Shipweight Engineer III: Design & Weight Analysis

Nassco; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

National Steel and Shipbuilding Com is seeking an experienced weight estimation and analysis engineer to support ship design and construction. The role involves collaborating with engineering and production teams, gathering data, and ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements.

The candidate should have a strong background in shipboard systems, knowledge of weight estimation/calculation processes, and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Engineering or Applied Sciences, or PE license.
• Typically at least four (4) years of practical engineering design experience in a shipyard environment.
• PE license and/or advanced degree desirable.

Responsibilities

• Completes products with supervision and technical oversight at key junctures in development
• When confronted with change, actively controls scope creep and identifies the implication of change within own group and immediate downstream customers
• Identifies potential problems in own products and similar products by others
• Facilitates resolutions to problems or technical issues using common industry methods
• Uses oral and written communication skills, including through e-mail, to create presentations, reports, and draft external technical correspondence to line personnel for owners and production
• Participates in internal and external working groups (such as those involving customer and regulatory bodies), including documenting discussions, decisions, and outcomes
• Periodically provides technical leadership to teams executing small-scope projects
• Routinely mentors two or more Engineers, and teaches technical skills specific to own discipline
• Assists with the implementation of department processes
• Locates related requirements of current tasks in addition to locating specific requirements (such as rules, regulations, contracts, references) that apply to tasked work
• Other responsibilities and duties as assigned

Skills

Teamwork

Initiative

Accountability

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor's Degree or PE License

Professional Engineer's License (desirable)

Job description

National Steel and Shipbuilding Com is seeking an experienced weight estimation and analysis engineer to support ship design and construction. The role involves collaborating with engineering and production teams, gathering data, and ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements.

The candidate should have a strong background in shipboard systems, knowledge of weight estimation/calculation processes, and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders.