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NAVAL ARCHITECT
Naval Sea Systems Command · Posted 4 days ago
Hybrid Newport News, VA $91K – $118K Apply by Sep 15, 2026 Naval Architecture ENTJENTPINTJINTP Engineering
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You will serve as a NAVAL ARCHITECT in the Engineering Department (200) in the Naval Architecture Division (250) of SUPSHIP.
What You'll Do
- →You will provide surveillance of Contractor design and production engineering products.
- →You will review and evaluate requested for Departure from Specifications (DFS) You will review and evaluate the Contractor's scoping of engineering changes to determine that the scope of work envisioned by the Contractor meets the intent of the contract change and whether the estimate of engineering man-hours required.
- →You will review and prepare proposed engineering contract changes to determine that the change contains sufficient specifications to insure clarity, correctness, adequacy, suitability and engineering feasibility of arrangement and installation.
- →You will confer with engineering personnel at equipment manufacturers, design agents, HIINC, naval shipyards and private shipyards to establish acceptable design and construction procedures.
- →You will prepare correspondence of acceptable quality to require minimal review by the Branch Head and/or Division Head for attainment of objectives and conformance with policies and procedures.
- →You will perform ship checks to evaluate systems/equipment design issues, to support major ship key event special evolutions such as propulsion plant system inspections, undocking, and sea trial support for ship delivery/redelivery.
- →You will coordinate efforts and maintain liaison through meetings and conferences with Contractor supervisors, design engineers, vendors and other engineering personnel from within the organization and from other Naval commands.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree.
- ✓Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
- ✓OR Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
- ✓Office of Personnel Management.
- ✓For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.
- ✓OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above).
- ✓Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.
Personality Fit
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