Port Engineer Trainer

Overview

T-Solutions: Your Preferred Partner for Global Services and Innovative Solutions

At T-Solutions, we pride ourselves on being the company of choice for those seeking top-tier global services and innovative solutions. Our team comprises highly qualified and uniquely skilled professionals dedicated to delivering services with integrity. We are committed to excellence, enriching our clients, employees, and communities.

Who We Are

T-Solutions is a woman-owned, veteran-owned business based in Chesapeake, Virginia. We specialize in creating exceptional, responsive solutions to complex challenges for our global clients in government contracting. As an innovative and agile provider, we offer specialized technical solutions and a unique set of capabilities that support mission-critical operations and decision-making. Our expertise spans defense, security, maintenance engineering, logistics, and business transformation, ensuring our customers' success in today's dynamic environment. We align our core competencies with our customers' current and future needs, continually adapting emerging and proven technologies to enhance their capabilities.

Career Opportunity

We are looking for dedicated candidates to fill the role of Port Engineer Trainer. This position serves as a key resource to T-Solution’s onboard representatives and acts as subject matter expert teaching personnel how to maintain ship material condition readiness. The primary function of this role is to provide training for our Port Engineers who serve in a leadership role as part of the maintenance team, act as the Type Commander (TYCOM) representative, and the Commanding Officer’s primary representative for all off-ship maintenance and modernization. They are intimately familiar with the operational and maintenance requirements of their assigned ship(s) to ensure mission readiness.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide training to Hull Maintenance & Electrical Port Engineers, Combat Systems Port Engineers, Maintenance Managers and Port Engineer support staff.
• Effectively communicate and serve as an instructor and mentor to students.
• Participate in course development and provide training in, but not limited to, the following areas:
  • PE Onboarding course
  • PE Advanced Training course
  • Corrosion Control
  • Class Maintenance Plan Tasks
  • Material Condition & Maintenance-related Assessments
  • INSURV discrepancies
  • Work Specifications & Statements of Work
  • Work Notifications (validate, screen, broker)
  • Consolidated Ship’s Maintenance Project
• Possess the necessary knowledge and adheres to contractual requirements for our government clients.
• Performs all duties and responsibilities in a timely and effective manner in accordance with established company policies to achieve the overall objectives of this position.
• Performs waterfront mentoring.

Travel

• This position includes a low level of travel to Fleet Concentration Support areas.

Education, Knowledge, Experience, Skills, and Abilities Required

• One of the following is required
  • A high school diploma or GED equivalent and at least 15 years of related experience,
  • A Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or Chemistry,
  • Or a minimum of fifteen years of experience in the US Navy (E8 level or higher).
• Approximately eight years of experience in ship maintenance. Specifically:
  • Experience with corrosion control issues, solutions, and technical requirements.
  • Coatings-related work experience, surface preservation, and repair.
  • Experience writing and reviewing Work Specifications or Statements of Work.
  • Validating, estimating, writing, and reviewing Work Notifications.
• Prior experience as a Port Engineer is required.
• Prior experience as an instructor.
• Experience providing training, technical briefs, or as a mentor within the Navy Maintenance and Repair field.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and O365).
• Strong interpersonal skills and present professional decorum.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Candidates with NACE certifications are preferred (S-CAT, CIP Level 2 or 3).
• Reliability Centered Maintenance training or certification is preferred.
• Candidates with NDT Level 2, NBPI, and SSPC PCI Level 2 certifications are preferred.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret security clearance is highly desired; however, candidates eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance will be considered. The selected candidate will receive a contingent offer if they do not hold an active clearance. A start date will be established once an interim Secret clearance is granted.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must possess a valid Driver’s License.
• Must have reliable transportation to and from various work locations.
• Must have a valid passport or the ability to obtain a passport.
• Must maintain the capability to communicate with their supervisor or manager when not in the office. This includes using your equipment and services for business-related purposes. The compensation for this position includes incidental costs for work-related usage of your personal devices.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to traverse stairs.
• Capable of sitting for long periods, standing, walking, crouching, and kneeling.
• Reaching, handling, using equipment, keyboards, and mobile devices.
• Lifting boxes (files and supplies) up to 20 lbs.

T-Solutions is proud to be an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

T-Solutions is proud to be a Veteran-Friendly Employer. It does not discriminate against qualified applicants because of their status as a protected veteran or their relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members.