Combat Systems Port Engineer

T-Solutions, Inc.•Norfolk, VA

1d•$102,000 - $120,000

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. The position requires detailed knowledge of assigned ships’ operational and maintenance needs to support mission readiness. The CSPE works with ship crews and leadership to validate maintenance requirements, assess risks and priorities, develop optimized industrial availability work packages, and monitor maintenance execution. The role also provides engineering and technical recommendations for repairs, modernization, logistics, and shipboard maintenance problems. The position involves 5–15% travel to Fleet Concentration Support areas and frequent underway time for sea trials, testing, inspections, ship checks, deployments, port-to-port transfers, sister-ship visits, and voyage repairs. The minimum salary is $102,000 per year and the maximum is $120,000 per year.

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, testing, and systems integration.
Significant knowledge and experience with one or more major U.S. Navy surface ship combat or communications systems.
At least five years of leadership experience as a Chief Petty Officer (E7 or higher), Limited Duty Officer (LDO), or Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) 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.
Must have reliable transportation to and from various work locations.
Must have a valid passport or be able to obtain one.
Must be able to communicate with a supervisor or manager when not in the office, using personal equipment and services for business-related purposes.
Must be able to frequently traverse stairs, fixed ladders, and ladder wells while walking ships daily.
Must be able to spend several consecutive days at sea underway as needed.
Must be capable of sitting for long periods; standing, walking, crouching, and kneeling; reaching and handling equipment, keyboards, and mobile devices; and lifting boxes 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

Meet 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-kilo items, including equipment testing and system performance, and recommend repair actions for the maintenance plan.
Recommend repair timing and identify the most cost-effective level of maintenance.
Assess risk 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 whether ship owners should authorize or defer 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 the design, installation, logistics support, and priority of planned modernization.
Recommend solutions to environmental, logistics, technical, and engineering problems encountered in ship repair and modernization.
Attend deployments and underway events, including port-to-port transfers, sea trials, mid-deployment ship checks, sister-ship visits, and mid-deployment voyage repairs.