Facilities Project Manager – Mechanical Engineer, Senior

General Dynamics Electric Boat • Groton, CT

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About The Position

The Groton Facilities Engineering department is seeking a seasoned mechanical engineer to provide maintenance and troubleshooting support for the 120+ year old Groton shipyard, new facilities under construction, and local sites. The role also includes designing and executing infrastructure construction projects.

Project management responsibilities include engineering and developing scopes of work, preparing bid documents, selecting vendors, securing funding, preparing purchase requisitions, ensuring safety and environmental compliance, and managing vendors and Electric Boat personnel in the field while maintaining project budgets, schedules, and documentation. The engineer may support water, compressed gas, compressed air, boiler and steam, HVAC, industrial ventilation, submarine support, wastewater treatment, and water purification systems.

The position interfaces with local building officials, safety, environmental, security, fire safety, maintenance, affected Electric Boat departments, and Naval oversight. The candidate should be self-motivated, able to work independently, communicate effectively, maintain a questioning attitude, demonstrate technical proficiency, and be willing to learn continuously. The role requires using Microsoft Office Suite and MS Project.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or Facilities Engineering.
• At least 5 years of postgraduate engineering experience.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• A questioning attitude.
• Technically proficient and willing to continuously learn.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook, and MS Project.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in facilities engineering, plant engineering, or construction.

Responsibilities

• Provide maintenance and troubleshooting support for the Groton shipyard, new facilities under construction, and local sites.
• Design and execute infrastructure construction projects.
• Develop engineering scopes of work and prepare bid documents.
• Select vendors, secure funding, and prepare purchase requisitions.
• Ensure safety and environmental compliance.
• Manage vendors and Electric Boat personnel in the field while maintaining project budgets, schedules, and documentation.
• Support systems and equipment that may include water systems, compressed gas systems, compressed air systems, boiler and steam systems, HVAC, industrial ventilation, submarine support systems, wastewater treatment, and water purification.
• Interface with local building officials, safety, environmental, security, fire safety, maintenance, affected Electric Boat departments, and Naval oversight.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior