Outfitting Engineer

Downer; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Downer is seeking an outfitting engineering professional to lead design and technical governance for shipboard systems in Canberra. The role emphasizes delivering approved engineering deliverables, maintaining compliance with policies, and supporting project milestones within the program.

You will collaborate with safety teams, participate in tender evaluations, and help develop the capabilities of the Engineering Services group, ensuring adherence to standards and contractual timeframes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in naval architecture, marine engineering, mechanical engineering or related discipline.
• Experience in outfitting engineering domain and related technical documentation.
• Ability to work with system safety, risk assessment and tender evaluation processes.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and exercise a Delegated Technical Authority within outfitting engineering incl. furnishings, habitability and crew support systems.
• Review, comment and approve engineering deliverables in line with contracted timeframes.
• Work with System Safety to identify hazards in outfitting design and characterize risks.
• Participate in technical tender evaluation activities.
• Develop subordinate staff knowledge and skills within the Engineering Services team.

Skills

Outfitting engineering

Delegated technical authority

System safety risk management

Education

Bachelor degree in Naval Architecture / Marine Engineering / Mechanical Engineering

Job description

• Bachelor Degree-Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related Engineering discipline.


• Engineering and technical activities have been achieved successfully to support the Program's Project outcomes through the development of appropriate engineering and technical documentation and activities executed in accordance with relevant legislation, doctrine, policies and standards.


• Support the project to achieve the milestones defined within the shipbuilding Contracts and project integrated Master Schedule.


• Active management and reporting of Technical, Environmental and Safety Risks by the Program.

Activities include:

• Obtain and exercise a Delegated Technical Authority within the field of Outfitting Engineering including furnishings, habitability, crew support systems and engineering systems;


• Review, comment and Approval of engineering deliverables (primarily related to the outfitting engineering domain and other technical areas) in line with Contracted timeframes;


• Work with the System Safety team to identify any hazards resident within the Outfitting Engineering elements of the design and characterise the risks associated with these hazards.


• Participate in technical tender evaluation activities as required.


• Development of subordinate staff knowledge and skills within the Engineering Services team to ensure knowledge and know-how within the Program.

SFIA Skills Sought:

The design of systems to meet specified requirements, compatible with agreed systems architectures, adhering to corporate standards and within constraints of performance and feasibility. The identification of concepts and their translation into a design which forms the basis for systems construction and verification. The design or selection of components. The development of a complete set of detailed models, properties, and/or characteristics described in a form suitable for implementation. The adoption and adaptation of systems design lifecycle models based on the context of the work and selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.

Designs components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology. Identifies and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs. Creates multiple design views to address the concerns of the different stakeholders of the architecture and to handle both functional and non-functional requirements. Models, simulates or prototypes the behaviour of proposed systems components to enable approval by stakeholders. Produces detailed design specification to form the basis for construction of systems. Reviews, verifies and improves own designs against specifications.

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