Port Engineer

About the role

T-Solutions is seeking a Port Engineer to join our team. This role involves managing shipboard conditions, leading maintenance teams, and coordinating with commanding officers.

Responsibilities

• Manages an online database for all jobs.
• Validates work requests, assigns preliminary estimates, and plans prioritized work packages within budget and time constraints for TYCOM approval.
• Reviews work specifications, coordinates schedules with repair activities, oversees repairs, and provides input for all maintenance funding decisions.
• Mets daily with the ships’ crew, department heads, and commanding officers.
• Reviews implementation, challenges, opportunities, and resources relating to the Consolidated Ship’s Maintenance Plan.
• Provides risk assessment and prioritization to the vessel’s commanding officer using the approved TYCOM format for all on- and off-ship maintenance requirements.
• Attends weekly status meetings and provides requested information to support maintenance planning and correction maintenance recommendations.
• Attends ship maintenance, repair, and assessment events to answer real-time questions surrounding logistics, maintenance scope, funding shortfalls, budgetary constraints, and mission impacts.
• Develops agendas and presents details on the Planning Board for Maintenance and deconflict planned and unplanned operational, schedule, and work integration issues.
• Performs a weekly review and ship check, to include applicable personal observations and discussions of all assessments and planned requirements.
• Provides an annual prioritized list for all off-ship maintenance requirements for developing the Maintenance and Modernization Business Plan.
• Develops recommendations for authorized work packages within TYCOM's established funding controls.
• Provides a business case analysis in the prescribed TYCOM format when recommending changes to the business plan.
• Provides funding shift recommendations for efficient execution of availabilities.
• Possesses the necessary knowledge to adhere to contractual requirements for our government clients.
• Performs all duties and responsibilities in a timely and effective manner in accordance with established company policies to achieve the overall objectives of this position.

Requirements

• U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Merchant Marine Third Assistant Engineer (unlimited) or higher with a minimum of two years sea time as a USCG licensed merchant marine engineer.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or an equivalent marine engineering degree.
• Knowledge of and recent experience in commercial maritime, U.S. Navy (USN), USCG, Military Sealift Command (MSC), or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship maintenance and repair.
• Combined recent professional maritime experience greater than or equal to five years.
• Or USN or USCG Officer (03 or higher), Limited Duty Officer (LDO) or Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) with a minimum of two sea tours or combination of tours as Chief Engineer (CHENG), and/or Main Propulsion Assistant (MPA).
• CVN or LHA/LHD Auxiliaries Officer (AUXO) may be combined with CHENG or MPA sea tour.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or an equivalent marine engineering degree.
• Minimum of four years recent experience in commercial maritime, USN, USCG, MSC, or NOAA ship maintenance and repair.
• May include time on a Navy Regional Maintenance Center (RMC) or TYCOM engineering staff engaged in ship maintenance and repair.
• Or USCG Merchant Marine Third Assistant Engineer (unlimited) or higher. License may be active or inactive at time of hire.
• In lieu of sea time as a USCG licensed merchant marine engineer, a minimum of five years recent experience in a project management position for commercial maritime, USN, USCG, MSC, or NOAA ship maintenance and repair.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or an equivalent marine engineering degree.
• Minimum eight years in a project management position for commercial maritime, USN, USCG, MSC, or NOAA ship maintenance and repair.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret security clearance is highly desired; however, candidates eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance will be considered.
• The selected candidate will receive a contingent offer if they do not hold an active clearance.
• A start date will be established once a fully adjudicated Secret clearance is granted.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must possess a valid Driver’s License.
• Must have reliable transportation to and from various work locations.
• Must have a valid passport or the ability to obtain a passport.
• Maintain the capability to communicate with their supervisor or manager when not in the office.

Benefits

The compensation for this position includes incidental costs for work-related usage of your personal devices. The minimum salary for this position is $120,000 per year and a maximum salary of $130,000 per year. The minimum salary excludes applicable benefits, bonuses, or performance spot awards.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to traverse stairs, fixed ladders, and ladder wells frequently while walking ships daily.
• Wherewithal to spend several consecutive days at sea while underway as needed.
• Capable of sitting for long periods, standing, walking, crouching, and kneeling.
• Reaching, handling, using equipment, keyboards, and mobile devices.
• Lifting boxes (files and supplies) up to 20 lbs.

Schedule

This position includes a low level of travel of 5-15% to Fleet Concentration Support areas. Frequent underway time for sea trials, testing, inspections, ship checks, and other events as needed. Attend ship deployments, including port-to-port transfers, sea trials, mid-deployment ship checks, sister ship visits, and mid-deployment voyage repairs.

Pay

The compensation for this position includes incidental costs for work-related usage of your personal devices. The minimum salary for this position is $120,000 per year and a maximum salary of $130,000 per year. The minimum salary excludes applicable benefits, bonuses, or performance spot awards.

Company Information

T-Solutions is a woman-owned, veteran-owned business based in Chesapeake, Virginia. We specialize in creating exceptional, responsive solutions to complex challenges for our global clients in government contracting. As an innovative and agile provider, we offer specialized technical solutions and a unique set of capabilities that support mission-critical operations and decision-making. Our expertise spans defense, security, maintenance engineering, logistics, and business transformation, ensuring our customers' success in today's dynamic environment. We align our core competencies with our customers' current and future needs, continually adapting emerging and proven technologies to enhance their capabilities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

T-Solutions is proud to be an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. T-Solutions is proud to be a Veteran-Friendly Employer. It does not discriminate against qualified applicants because of their status as a protected veteran or their relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members. In compliance with California's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the minimum salary for this position is $120,000 per year and a maximum salary of $130,000 per year. The minimum salary excludes applicable benefits, bonuses, or performance spot awards.