Maritime Marine Engineer

Position Description

Looking for a Maritime Marine Enginner opportunity at a place you can make a difference every day? In this opportunity in our Alexandria, VA loacation.  Serco seeking a long term employee who is looking for a career growth path with the company and is willing to take on a diverse set of engineering challenges. This position offers opportunities to hone your design skills, develop more advanced modeling and analysis skills, and be part of major Naval programs and research efforts. This opportunity is located in a Washington DC centric Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture firm, specializing in naval and commercial vessel design and design studies. The candidate will perform propulsion and auxiliary’s system design as well as working in areas of research, including advanced marine technologies for unmanned underwater and surface vehicles, machinery control systems integration, energy storage, and environmental compliant systems.

MEO has an opening for a Senior Marine Engineer. The successful candidate will have an engineering degree from an accredited 4-year program with 10-15 years of work experience in a design role, experience with ABS, USCG and Mil Standards, have strong CAD skills (Inventor, ACAD, Ship Constructor), a high level mechanical design ability, and strong organizational and project management skills. The ideal candidate will serve as a project lead and have experience interfacing/managing programs with government clients such as NavSea, MSC, DARPA, USCG . Experience in foreign naval and commercial programs is considered a plus.

Remote Telework arrangement will be considered.

This position is contingent upon your ability to obtain and maintain your Secret clearance post-employment.

In this role, you will: 

Technical Execution:

• Solve complex technical problems as a team leader including subject matter experts.
• Is capable of designing systems and solving technical problems independently.
• Has the ability to move freely between first principles analysis and complex software “canned” solution analysis. Has a strong understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each and knows when and where to use them.
• Has developed an intuition of when a technical problem is converging in a positive spiral and knows when to change approach for better results.

Technical Project Management:

• Plans, reviews and controls the execution of all levels of project elements including technical execution, scope control, budgets, and schedules. Coordinates project level work efforts within MEO including directing engineers, interfacing with team members and shipyards depending on contract.
• Works with sponsors to develop follow on and new efforts that are mutually beneficial. Future work initiatives:
• Coordinates with Program Managers to pursue projects that are strategic in producing improved MEO capabilities including technical expertise and modeling,/simulation and process automation.
• Assists in proposal writing and contract negotiation efforts.
• Develops technical approaches and budget and schedule estimates for solicitations under consideration.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or other relevant technical discipline from an ABET accredited school
• A minimum of 10 years experience in a designing role.
• An active secret level clearance or the ability to obtain one is required. (Must be US citizen)
• CAD skills is required.
• Experience with ABS, USCG and/or Mil Standers is required.
• Experience interfacing/managing programs with government clients such as NavSea, MSC, DARPA, USCG.

    The following are considered a plus:

• PE
• PMP
• Masters level course study

Company Overview

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state and local governments, and commercial clients. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Serco Americas has over 9,000 employees and is part of a $4 billion global business that helps transform government and public services around the world. At Serco, our employees are our most valuable asset - we listen, respect and support them throughout their career at Serco. We invite you to become part of our dynamic team. Serco is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying our workforce (Race/ Color/ Sex/ Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/ Religion/ National Origin/ Disability/ Vets).

To review Serco benefits please visit: https://www.serco.com/na/careers/benefits-of-choosing-serco.

If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: careers@serco-na.com or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.

Serco does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies without being a contracted approved vendor. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Serco and will not be obligated to pay a placement or contract fee. If you are interested in becoming an approved vendor at Serco, please email Agencies@serco-na.com.

COVID-19 Regulations: Serco complies with all applicable COVID-19 requirements. This may require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, provide attestations regarding vaccination status and/or COVID-19 testing, or satisfy other conditions of employment that Serco deems appropriate, and employees may be required to show proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test results as a condition of employment (except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation).