Senior/Principal Structural Engineer, Facilities

Job Description

The candidate will interact with all divisions of Bath Iron Works in the development and implementation projects that support construction of surface combatants. This Senior/Principal Engineering position will be heavily involved in ships construction as it relates to lifting and handling throughout the site. The successful candidate will be inspecting, designing and providing guidance for modifying and repairing any one of a number of support structures, piers or buildings to aid in ships construction.  

• Provide engineering design and analysis support for projects implemented by Facilities Engineering and Maintenance personnel.
• Assist maintenance mechanics in fabricating structures designed by you or others to include identification of materials and resolving design issues that occur.
• Provide engineering support to production work site issues. Develop designs for various work access problems and for loadout platforms using staging components.
• Provide technical guidance to Front Line Supervisors, Trade Planners, Project Managers, Facilities Mechanics, and Production Department Machine Operators.
• Work with various functional areas in evaluating existing processes, and identifying process improvement opportunities to drive business results (i.e. cost reductions, operational efficiencies, adequate controls.
• Maintain task list with updated status of activities.
• Ensure all work performed is done in compliance with local state and federal regulatory guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Safety Leadership:
  • Follow and re-enforce safety policies and procedures, with a focus on housekeeping and personal safety.
  • Participate initiatives to enhance workplace safety and foster a culture on continuous improvement.
  • Ensure Jobs on task have been properly vetted with the appropriate level Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) highlighting the work hazards identified.
  • Follow and Enforce BIW’s PPE requirements
• Task Execution:
  • Prioritize work to ensure your Plan of the Week (POW) is aligned with critical path activities, to ensure we are working on the right job at the right time.
  • As needed coordinate with Production Department leaders to facilitate job scheduling, and track jobs to completion.
  • Work with assigned Trade Planners to develop the POW and ensure job(s) are scheduled to resource capacity
• Program Controls Management:
  • Manage the overall execution of the Plan of the Week.
  • Participate in efforts to improve Program Controls departmental efficiency and optimization.
  • Ensure accountability of task and goal completion.
  • Support Facilities Department metric(s) and established goals.
• Training and Development:
  • Research training programs to ensure trade mechanics are trained for the tasks assigned and participate in trainings as appropriate.
  • Ensure Procedures and Process Controls are well-documented so they can be clearly communicated to the personnel charged with executing the task
• Team Collaboration and Communication:
  • Work cross-departmentally with multiple functions/organizations in effort to achieve Production and department
  • Collaborate with Project and Functional Managers to mitigate project/job execution delays.
  • Partner with Facilities Management and Planning group to identify efficiency, cost savings, and reliability opportunities to minimize equipment downtime and mitigate interruptions to Production.
• Continuous Improvement:
  • Participate in Business Operating System (BOS) principles and Operational Performance Improvement Plan (OPIP).
  • Focus on the quality of trade’s workmanship to ensure quality standards.
  • Incorporate the Plan-Do-Check-Act model to ensure sustainment of the improvements established.

Required/Preferred Education/Training

• BS in an engineering discipline is required, Civil/Structural engineering preferred.
• Professional Engineer license preferred. 
• Passed NCEES SE Exam preferred.  

Required/Preferred Experience

Required:

• Minimum of 5-years work experience.
• Must have the skill to read and understand schematics, drawings, and technical manuals.
• Must have the flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment under pressure of changing and often conflicting priorities.
• Basic proficiency with personal computers, must be competent in Microsoft Office Products.
• Ability to execute and progress multiple simultaneous project.
• Self motivation and strong ability to contribute in a team environment.
• Demonstrated experience working with all levels of a Company.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Preferred:

• Minimum of 10 years work experience.
• Shipyard or Facilities experience.

Unique/Additional Requirements:

While performing the duties of the job, the employee must be able to climb ladders, stairs, work at heights and be able to work around moving machinery.