Configuration​/Change Manager

This job description is a general description of the essential job functions and is not intended to be an employment contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. maintains its status as an at-will employer. Position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. reserves the right to increase, waive or reduce these minimal standards.

In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements described be interpreted as all-inclusive. All employees of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. are expected to perform the duties as assigned by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual is expected to be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability expected. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which imposes undue hardship on Eastern Shipbuilding.

Responsible for managing Engineering Design Configuration, Configuration Control, and Engineering Change Management across shipbuilding projects to ensure engineering design information, parts, equipment, materials, Vendor Furnished Information (VFI), Owner Furnished Information (OFI), and associated technical data are properly identified, controlled, maintained, and communicated throughout the project lifecycle. Responsible for establishing and maintaining the engineering configuration baseline and managing Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) released by Engineering.

The position coordinates engineering changes with Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, the Client, and other affected stakeholders to ensure that changes are properly evaluated, approved, implemented, tracked, and incorporated into the project configuration in accordance with existing processes. The position is also responsible for Parts and Equipment Identification, maintenance and control of the Main Equipment List (MEL) and Common Parts Catalog (CPC), coordination of model-generated Material Take Offs (MTOs) and Material Requisition s, and management and coordination of VFI and OFI required to support engineering design and configuration control.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays
• Comply with company, Federal, State, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations and policies while performing duties
• Manage Engineering Design Configuration and Configuration Control, maintaining the approved engineering baseline throughout the shipbuilding project lifecycle.
• Manage Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) from initiation and evaluation through approval, implementation, verification, and closure.
• Coordinate engineering changes with Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Planning, Production, the Client/Owner, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Manage Parts and Equipment identification and configuration, ensuring traceability and consistency across engineering models, drawings, and technical documentation.
• Manage and maintain the Main Equipment List (MEL) and Common Parts Catalog (CPC), ensuring information remains accurate and aligned with the approved design.
• Manage Material Take Offs (MTOs) from engineering models and coordinate Material Requisition s with Project Management and Procurement.
• Manage Vendor Furnished Information (VFI) and Owner Furnished Information (OFI), including requirements, tracking, engineering review, revisions, and incorporation into the design.
• Apply automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and data analytics to improve engineering configuration and change-management activities, including data extraction, classification, comparison, discrepancy identification, document and…