Senior Naval Architect - Military Veterans
at Amentum
Amentum is actively seeking Senior Naval Architects to help maintain former Navy and Coast Guard ships. Locations for this role include San Diego, CA, Washington, DC, and Norfolk, VA. This role will be hybrid (combined remote and on-site).
Estimate hiring salary range: $131-175k (salary rate to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data).
This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: www.amentumcareers.com
Essential responsibilities and daily duties include:
- Mentor and develop junior Naval Architects, when assigned, to develop engineering and practical skill sets.
- Investigate complex and diverse engineering problems presented in shipboard maintenance and installations.
- Perform ship checks and provide detailed reports documenting structural issues and recommended repairs. Collaborate with corrosion and structural engineers.
- Perform engineering analytical tasks to identify and correct system deficiencies and provide technical solutions in the form of drawings, memoranda, reports and sketches.
- Support Project Support Engineer and Lead Engineer with regards to all technical issues that arise.
- Interface with project personnel on all matters pertaining to program management, administration, and work assignments for this program.
- Perform complex engineering calculations for design development and to calculate strength, vibration behavior, and safety of modifications and/or repairs to the ship.
- Prepare layout and detail drawings and sketches for varied and complex design projects, such as alterations, maintenance, and repairs.
- Interface with Lead Engineer and other project staff to address ship non-conformances, assess risk, and provide recommendations for new and existing ship structural and material issues.
- Assist reviewing production contractor work Items, access cut plans, design calculations, and other structural engineering related documents for accuracy and technical acceptability.
- Perform and supervise drydock docking and undocking preparations and block layouts.
- Coordinate with other engineering personnel, production and maintenance team, ships force, and other governing agencies as required to develop solutions for naval architecture related issues.
- Review SARs, design technical products, and deliverables with supporting estimates for final review by Government in support of the accomplishment of SHIPALTs.
- Interface with cognizant executing activity and planning yard representatives on final design products for technical accuracy and conformance to NAVSEA requirements prior to final acceptance by the Government.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, structural, architectural/naval architectural, or related.
- 8 years of industry-related experience in ship maintenance, including shipbuilding. 5 years of specific experience as a Naval Architect.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment. Ability to work onsite and remote.
- Ability to obtain a secret US government clearance. Note: US citizenship is required to obtain a secret clearance.
- Ability to travel CONUS and OCONUS (up to 25%). Ability to obtain a United States Passport.
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Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.
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EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans
San Diego, CA
Amentum brings industry-best expertise, processes, and technology to ensure the availability and reliability of our Government and commercial clients’ vital facilities and equipment. We apply our culture of excellence to operate, maintain, and manage your global assets and complex supply chains to meet modern challenges at home and abroad. You get the confidence that comes from a partner with on a century-long heritage of unrelenting dedication to our clients’ missions across the DoD, civilian agencies, and the IC.
We are looking for skilled Veterans interested in continuing your career in aviation, global logistics, IT and Network support, and also unmanned systems.
We currently have positions open nationwide and globally to include: Kuwait, Iraq, and other overseas locations!
Amentum’s skilled workforce lives with outcomes rather than just works on them. Our employees hold the most sought-after certifications in the industry, including Program Management Professional (PMP), IT/Cyber, ITIL, and Professional Scrum Master (PSM). Our teams who maintain and modify vehicles, aircraft, and weapons systems work within disciplined environments certified to AS9001D, ISO 9001:2015, AS9110B, and AS9100C standards.
Whether it’s managing facilities supporting the IC’s classified missions, operating UAVs that protect our soldiers, or maintaining military equipment at remote bases abroad, Amentum has the experience, passion, and commitment to meet your critical needs.
What happens after I apply?
First, you will want to ensure your RecruitMilitary profile is up to date, and you also have the most up to date resume to provide. Once you apply for the role you will be re-directed to complete your employment application on Amentum's career site. Once you complete that application a recruiter will review your skills and qualifications and reach out to you about the role as appropriate.