Lifting Device and Equipment Engineer (LDE)

KBR • Greenbelt, MD

23h • $142,300 - $213,400

About The Position

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! We at KBR share one goal: to improve the world responsibly as a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. KBR is seeking a Lifting Device and Equipment Engineer to provide day-to-day technical responsibility of the lifting device and equipment safety efforts for NASA GSFC.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills
• Understands a broad range of systems and risk as it applies to programmatic, technical and cost concerns.
• Experience with maintenance, inspection, and certification of lifting devices and equipment (such as cranes, hoists, powered industrial trucks, mobile elevated work platforms, rigging hardware, lifting slings, and below-the-hook lifting devices).
• BS in Engineering (i.e., structures or mechanical)
• 10 or more years of engineering experience
• All applicants must be eligible for work in the United States and able to support NASA GSFC operations in Greenbelt, MD.

Nice To Haves

• Certified to perform NDT inspections (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Maintains overall knowledge of NASA Safety Policy (which includes the Lifting Standard) and ensures customer satisfaction by responding to customer requirements encompassing this safety engineering discipline.
• Coordinate with Facility Operations Managers, lab managers, project points of contact, and equipment owners to schedule and conduct tasks, minimizing facility conflicts.
• Properly identifying customer problems and issues, researching program requirements, and determining the most effective solution given technical qualifications and contractual requirements.
• Prepare and deliver detailed deficiency reports within 24 hours of discovery to LDE owners to facilitate timely resolution.
• Work with NASA safety and LDE Manager to ensure all documentation is reviewed and approved within three business days of submission.
• Escalate unresolved issues to LDE owners.
• Communicate with NASA safety regarding requirements and equipment status changes.
• Notify LDE owners of items tagged out of service (OOS) and provide resolution plans.
• Provide guidance and works independently with the customer.
• Interacts regularly with customer representatives concerning work in progress.
• Interface with reliability, quality, and systems engineering to assess applicable risk to programmatic, technical and cost concerns.
• Interfaces regularly at all levels, keeping management informed of task status, discussing newly proposed tasks, and making presentations.
• Reviews lift plans; review accident reports; performs and/or reviews hazard assessments; develops trade-off studies, corrective action system elements and prepares reports.

Benefits

• KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule.
• We support career advancement through professional training and development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees