Shipyard Build Strategy Architect

Saronic Technologies; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental and Vision Insurance

Time Off and Holidays

Parental Leave

Competitive Salary

401(k) Plan

Stock Options

Life and Disability Insurance

Free lunch and snacks

Job summary

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Build Strategy & Throughput engineer to define how ships are built, guiding shipyard design for throughput, repeatability, and scalability. You will bridge product definition, build strategy, and facility architecture to optimize buildings, cranes, transport routes, and production flow.

The role ensures facility design is driven by production logic, not vice versa, and requires collaboration across design, facilities, and operations to minimize bottlenecks early

Qualifications

• Experience in block-based ship construction or heavy modular fabrication environments.
• Strong understanding of crane-driven production systems and facility constraints.
• Demonstrated throughput and production-flow mindset.
• Ability to work early with incomplete information to shape irreversible facility decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define block-based build strategies compatible with facility geometry and crane systems.
• Establish block size, weight, and envelope targets to optimize throughput and flow.
• Translate vessel class, annual build rate, and steel tonnage into facility capacity requirements.
• Define pre-outfitting rules that maximize upstream labor and minimize shipboard work.
• Identify and eliminate facility-driven throughput bottlenecks early in design.
• Ensure material flow supports parallel workstreams and predictable sequencing.
• Integrate build strategy across facilities, heavy lift, manufacturing engineering, and design teams.

Skills

Block-based construction

Heavy modular fabrication

Crane-driven production systems

Production flow mindset

Design-facilities-operations interface

Job description

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Build Strategy & Throughput engineer to define how ships are built, guiding shipyard design for throughput, repeatability, and scalability. You will bridge product definition, build strategy, and facility architecture to optimize buildings, cranes, transport routes, and production flow.

The role ensures facility design is driven by production logic, not vice versa, and requires collaboration across design, facilities, and operations to minimize bottlenecks early