Navigation Engineer

About the role

Fugro USA Marine, Inc., seeks a Navigation Engineer to work at 6105 Rookin St., Houston, TX 77074. Please note that the job code R0031544 must be included on your resume.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance, repair, and installation of electronic and survey-related equipment using test equipment, product specifications, and standard diagnostic procedures.
• Ensure all activities are conducted in conformance with the company's HSE and QA systems.
• Foster a teamwork culture within the designated areas of responsibility.
• Ensure that any inter-office operational problems are discussed and rectified.
• Provide feedback to line managers on resources, morale, personnel issues, and the general status of areas of responsibility.
• Make recommendations on changes to the business to the management.
• Installation of equipment onto clients' vessels, including hardware, firmware, and software, together with interfacing to client-owned equipment.
• Work offshore from a floating vessel.
• Repair and maintenance of field equipment, according to procedures, to chip level where possible.
• Provide remote technical support to clients and provide on-call support services when required.
• Technical liaison with project managers, field crews, clients, and other offices during the course of a contract.
• Preparation and test of equipment for contract mobilization and identification of shortfalls in equipment levels.
• Maintenance of the company asset control system with specific respect to equipment maintenance.
• Maintain and develop Quality Assurance procedures relating to engineering tasks and take part in the company's safety program.
• Observe and follow all company safety rules and procedures.
• Support and encourage continuous improvement of the company's processes, including safety program and quality management system.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Geomatics, Electronics engineering, or a similar technical field of study.
• 24 months of experience in field surveying, working with computers, and conducting electronic repairs, GPS/GNSS equipment, and theory.
• HSSE certificate for working offshore.
• Valid U.S. driver's license.
• Must hold or be eligible to obtain a TWIC card.

Skills

• Knowledge of navigation equipment and associated peripherals, such as surface navigation systems (GPS and DGPS), heading sensors, and heave compensators, acoustic navigation, and computer systems with peripherals, and associated software.

Benefits

• May telecommute up to 2 days per week.

Schedule

• 20% domestic onshore travel.
• 10% offshore, both domestic and international travel.