Field Engineer Level II

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc; Allanton (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is seeking a Mechanical/Marine Engineer in Florida to coordinate with design disciplines, clients, and production teams on shipbuilding projects. The role requires 6–15 years of experience in marine or government shipbuilding, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in AutoCAD and MS Office.

The engineer will review drawings, ensure safety and specs compliance, and support planning and production activities. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical or Marine Engineering required.
• 6–15 years experience in either commercial marine or government shipbuilding programs.
• Ability to interpret contract requirements and specifications.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and AutoCAD.
• Capable of learning department-specific software programs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with design disciplines, clients, vendors, and production personnel.
• Apply standard design principles to resolve production problems and stop-work issues.
• Review and modify production/fabrication drawings as needed with supervisor concurrence.
• Assist with construction planning support activities.
• Ensure compliance with design safety factors, tolerances, and specifications.
• Produce detailed plans of action and deficiency reports for project objectives.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Analytical skills

Microsoft Office

AutoCAD

Contract interpretation

Education

BS in Mechanical, Electrical, or Marine Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

This job description is a general description of the essential job functions and is not intended to be an employment contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. maintains its status as an at-will employer. Position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. reserves the right to increase, waive or reduce these minimal standards. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements described be interpreted as all-inclusive. All employees of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. are expected to perform the duties as assigned by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual is expected to be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability expected. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which imposes undue hardship on Eastern Shipbuilding.

Functions

• Coordinates and interacts with the design disciplines, clients, vendors, and production / craft when necessary.
• Apply standard design principles and theories to resolve production problems and stop work issues.
• Where necessary and with the concurrence of discipline supervisors, review and modify production/fabrication drawings of all systems.
• Assist with construction planning support activities.
• Review documents, piping and HVAC diagrams, mechanical systems, equipment design and functions and performance analyses.
• Assist in the integration of the design in Production and work closely with shipyard personnel.
• Production of detailed plans of action and deficiency reports to support the project objectives and schedules.
• Ensure compliance with required design safety factors, tolerances, and specifications.
• Compile data and perform dimensional and routine calculations required for the review of drawings.
• Make required changes, additions, and/or revisions, as directed by the immediate supervisor.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Reporting Relationship

This position will report to Field Engineering Supervisor.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical or Marine Engineering Required.

• Qualified candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience: Should have 6-15 years of experience in either commercial marine or governments shipbuilding programs.
• Have good analytical skills.
• Be capable of working with minimum supervision to accomplish assigned tasks with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to interpret contract requirements and specifications.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and AutoCAD.
• Capable of learning department-specific software programs to assist in various analyses.
• Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident Card required.

Desired

• Experience with ABS rules.

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the environment is low to moderate, such as in an office environment except when working onboard.

Activity/Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This job is operated in an office environment. Also, co-located with production working together on daily technical and production issues on the ship. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, fax machines, and smartphones. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Experience

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.