Naval Life-Cycle & Hull Systems Lead

Thales Group; Mill Bay; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Pension plan

Paid leave

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Thales Canada in Mill Bay, BC, is seeking a Naval Architect Technologist / Life Cycle and Materiel Manager (LCMM) to support Royal Canadian Navy programs. This hybrid role can be located in Malahat, BC, and reports to Engineering Services.

You will oversee hull systems design, maintenance planning, investigations, and documentation, liaising with OEMs and ship staff to resolve defects and manage configuration changes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-year Technical Diploma in Naval Architecture or other marine technical field.
• Possess a minimum of 8 years of demonstrated technical professional work experience in the marine/offshore sector within the last 10 years.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical support of deficiencies of equipment or capability, developing technical solutions and risk assessments.
• Providing technical advice to enable hull systems, fittings and deck equipment to be correctly operated or maintained.
• Conducting technical investigations into problems associated with hull and other marine systems, equipment and/or software issues, including failure analysis and solution recommendation.
• Developing and reviewing technical documentation including equipment specifications, installation and maintenance instructions, test and trials agendas, and engineering change documentation and drawings.
• Investigating and formulating plans to deal with equipment obsolescence and material compatibility issues, conducting alternate part assessments and recommendations.
• Analyzing requirements associated with baseline changes to the ships configuration, equipment and software.
• Preparing Work Packages and cost estimates for customer approval.
• Liaise with OEMs, Service Providers, Ship Staff and Thales Service Delivery to support the investigation and resolution of defects.
• Preparing documented work scopes, suitable for the solicitation of quotations from external resources such as OEMs, manufacturers, suppliers, testing facilities or specialist service providers.
• Supporting and managing activities associated with the design and configuration control of ship’s hull and other marine systems and fittings including conducting functional and physical configuration audits, and deviations and waivers documentation and risk assessments.
• Participate / conduct structural and damage surveys to assist in the development of repair specifications.
• Supporting Classification Society surveys and other certification approvals.
• Supporting software management activities including software changes.

Skills

Hull systems

Marine design

Project management

Technical investigations

Regulatory standards

Vendor liaison

Education

Technical Diploma in Naval Architecture or equivalent

Job description

Thales Canada in Mill Bay, BC, is seeking a Naval Architect Technologist / Life Cycle and Materiel Manager (LCMM) to support Royal Canadian Navy programs. This hybrid role can be located in Malahat, BC, and reports to Engineering Services.

You will oversee hull systems design, maintenance planning, investigations, and documentation, liaising with OEMs and ship staff to resolve defects and manage configuration changes.