Mgr Engineering

Naval Architecture/Structural Engineering Manager

With more than 11,000 employees, HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi and a major contributor to the economic growth of Alabama. For nearly 85 years, we've designed, built and maintained amphibious ships, destroyers, and cutters for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. The largest supplier of U.S. Navy surface combatants, we're simultaneously building four classes of ships and have pioneered the development and production of technologically advanced, highly capable ships for the surface Navy fleet for decades.

Manages the Naval Architecture/Structural Engineering segment of the Naval function within the Fleet Sustainment Engineering organization, providing objective-oriented direction to subordinates utilizing management guidelines and general policies.

Responsibilities include:

• Analyzes, researches, investigates, and develops structural engineering specifications involving metals, non-metallic or composite structural materials for product design, or operation of product to include structures, equipment, and maintenance designs.
• Analyzes foundation design allowables and associated structural modeling.
• Specific structural engineering specialties may include dynamics and loads, stability and stress fatigue, and thermal analysis.
• Tools utilized may include NASTRAN, FEMAP, AutoCAD, FCCS, PC Calc/SHCP, and a variety of software applications.
• Investigate pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specifications requirements and cost.
• Checks completed Engineering and Design products for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.
• Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers.
• Ensures accuracy and timely issuance of availability weight reports, damage control updates, stability requests, incline experiments, ship checks, and associated reports.
• Provides direct supervision/management to the technical subordinates and other staff members to meet schedules or resolve technical or operational problems.
• Participates in many centralized functional projects.
• Assists with budgets, schedules, and performance standards for the Naval Arc/Structures group.
• Conducts briefings and participates in technical meetings for internal/external representatives concerning specific operations.

Must have Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited school of engineering and 6 years of progressive technical experience in research, engineering, and design or equivalent. A Master's of Science degree in Engineering and professional registration with 4 years of relevant experience. Working knowledge of Naval Architecture and Ship Structures engineering concepts and practices. Working knowledge of Ship Stability concepts and practices.

Familiarity with General Overhaul Specifications as related to naval ship modernization. Familiarity with structural analyses techniques and incline experiments.