Engineer Lead, Marine

Description

• 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.
• 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.
• Participate in sea trials of completed vessels.

• Very strong computer skills and experience with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Rhino, Ship Constructor and Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) preferred.
• Experience must include good working knowledge of design spiral, vessel arrangements, structural, electrical, mechanical and outfit details.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) concepts and systems preferred.
• Knowledge of Product Data Management (PDM) concepts and systems preferred.
• Must be able to maintain a variety of professional relationships.
• Must be detail oriented and able to work with extremely tight specifications.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Able to read, analyze and interpret the most complex documents including applicable codes and standards, contract and regulatory compliance.
• Capable of clear effective communications, creative problem solving, and working well with others of all levels of authority and technical knowledge.
• Capable of writing reports, technical proposals and business correspondences.
• Must be highly organized and have excellent documentation skills.
• Must be able to utilize previous experience and industry knowledge to identify obstacles and design challenges to facilitate ease of construction.
• Highly functional individual contributor.
• Capable of working in a team with one or more person to complete a task or project.

• 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.