Machinery Department Manager

Leidos Inc; United States; Remote; USD 126,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Machinery Department Manager to oversee a team of 40+ engineers. This role involves managing engineering needs, leading projects, and ensuring effective staffing. Candidates should have extensive experience in mechanical and marine design, along with strong leadership skills. The position allows for remote work but requires candidates to be local to an office location. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering and a Professional Engineering license are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in mechanical/marine design and engineering.
• At least 3 years in a management role.
• U.S. citizenship with eligibility for Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage the engineering and design department with 40+ engineers across locations.
• Lead a team of professionals to meet project objectives.
• Ensure the organization is properly staffed and trained.

Skills

Leadership

Technical problem solving

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering

Professional Engineering license in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Overview

Gibbs & Cox, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is the largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the United States. Since our founding in 1929, 24 classes of combatants and nearly 7,000 vessels have been built to Gibbs & Cox designs. We proudly support military and commercial clients in the U.S. and internationally with all phases of marine design, construction, and lifecycle management. Our passion is solving our customers' 21st century maritime challenges with quality and integrity.

We are seeking a well-qualified individual for the position as the Division's Machinery Department Manager.

Location: This position allows for remote work. However the candidate must be local to a Leidos Gibbs & Cox office to attend meetings as needed. Office locations are: Arlington VA, Philadelphia PA, New York NY, New Orleans LA, Newport News VA, Houston TX.

Responsibilities

The Machinery Department Manager is responsible for the engineering and management needs of an engineering department with 40 plus engineers in multiple locations with a concentration in the following:

• Propulsion Plant Design
• Auxiliary System Design
• Fluid System Analysis
• Machinery/Mechanical Design

The Machinery Department Manager must be able to maintain a properly staffed and trained organization that can competently service the organization's mechanical engineering and design needs. This person must have demonstrated success in leading a team of engineering professionals with the ability to see and meet the overall project objectives and envision how various engineering disciplines collaborate and integrate in a multi-project environment to create accurate products on time and within budget. This person must have ability to produce manhour estimates for tasking along with a valid Basis of Estimates.

Qualifications

The successful candidate must possess the following attributes:

• Able to attract, hire and maintain a qualified staff capable of staffing and performing the department's workload.
• Motivate and lead a disciplined and focused engineering team.
• Personal skills to successfully interact with customers on both technical and programmatic issues.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Solid organizational and time management abilities.
• A technical and managerial problem solver who can identify issues as they arise and initiate corrective action.
• Enthusiastic and willing to instruct inexperienced staff.
• Proven collaborator with superiors, peers, staff, and design teams.

Basic Qualifications

• The Machinery Department Manager must have a minimum of 10 years' experience in mechanical/marine design and engineering, with at least 3 years of this experience in a management role.
• Experience at a U.S. Navy-oriented service's company is desired.
• This individual should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in an Engineering field.
• This individual should have a Professional Engineering license in Mechanical Engineering.
• You must be a United States citizen with the ability to obtain Secret Clearance to qualify.

For U.S. Positions: Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date.

Pay Range: Pay Range $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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