Combat Systems Port Engineer

T-Solutions Recruiting Team•Pearl Harbor, HI

About The Position

T-Solutions is seeking a Combat Systems Port Engineer (CSPE) to serve as its onboard representative and help ensure the operational readiness of assigned ships. The CSPE routinely validates shipboard conditions through personal observation and evaluation, leads a maintenance team, and represents the Type Commander (TYCOM) and Commanding Officer in off-ship maintenance and modernization efforts. Knowledge of assigned ships’ operational and maintenance needs is essential to supporting mission readiness. The position requires regular engagement with ship crews and command staff, assessment and prioritization of maintenance needs, and coordination of authorized work through industrial activities and maintenance availabilities. The CSPE monitors execution and provides engineering and technical recommendations on ship repair, modernization, logistics, and related problems. Travel is described as low level (5–15%) to Fleet Concentration Support areas, with frequent underway time for sea trials, testing, inspections, ship checks, and other events. The role may include ship deployments, port-to-port transfers, mid-deployment ship checks, sister-ship visits, and voyage repairs. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation, and hold or be able to obtain a passport. An active DoD Secret clearance is highly desired; candidates eligible to obtain and maintain one may be considered, with a contingent offer and start date after the clearance is fully adjudicated if they do not already hold an active clearance.

Requirements

Experience and knowledge with U.S. Navy surface ship combat systems and communications systems.
Shipboard experience operating and maintaining C4I and C5I systems.
Knowledge and experience with depot-level combat systems and communications (C4I/C5I) repairs, maintenance, alteration and modernization, and systems testing and integration.
Significant knowledge and experience with one or more major U.S. Navy surface-ship combat or communications systems.
Five years of leadership experience at the Chief Petty Officer (E7 or higher), Limited Duty Officer (LDO), or Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) level or higher in the combat systems and C4I/C5I operating and maintenance community.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must possess a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation to and from various work locations.
Must have a valid passport or the ability to obtain one.
Must be able to maintain communication with a supervisor or manager when not in the office, using personal equipment and services for business-related purposes.
Must be capable of traversing stairs, fixed ladders, and ladder wells frequently while walking ships daily.
Must be able to spend several consecutive days at sea while underway as needed.
Must be capable of sitting for long periods; standing, walking, crouching, and kneeling; reaching, handling, and using equipment, keyboards, and mobile devices; and lifting boxes of files and supplies weighing up to 20 pounds.

Nice To Haves

An active DoD Secret security clearance is highly desired. Candidates eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance will also be considered.

Responsibilities

Interface in person daily with ship crews, department heads, and commanding officers to discuss shortfalls, implementation, and insufficiencies related to the Consolidated Ships Maintenance Plan (CSMP), and validate new work items.
Verify validated off-ship maintenance 2 kilos, including equipment testing and system performance, and recommend repair actions for the maintenance plan.
Recommend repair timing and the most cost-effective level of maintenance.
Assess risks and prioritize on-ship and off-ship maintenance requirements.
Attend ship maintenance and repair assessment events and address questions about funding shortfalls, maintenance scope, mission impacts, and logistics.
Identify weaknesses in maintenance plans and recommend modernization.
Determine, validate, and diagnose maintenance requirements for assigned ships or craft.
Recommend ship-owner authorization or deferral of identified maintenance requirements.
Screen authorized work for appropriate industrial activities and Continuous Maintenance availability periods.
Integrate authorized work items for each industrial availability to develop an optimized work package.
Monitor industrial availability execution and support Government efforts to control quality, schedule, and cost.
Provide engineering and technical recommendations concerning design, installation, logistic support, and priority of planned modernization.
Recommend solutions to maintenance-related environmental, logistics, technical, and engineering problems encountered in ship repair and modernization.
Travel to Fleet Concentration Support areas and participate in underway events, ship deployments, sea trials, inspections, ship checks, ship visits, and voyage repairs as needed.
Lead a maintenance team and represent TYCOM and the Commanding Officer in off-ship maintenance and modernization efforts.