C; Integration Test Coordinator​/Ship Repair Execution Lead

Description

Salary: $120–$140k annually based on experience. Background check, US citizenship, and drug screening are required for this position. Travel is 95%.

The Integration Test Coordinator/Ship Repair Execution Lead serves as the senior on‑site technical integrator responsible for coordinating the planning, execution, sequencing, and readiness of HM&E systems required to support successful testing, restoration, and delivery of U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke (DDG) class destroyers undergoing modernization, repair, and maintenance.

This individual bridges the gap between production, engineering, planning, scheduling, subcontractors, test engineers, waterfront personnel, and the customer to ensure systems are restored in the proper sequence and available when required for testing.

The successful candidate understands that ship repair is not simply completing work packages—it is understanding the complex dependencies between shipboard systems and driving execution so that testing occurs safely, efficiently, and without unnecessary delays.

This position requires an experienced marine engineering professional with extensive shipboard operational experience, preferably as a USCG Licensed Chief Engineer or First Assistant Engineer, combined with significant DDG maintenance, modernization, testing, or ship repair experience.

• Minimum 15 years of experience supporting ship repair, ship modernization, new construction, fleet maintenance, demonstrated experience coordinating complex engineering system restoration, and experience supporting NAVSEA availabilities.
• Working knowledge of Tag‑Out Program, Shipboard Safety, Lockout/Tagout, Work Authorization Forms, Groom Process, Test Memorandums, and Shipboard Test Procedures.
• Strong understanding of system boundaries, engineering drawings, piping diagrams, electrical one‑lines, test procedures, and work specifications.
• Experience working with SUPSHIP, NAVSEA, regional maintenance centers, and ship’s force.

• Serve as the on‑site technical lead responsible for coordinating engineering system restoration and integration activities throughout the availability.
• Develop and maintain system readiness plans that support production, testing, commissioning, and delivery milestones.
• Coordinate daily with Production Management, Project Management, waterfront engineering, test engineering, combat systems, electrical department, mechanical department, planning department, scheduling, ship’s force, SUPSHIP, NAVSEA representatives, subcontractors, and identify system dependencies that affect production and testing.
• Ensure prerequisite work is complete before testing begins.
• Coordinate system turnovers between production and test organizations.
• Drive resolution of technical conflicts preventing test execution.
• Lead daily system readiness reviews.
• Support production planning meetings.
• Participate in daily waterfront coordination meetings.
• Develop recovery plans for delayed work.
• Coordinate test boundaries and equipment alignments.
• Assist production teams in determining the most efficient sequence of restoration.
• Verify required support systems are available before testing begins.
• Track system completion status through testing and final turnover.
• Support casualty investigations and troubleshooting when system testing identifies deficiencies.

• Engineering plant, main propulsion, auxiliary machinery, fuel oil systems, lube oil systems, seawater cooling, firemain, potable water, ballast systems, hydraulic systems.
• Electrical distribution: ship service gas turbine generators, 450 VAC distribution, vital power, emergency power, motor controllers, switchboards, load centers, lighting systems, UPS systems, ground fault isolation.
• HVAC: chilled water systems, air conditioning plants, ventilation systems, supply/exhaust fans, damage control closures, environmental controls.
• Auxiliary systems: CHT, grey water, black water, drain systems, compressed air, service air, instrument air.
• Combat system interfaces: understanding of support systems affecting AEGIS combat system, radar cooling, electronic cooling water, mission‑critical HVAC, weapons…