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Description

• Provide engineering and technical leadership on assigned Program/Project, supporting internal departments, customers, suppliers, and subcontracted design agents. 
• Perform or review regulatory and class level calculations and create detailed reports. 
• Perform basic calculations required for system and component design/outfitting. 
• Design and review all aspects of vessels – Naval Architecture, Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical 
• Perform and review 3D model creation. 
• Provide hands-on support to production personnel to maintain production flow. 
• Work with project team to ensure adherence to vessel build plan. 
• Lead project engineering and design reviews. 
• Provide liaison between Engineering, Project Management, and production operations to resolve any issues, improvements and changes necessary for deliverables.  
• Manage Subcontractor design agents and Vigor engineering staff to resolve design problems. 
• Develop, manage, and maintain Ship Constructor and SolidWorks models, as required. 
• Develop engineering standards and procedures documents. 
• Develop standard blocks and engineering details. 
• Manage and maintain libraries of engineering standards and engineering procedures. 
• Utilize ERP system to generate material requisitions, activities, and shop orders. 
• Assist with compiling and managing complex work packages for the project. 
• Responsible for producing and reviewing documentation for customers including: RFI, Submittals, Engineering Change Requests, Nonconformance Documentation (NCR) 
• Provide technical advice to Vigor management team as a Subject Matter Expert. 
• Mentor Vigor staff engineers in carrying out their design engineering tasks. 
• Manage the project’s assigned Vigor staff engineers and engineering Subcontractors to achieve project goals. 
• Establish project engineering strategies, determine the engineering scope for internal and external resources, and then schedule and manage the accomplishment of the engineering for the project. 
• Guide the sequence of engineering and design of all mechanical systems in all company projects. 
• Reviews engineering department output for adherence to design standards. 
• Ensure project production drawings are completed and distributed to Document Control on schedule, for efficient assembly and fabrication of products. 
• Assist Chief Naval Architect in team member assignments and provide feedback on individual job performance 
• Support Project Management and Production personnel during construction phase of project. 
• Periodically view the project build progress in the shipyard to insure agreement between the plans and the construction. 
• Adhere to all Vigor safety standards. 
• Participate in annual performance evaluations. 
• Comply with all Vigor policies and procedures. 
• Participate in continuous improvement program. 
• Support estimators during preliminary stages of project. 
• Participate in sea trials of completed vessels. 

• Very strong computer skills and experience with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Rhino, Ship Constructor and Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) preferred. 
• Experience must include good working knowledge of design spiral, vessel arrangements, structural, electrical, mechanical and outfit details. 
• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) concepts and systems preferred. 
• Knowledge of Product Data Management (PDM) concepts and systems preferred. 
• Must be able to maintain a variety of professional relationships. 
• Must be detail oriented and able to work with extremely tight specifications.  
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.  
• Able to read, analyze and interpret the most complex documents including applicable codes and standards, contract and regulatory compliance. 
• Capable of clear effective communications, creative problem solving, and working well with others of all levels of authority and technical knowledge.  
• Capable of writing reports, technical proposals and business correspondences. 
• Must be highly organized and have excellent documentation skills.   
• Must be able to utilize previous experience and industry knowledge to identify obstacles and design challenges to facilitate ease of construction.    
• Highly functional individual contributor. 
• Capable of working in a team with one or more person to complete a task or project. 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering. 
• Fifteen (15) years of directly related, boatbuilding/shipyard, experience required – high speed aluminum vessels preferred 
• Experience and familiarity with industry regulations: ABS, USCG CFR, IACS, ABYC, IEEE, IMO/SOLAS, and military contracts is preferred. 
• Experience with prototype, one-off or custom boatbuilding.