monitors project costs while maintaining required standards of quality.
• Reviews employee training needs and cross-trains craft trades workers to maximize employee skill base.
• Develops, recommends, establishes, and enforces work standards, production schedules, quality and quantity requirements, and work rules consistent with operating policies, productivity levels of standard vessel maintenance work, and assigned goals and objectives.
• Maintains effective working relationships with craft workers, customers, and contract administrators.
• Ensures that worker safety and environmental concerns are constantly monitored; problems are effectively resolved; and that all work performed meets standards set by regulatory bodies.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of marine-related equipment, ship repair and construction techniques; sequencing of ship repair activities; shipyard safety practices; complex mathematical principles as applied to shipping activities.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and employees.
• Read, analyze, and interpret ship repair specifications, blueprints, general business periodicals, marine repair/shipyard professional journals, technical procedures, and government regulations.
• Write reports, business correspondences, and procedures.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; accomplish tasks through influencing those not in the direct line of authority.
• Skill in operating a personal computer and various PC applications such as word processing and spreadsheets.
• Interpreting an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form.
• Working with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Effectively resolving conflict and providing positive customer service.
• Using tools as required for accomplishing the work.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in marine engineering, naval architecture, or other related engineering function.
• Four to six (4 to 6) years of progressively more complex work experience demonstrating the required ship repair and production management skills.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

Physical Demands

The physical demands for this position are light to moderate. May require some lifting or assistance with heavy equipment. The incumbent of this position is required to stand for extensive periods of time, in external climates. Requires the ability to walk over uneven surfaces and occasionally climb ladders and other ship elements. Use of tools requires manual dexterity and fine motor movement.

Work Environment

The work environment for this job is demanding and potentially hazardous due to work on or inside ships as well as travel around ship repair yard. This role is with a federally contracted employer and is subject to regulations that restrict employment to US Persons only (i.e., US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, legally recognized asylees and refugees, and persons protected under INA). Successful job candidates will be asked to provide documentation of their US Persons status.