Landing Craft Technical Deputy - Serco North America

If you love important, meaningful, and challenging projects and supporting the US Navy – Serco has a great opportunity for you!

This position is contingent upon your ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret level clearance post-employment.

Serco supports the Navy as prime for their Amphibious Warfare program.  With this opportunity you will be supporting technical and programmatic management of the new Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1600 class, and the new LCU 1700 class from cradle to grave, across the acquisition lifecycle. In this role, you will directly support the Engineering Lead in overseeing the engineer team by reviewing submissions and proposing changes and edits of construction drawings, technical manuals, craft specifications, design reports, acquisition analysis, fielding plans, etc., additionally in this role you will be expected to provide assistance, guidance, and mentoring to junior Engineers as needed.  Furthermore, in this role you will be expected to support testing and evaluation efforts of various craft systems/integration, and Builders and Acceptance Trials, as needed.

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for providing technical support for all aspects of requirements development, concept development, engineering, integration and test, and performance analysis as tasked by the customer and Lead Engineer.
• Support fully independent interaction with customers and provides input to project managers on programmatic and technical deliverables.
• Assist the customer with coordinating meetings, discussions, and action items, as needed.
• Support senior technical personnel and project managers within the organization of all technical activities related to system and technical product development for both acquisition of and life cycle sustainment of all landing craft platforms.
• Provide technical recommendations for craft changes, including installation drawings, TM updates, Liaison Action Reports (LARs), etc., as required.
• Provide technical and design support on emergent issues in the Fleet and during all availabilities.
• Perform basic engineering work in analysis, design, development, evaluation, planning, testing and operation, including the collection of information and data, performance of various tests, and engineering computations, measurements, and analyses.
• Comply with applicable quality and security procedures in the performance of duties.
• Travel for craft audits or inspections when required.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned, and provide backfill to the Lead Engineer during times of their absence.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering plus 2 plus years of relevant work experience. In some cases, educational requirements may be adjusted or waived for more than 5 years of relevant work experience. Work experience may be adjusted based on education, or highly specialized knowledge or uniquely applicable experience for positions involving new technology or labor market shortages as reflected by market survey data.
• Must be able to obtain an active DoD Secret clearance post-employment.
• Must poses effective organization leadership, communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite programs, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Must be willing and able to travel to shipyards to support craft audits or inspections when needed, usually once per quarter, or at least twice per year.
• 10% travel required

Additional desired experience and skills:

• A Masters of Engineering Management or Masters of Project Management is highly desired.
• Diverse/Broad engineering background is desired; electrical engineering experience is highly desired.
• Experience and understanding of configuration management of technical manuals, and ship drawings.
• Experience and understanding of DoD acquisition management.
• Prior experience working with a DoD Program Office, US Navy Supervisor of Shipbuilding, or in the Navy marine shipbuilding industry is highly desired.
• Defense Acquisition University (DAU) certification(s) is highly desired.
• Knowledgeable of AutoCad or SolidWorks 3D modeling programs is highly desired.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is desired but not required.

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. In North America, Serco’s 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients. While your place may look a little different depending on your role, we know you will find yours here. Wherever you work and whatever you do, we invite you to discover your place in our world. Serco is a place you can count on and where you can make an impact because every contribution matters.

To review Serco benefits please visit: https://www.serco.com/na/careers/benefits-of-choosing-serco. If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: careers@serco-na.com or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.

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Serco is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.