SENIOR CONSULTING NAVAL ARCHITECT
GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION: This is a senior naval architect position encompassing a wide range of naval architecture, engineering, and project management skills in a challenging variety of projects for Harbor Marine Group consulting division of Foss Maritime Company. This position offers the unique opportunity to work with a growing naval architecture and marine engineering consulting group which is a division of a large operating company with two shipyards and additional affiliated marine operating companies. This position also offers a wide range of experiences and opportunities within Harbor Marine Group and Foss Maritime Company. Harbor Marine Group is a team of highly motivated and creative engineers with a focus on developing client relationships through service, responsiveness, problem solving and ingenuity in all aspects of engineering, design, and project management. Prospective candidates will be highly skilled and embrace and contribute to this culture and will receive in return very competitive salaries and benefits plus a performance based bonus and significant advancement opportunities.
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
- Develop, manage and provide engineering and design services focused primarily in naval architecture, including vessel design, structural design and analysis, stability analysis, vessel modification and refurbishment plans and specifications, regulatory analysis and other naval architecture and engineering services.
- Provide engineering and project management services for international and domestic marine transportation projects including heavy sealift as well as concept, feasibility and design services for new vessels and services in existing and developing markets for Foss Maritime and outside clients.
- Provide naval architecture support for civil engineering and construction clients for design and construction of inland, waterfront and marine infrastructure projects.
- Develop and maintain new existing consulting clients under the Harbor Marine Group Division of Foss Maritime Company.
- Support Foss Maritime Company and other operating companies under Marine Resources Group in development of vessel construction and modification projects.
Skills and Abilities:
- Strong engineering background, skill, knowledge and experience to work directly with clients, identify project requirements and develop design and engineering products.
- Excellent leadership, management and communications skills with clients, internal division of Foss Maritime Company and other staff.
- General knowledge of a wide range of commercial vessels, with specific emphasis on small to medium sized vessels including towing vessels, barges, work boats, passenger vessels, and floating equipment.
- Ability to develop vessel arrangements and to perform feasibility and concept level design of marine vessels as well as detail design of specific portions of vessels or medications.
- Ability to develop contract plans, specifications and estimates for commercial and Foss projects.
- Ability to develop structural design and engineering calculations for vessel construction and modifications.
- Ability to perform trim and stability calculations and reports for marine vessels and floating equipment using GHS or other software.
- Ability to generate vessel design and modification drawings using AutoCAD or other software to support design, modification, design studies and contract drawings.
- General understanding of U.S. Coast Guard and marine classification society rules and regulatory requirements.
- Strong project management skills including proficiency in MS Project is preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint is required,
JOB CONDITIONS:
- Work is performed primarily in an office environment with frequent visits to client facilities, shipyards, and vessels;
- Must be able access all areas of shipyard and company property including administration building, shipyard and shipyard offices, drydocks, and terminal in all types of weather;
- Must use shipyard safety equipment, such as hard hat and safety glasses;
- Work involves daily interactions with commercial clients, Foss management and executive personnel, and shipyard administration personnel;
- Physical requirements include ability to sit for extended periods of time, light lifting, and ascending/descending stairs; ability to crawl and enter tight spaces and ascend/descend rung type ladders;
- Travel would normally consist of regular short term travel trips to visit clients and for vessel surveys and shipchecks, however, some extended travel is possible for off-site consulting, owners representation and construction support;
- Work beyond an 8 hours day/5 day workweek is required as necessary. Occasional overnight travel and on-call status is required. Regular and predictable attendance is required.
EDUCATION:
- B.S or M.S in Naval Architecture is required.
- Washington Professional Engineers License in NA/ME or similar professional engineering registration is required.
Foss is a drug free work place. Pre-employment drug testing is required.
THE COMPANY PRACTICES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IN ALL JOB OPENING