General Dynamics

Builds submarines, combat vehicles and business jets

Docking Engineer – Senior Specialist/Principle

Operations & LogisticsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeGroton, CT, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor of Science degree or higher is required.
At least 15 years of experience managing material readiness of facilities, maritime barges, or ships is required.
A proven track record in safety, quality, cost, schedule, process improvement, and communications is required.
The candidate must be able to promote a positive team environment and have strong interpersonal skills.
The candidate must be able to interact with all levels of management, the customer, and Human Resources, and ensure Equal Employment Opportunity and Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliance.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office is required.
Team leadership experience is required.
The candidate must be able to perform climbing, color vision tasks, crawling, kneeling, medium lifting, pulling, pushing, reaching, stooping, and twisting.
The role involves working in cold, dry, hot, indoor, noisy, outdoor, and wet environments.

Responsibilities

Coordinate material management and readiness for the various graving docks and floating assets, including Atlas, Sea Shuttle, and Holland.
Work with facilities personnel to schedule, fund, and oversee all aspects of material management for docking assets.
Work with engineering disciplines responsible for technical cognizance to adjudicate material deficiencies and remediation.
Work with the Docking Engineer to update and revise maintenance materials, technical manuals, and technical drawings.
Draft, track, and manage correspondence with external government stakeholders, and coordinate responses to stakeholder requests.
Modify and publish preventive maintenance cards as advised by the Docking Engineer, Dock Technicians, and Technical Leads.
Ensure all correspondence complies with reference documents, particularly MIL-STD-1625D and Naval Ships' Technical Manual Chapter 997.

Desired Qualifications

A technical writing background is preferred.
Prior experience with the Navy 3M System and Current Ship's Maintenance Project is preferred.
Interpersonal skills for working in a fast-paced environment with all levels of the workforce are preferred.

Overview

In this role as a docking engineer, the sucessful candidate will work in a small team of Engineers, Docking Supervisors, and hourly technicians.

Work tasks will include the following:

Primary tasks will include coordinating the material management and readiness of the various Graving Docks and floating assets (Atlas, Sea Shuttle and Holland).
Work closely with facilities personnel to schedule, fund and oversee all aspects of material management of the docking assets.
Work closely with engineering disciplines tasked with technical cognizance to adjudicate material deficiencies and remediation.
Work closely with Docking Engineer to update and revise maintenance, technical manuals and technical drawings.
Draft, track and manage correspondence with external government stakeholders and coordinate response to stakeholder requests.
Modify and publish preventative maintenance cards as advised by Docking Engineer, Dock Technicians, and Tech Leads.
Ensure all correspondence comply with reference documents, in particular MIL-STD-1625D and NSTM Chapter 997.
Candidate must have a proven track record in the areas of safety, quality, cost, schedule, process improvement, and communications.
Candidate must be able to promote a positive team environment and be highly motivated with strong interpersonal skills.
Candidate must have the ability to interact with all levels of management, the customer, and Human Resources and be able to ensure EEO and OSHA compliance.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor of Science degree or higher
15+ years of experience managing material readiness of facilities or maritime barges and ships

Preferred:

Technical writing background
Prior experience with Navy 3M System and Current Ship’s Maintenance Project (CSMP)

Skills

Proficient with Microsoft Office
Interpersonal skills to work in a fast-paced environment with all levels of the workforce
Team leadership experience

Physical Qualifications

Climbing, Color Vision, Crawling, Kneeling, Medium Lifting, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Stooping, Twisting

Environmental Attributes

Cold, Dry, Hot, Inside, Noise, Outside, Wet

About the Company

General Dynamics

Builds submarines, combat vehicles and business jets

General Dynamics builds warships, nuclear submarines, combat vehicles, and munitions for the U.S. military and allied governments, plus Gulfstream business jets for corporations and private owners. Gulfstream designs large, long-range jets and maintains them through its own service centers and completion shops. A separate technologies arm runs IT, cybersecurity, and command-and-control systems for defense and federal civilian agencies. The company earns its money from multiyear government contracts for ships, vehicles, and services, and the rest from selling and servicing jets. General Dynamics was founded in 1952 and is based in Reston, Virginia.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Reston, VA
Founded: 1952

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