Senior Naval Architect - Submarine Structures

Matchtech Group; Halifax, Ottawa, Victoria; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech Group seeks a Senior Naval Architect - Submarine Structures to professionally and efficiently execute client taskings for submarines. The role involves technical leadership, design assessment, and collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities include leading submarine structural calculations, providing expert opinions on design and fitness for service, and mentoring staff while ensuring QMS compliance.

Qualifications

• Degree in Marine Engineering or Naval Architecture.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in Naval Architecture.
• Extensive experience with submarines (new builds or refits).
• Registration with a Professional Engineering governance body in the work province; eligible for security clearance.
• Passport holder and able to travel internationally (minimum 3-month deployment).

Responsibilities

• Provide naval architecture advice to clients and internal teams.
• Lead and manage technical work, ensuring best-practice outcomes.
• Act as Technical Lead, Technical Assurer and Project Manager on projects.
• Comply with QMS processes and maintain technical competency.
• Mentor staff and arbitrate disputes within the domain.
• Stamp and Seal professional engineering deliverables.

Skills

Naval Architecture

Structural analysis

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Education

Degree in Marine Engineering or Naval Architecture

Job description

Purpose of the Role:

The Senior Naval Architect - Submarine Structures is responsible for professionally and efficiently executing work in support of client taskings for submarines.

Responsibilities and Tasks include:

• Provide Naval Architecture advice and support to external and internal customers.
• Manage your own technical work and evaluate its effectiveness to improve best practice.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Comply with relevant business and ethics codes of conduct.
• Undertake engineering and non-engineering activities in a way that contributes to best practice.
• Act as Technical Lead (TL) on specified projects.
• Act as Technical Assurer on specified projects.
• Act as Project Manager (PM) on specified projects.
• Work within the Quality Management System (QMS) processes and procedures.
• Maintain your technical competency in your area(s) of specialization.
• Promotes building a positive team culture through input, feedback and participation in team building and wellness activities.

Role Specific:

• Proven ability to lead and conduct submarine structural calculations for existing platforms and/or new builds.
• Provide an expert opinion on design and fitness for service of submarine structures including:
  • Submarine pressure hull,
  • Submarine pressure hull structural features, and
  • Primary and secondary submarine structures.
• Experienced in working with Shipyards, Dockyards, Owners, Class and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to conduct ship surveys for design and engineering changes, mid-life upgrades and vessel condition documentation.
• Knowledge of domain specific standards including International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations, Class Society rules, Transport Canada Regulations and Canadian Forces Technical Orders.
• Maintain a program of Continuing Professional Development to sustain your technical knowledge.
• Work with Capability Manager to identify the levels of suitably qualified and experienced personnel (SQEP) required to fulfil current and projected demand.
• Work with Capability Manager to identify training or other developmental opportunities to develop SQEP within the company.
• Work with Capability Manager to identify resources for project work, training and development opportunities.
• Mentor staff who are developing skills, qualifications and experience in their domain.
• Arbitrate on disputes concerning technical content within their domain.
• Stamp and Seal Professional Engineering deliverables in area of practise.

In addition to these duties, the position holder may be required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required, from time to time, to achieve the above role purpose.

Authority, Accountability and Working Relationships:

The role is responsible and accountable to:

1. Capability Manager or delegate for utilization and career development,
2. Project Manager for assigned projects.

Required to forge effective working relationships with:

1. Clients,
2. Project Managers,
3. Engineering personnel within cross-discipline teams.

Employment Conditions:

• Permanent, full-time hours (or as otherwise agreed) in accordance with the region of employment.
• Halifax, NS, Kanata, ON or Victoria, BC as defined in employment contract; however, the role requires a minimum 3-month international deployment every 12 months.
• Occasional travel (in addition to deployment) to other offices or client sites as required from time to time.

Key Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

Essential:

• Degree in Marine Engineering or Naval Architecture;
• Minimum 15 years of experience in Naval Architecture;
• Extensive experience working on new build or re-fit of existing submarines.
• Existing registration or ability to obtain registration with Professional Engineering governance body in Province of work; and,
• Eligible for a Canadian and International security clearance.
• Hold a valid passport and able to travel internationally on a minimum of a 3-month deployment.

Desirable:

• Detailed knowledge and experience in the following areas:
• Ship or submarine hydrostatics including stability, weight control and margins; and
• Ship or submarine inclining experiments (submerged and surfaced);
• Experience in the in-service support of naval systems and/or engineering design;
• Experience in the development and use of technical studies and drawings;
• An understanding of specifications for government and commercial vessels;
• Experience in systems integration, ship construction and/or repair;