Waterfront Engineer

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Waterfront Engineer to join our team in Norfolk, VA. This is an onsite position.

The Surface Maintenance Engineering, Planning, Program (SURFMEPP) maintains, monitors, and refines Class-wide and Individual-Ship Maintenance Plans for all non-nuclear surface ships to ensure material readiness for the projected service life, develop life-cycle strategies to address system upgrades, and fully implement the Class Maintenance Plan into each surface ship's maintenance schedule and availability planning process.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide on-site support (physical presence) in all Fleet Concentration Areas (FCA) to maintain relationships and communications pipelines with Regional Maintenance Center (RMC), Type Commander (TYCOM), Fleet and numbered fleet commander staff in each FCA. 

• Manage Baseline Availability Work Package (BAWP) for assigned surface ships throughout the recurring deployment, repair, and training cycles

• Conduct ship visits to assess, evaluate, and monitor key platform and system condition and maintenance issues.

• Collaborating with government personnel and stakeholders to provide engineering oversight for system upgrades and modernization initiatives

• Generate a BAWP Tracker containing all Mandatory Technical Requirements (MTR) status: document and report risk to MTR completion. Organize and execute milestone stakeholder meetings and participate in applicable Maintenance Team meetings.

• Represent the Class Maintenance Plan with the Maintenance Team and stakeholders advocating for the planning, execution, and completion of all MTRs.

• Attend and assist with off ship maintenance team meetings such as Planning Board for Maintenance (PB4M), Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Availability Planning, and Total Ships Readiness Training (TSRA) to enhance tracking the life cycle health of each surface ship.

Minimum qualifications:

• 7+ years of Naval Ship experience

• Direct experience related to U.S. Navy surface ship operations or maintenance planning

• Experience drafting briefs and presentations related to maintenance or modernization of US Navy ships

• Experience with governing documents related to husbanding of ships throughout a maintenance cycle and Navy Correspondence

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Applications (Power Point, Word, Excel)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of Naval Ship experience

• Planning, execution or management of US Navy Ship maintenance, onboard US Navy Ships, at a Regional Maintenance Center or US Navy Planning Activity

• Conducting work specification or technical review in planning and execution of depot level maintenance

• Familiarity with MS Project

• Knowledgeable skills with Navy Maintenance databases (VSB, NMD, 3-M, M&SWP, NDE) to plan, track and review maintenance and maintenance scheduling

Clearance Requirements:

• Must be a US Citizen and possess a current or active Secret Security Clearance

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%.

• Must be able to visit ships and shipyards

• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.

• Often positions self to maintain computers in the lab, including under the desks and in the server closet.

• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.