Naval Architect

Century Peak Corporation; Cebu City; On-site; PHP 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Century Peak Corporation in Cebu City seeks a Naval Architect/Marine Engineer to design, analyze, and develop marine vessels and floating structures, ensuring stability, balance, weight control, and regulatory compliance.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, prepare GA drawings and engineering documentation, and perform hydrostatic analyses and vessel layout reviews throughout all project phases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Experience in naval architecture, marine vessel design, shipbuilding, offshore/marine engineering, or similar projects.
• Strong understanding of vessel stability, weight distribution, hydrostatics, hull forms, and marine structural design.
• Experience preparing and/or reviewing engineering calculations and technical drawings.
• Familiarity with marine classification and regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency with naval architecture CAD/design software.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; effective technical communicator.
• Ability to work well within multidisciplinary project teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs for marine vessels and floating structures.
• Perform vessel stability, weight, balance, buoyancy, displacement, and hydrostatic analyses.
• Evaluate loading conditions and weight distribution to ensure trim, draft, and stability.
• Support intact and damage stability assessments as applicable to projects.
• Develop hull forms, vessel arrangements, layouts, and marine structural concepts.
• Prepare and review GA drawings, vessel layouts, technical specifications, and design documentation.
• Perform engineering calculations related to geometry, hydrostatics, stability, and structural requirements.
• Coordinate vessel equipment arrangements and integration of mechanical, piping, electrical, and other systems.
• Review structural drawings and calculations for marine applications.
• Participate in weight-control activities and maintain weight estimates as designs develop.

Skills

Naval Architecture

Hydrostatics & buoyancy

Structural design

Technical communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, or a related engineering discipline

Tools

CAD software

Job description

About the role

Responsible for the design, analysis, and technical development of marine vessels and floating structures. The role focuses on ensuring vessels meet requirements for stability, weight distribution, balance, structural integrity, performance, safety, and operational functionality. The position will work closely with engineering disciplines, designers, clients, and project teams to develop vessel designs, calculations, technical drawings, and engineering documentation throughout all phases of a project.

Key responsibilities

• Develop conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs for marine vessels and floating structures.

• Perform vessel stability, weight, balance, buoyancy, displacement, and hydrostatic analyses.

• Evaluate vessel loading conditions and weight distribution to ensure appropriate trim, draft, and stability.

• Perform or support intact and damage stability assessments, as applicable to the project.

• Develop hull forms, vessel arrangements, layouts, and marine structural concepts.

• Prepare and review General Arrangement (GA) drawings, vessel layouts, technical specifications, and design documentation.

• Perform engineering calculations related to vessel geometry, hydrostatics, stability, and structural requirements.

• Coordinate vessel equipment arrangements and support integration of mechanical, piping, electrical, and other marine systems.

• Review structural drawings and calculations for marine applications.

• Participate in weight-control activities and maintain weight estimates as vessel designs develop.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.

• Relevant professional experience in naval architecture, marine vessel design, shipbuilding, offshore/marine engineering, or similar projects.

• Strong understanding of vessel stability and balance, weight distribution and weight control, hydrostatics and buoyancy, vessel geometry and hull forms, marine structural design, and vessel arrangements and layouts.

• Experience preparing and/or reviewing engineering calculations and technical drawings.

• Familiarity with applicable marine classification and regulatory requirements.

• Proficiency with relevant naval architecture, engineering, and CAD/design software.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.