ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (MECHANICAL)

Job Duties

You will provide surveillance of Contractor design and production engineering products.

You will coordinate all matters concerning shipboard design and installation of distributive auxiliary piping systems, ship's maneuvering and control systems, compressed gas, firefighting, fuel, and hydraulic systems.

You will coordinate all matters concerning shipboard design and installation of aircraft launch and recovery systems such as catapults, integrated catapult control station, nose gear launch, jet blast deflectors, arresting gear, etc.

You will review engineering studies, design and technical aspects of proposals (including reasonableness of engineering equivalency, and man-hours and scope of work involved when requested by the Contracting Officer).

You will confer with engineering personnel at equipment manufacturers, design agents, HII-NNS, naval shipyards and private shipyards to establish acceptable design and construction procedures.

You will review scientific data and evidence presented by major companies (subcontractors) through prime contractors such as HII-NNS in order to establish suitability of materials/methods/design for Marine and Naval Combatant Ships.

You will make recommendations concerning the adequacy of specifications when requested by NAVSEA or other Program/Project Managers, evaluate reliability and maintainability programs.

You will take appropriate action to correct deficiencies within delegated authority or make recommendations.

You will review and evaluate requests for Departure from Specifications (DFS) (including "engineering equivalencies'), initiate actions required to process the requests, and make recommendations for approval or rejection.