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Naval Architect

2 months ago

Brunswick Maine, United States General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Naval Architect to join our team at General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works. As a Senior/Principal Naval Architect, you will be responsible for designing, building, documenting, and supporting Naval Ships.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design maintenance and upgrade tasks for ships under construction or in service.
  • Documentation of "as-built" ships.
  • Calculations to support new construction processes such as launching, dry dockings, sea trials, pier-side trim and stability monitoring, mooring arrangements and inclining.
  • Prepare and submit Tonnage Applications to the US Coast Guard.
  • Engineering analyses to determine and develop ship geometry, arrangements, weight, centers of gravity, loads, tank properties, cargo and payload stowage, docking parameters, and ship intact and damaged stability characteristics.
  • Provide Naval Architecture support for BIW's Planning Yard contracts, including:
    • Updating Selected Record Drawings (Docking and Sounding Tables, Ship Information Books and Principal Characteristics).
    • Inclining Experiments (draft reading, liquid load survey, report creation, calcs, etc.).
    • Special Projects and Studies.
    • Updating Weight & Stability documentation.
  • Respond to questions / provide guidance to the Fleet, Homeports and NAVSEA.
  • Utilize Hydrostatic, Hydrodynamic, and "in-house" software to perform analyses.
  • Write reports and correspondence.
  • Participate in or lead technical interchanges on issues with customers such as U. S. Navy (NAVSEA and Supervisor of Shipbuilding), USCG, or others.
  • Travel to US Navy Homeports 2-4 times per year for a week – 10 days per trip.
Requirements
  • Bachelor Degree in Naval Architecture required.
  • Master's degree preferred.
  • Sr. Level - 5 years, or more, of relevant experience required.
  • Principal Level - 10 years, or more, of relevant experience required.
  • Thorough knowledge of engineering tools and methods relating to Naval Architecture.
  • Proficiency with computers and various Naval Architectural software packages such as: SHIPFLOW, Rhino3D & RhinoMarine, GHS, NAVCAD, SHCP, GHS, SMP, and RSDE (or other ship design synthesis tools); and the Microsoft Office Suite of tools.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills required.
  • Willingness to work onboard ship (pier side or at sea), in tanks, or in all sorts of weather - but primarily in an office environment.
  • This position requires you to be able to obtain a government security clearance. You must be a US Citizen for consideration and you must be able to obtain an interim security clearance within the first 45 days of hire.