Design Lead (Engineer Logistics 3) - 30770

HII's Mission Technologies division•Virginia Beach, VA

20h•$78,897 - $95,000

About The Position

HII Mission Technologies’ Global Security group is seeking a Design Agent Lead to manage front-end design development and document-control workflows supporting Navy training system installations and alterations. This full-time position is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and involves independently coordinating cross-functional teams, overseeing technical documentation, and ensuring accurate, high-quality, timely deliverables. The role may involve work in office, remote, industrial, shipyard, or shipboard environments, with 0–10% required travel. The anticipated salary range is $78,897–$95,000. The Design Agent Lead guides projects from requirements intake through planning, design development, technical and quality reviews, submission, tracking, and closeout. The role develops and coordinates technical drawings and documentation, maintains configuration control and traceability, manages project schedules and workflow metrics, and coordinates required submissions. It also provides daily leadership and mentoring to Design Agents and support personnel, ensures compliance with Navy and program procedures, and identifies opportunities to improve workflow accountability, cycle time, and quality. An active Secret clearance is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5 years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree in a related field and 3 years of relevant experience; or a Ph.D. or Juris Doctorate in a related field and 0 years of experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and 9 years of relevant experience.
Experience developing or managing technical drawings and design documentation for installation, alteration, shipboard, industrial, or DoD work.
Working knowledge of SIDs, ICDs, drawing development practices, configuration management, and formal review and approval workflows.
Knowledge of applicable Navy and NAVSEA standards, technical requirements, and procedures.
Experience with digital design tools including AutoCAD, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Acrobat or Bluebeam.
Ability to interpret technical requirements, drawings, specifications, field conditions, and stakeholder inputs and translate them into complete and accurate design documentation.
Ownership, organization, problem-solving ability, communication skills, and follow-through.
Ability to work independently in a remote or digital environment while maintaining responsiveness and accountability.
Active Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

Leadership or workflow-owner experience in a technical design environment.
Experience with Navy training systems, ship alterations, Planning Yard processes, ship checks, or installation design packages.
Experience with record-selected drawings, drawing baselines, and formal Navy submission processes.
Familiarity with major shipyard standards such as Ingalls Shipbuilding.
Demonstrated ability to improve technical or administrative workflows.
Active Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

Lead the front-end Design Agent workflow from requirements intake through planning, development, technical review, QA review, submission, tracking, and closeout.
Develop, revise, and coordinate SIDs, ICDs, drawings, layouts, sketches, redlines, and related documentation for Navy installations and alterations.
Validate project scope, design inputs, technical data, milestones, ownership, and approvals, and resolve missing or conflicting information.
Coordinate with engineering, QA, program management, production, Planning Yard representatives, customers, and document control.
Maintain configuration control, revision history, document accuracy, and traceability in the approved system of record.
Manage trackers, engineering logs, action items, risks, workflow metrics, and project due dates; provide timely status updates to leadership.
Prepare or coordinate submissions including LARs, DMS requests, eForms uploads, technical data packages, meeting minutes, and reports.
Participate in design reviews, ship checks, site surveys, planning meetings, and readiness reviews; document decisions and follow-up actions.
Ensure compliance with Navy, NAVSEA, shipyard, Planning Yard, and program procedures.
Identify workflow bottlenecks and recurring challenges, and implement process improvements to strengthen accountability, cycle time, and quality.
Provide daily leadership, technical guidance, workload coordination, and mentoring to Design Agents and support personnel.
Work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced digital environment supporting distributed teams.