Docking Engineer - Senior Specialist/Principle

General Dynamics Corporation; Groton (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat is seeking a Docking Engineer - Senior Specialist/Principal to lead maintenance readiness and material management for floating assets at Groton. You will coordinate docking operations, work with facilities and engineering, and draft responses to government stakeholders while ensuring compliance with MIL-STD-1625D and NSTM Chapter 997.

The role requires strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with a track record in safety, quality, cost, and schedule

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher.
• 15+ years of experience managing material readiness of facilities or maritime barges and ships.
• Proven track record in safety, quality, cost, schedule, process improvement, and communications.

Responsibilities

• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Interpersonal skills to work in a fast-paced environment with all levels of the workforce.
• Team leadership experience.

Skills

Team leadership

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor of Science degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsibilities for this Position

Docking Engineer - Senior Specialist/Principle

US-CT-Groton

Job ID: 2026-19908

Type: Full-Time

# of Openings: 1

Category: Maintenance

EB Groton Shipyard

Overview

In this role as a docking engineer, the sucessful candidate will work in a small team of Engineers, Docking Supervisors, and hourly technicians.

Work tasks will include the following:

• Primary tasks will include coordinating the material management and readiness of the various Graving Docks and floating assets (Atlas, Sea Shuttle and Holland).
• Work closely with facilities personnel to schedule, fund and oversee all aspects of material management of the docking assets.
• Work closely with engineering disciplines tasked with technical cognizance to adjudicate material deficiencies and remediation.
• Work closely with Docking Engineer to update and revise maintenance, technical manuals and technical drawings.
• Draft, track and manage correspondence with external government stakeholders and coordinate response to stakeholder requests.
• Modify and publish preventative maintenance cards as advised by Docking Engineer, Dock Technicians, and Tech Leads.
• Ensure all correspondence comply with reference documents, in particular MIL-STD-1625D and NSTM Chapter 997.
• Candidate must have a proven track record in the areas of safety, quality, cost, schedule, process improvement, and communications.
• Candidate must be able to promote a positive team environment and be highly motivated with strong interpersonal skills.
• Candidate must have the ability to interact with all levels of management, the customer, and Human Resources and be able to ensure EEO and OSHA compliance.

Responsibilities

• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Interpersonal skills to work in a fast-paced environment with all levels of the workforce
• Team leadership experience

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher
• 15+ years of experience managing material readiness of facilities or maritime barges and ships

Preferred:

• Technical writing background
• Prior experience with Navy 3M System and Current Ships Maintenance Project (CSMP)

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General Dynamics Electric Boat is a recognized leader in the design, construction and lifecycle support of submarines for the United States Navy.