Job Description

Position Description: Working in a fast paced team based multi-disciplined environment, while collaborating with others and supporting the navy, coast guard, and commercial customer, Serco has a great opportunity for you! The Naval Architect receives technical guidance and training from the more experienced technical staff to which the individual is assigned and applies basic knowledge of naval architecture to perform routine analyses and prepare basic naval architectural deliverables in support of the design of ships, craft, and other floating structures. You will be part of a member team working for a Ship Design Manager or Engineering Manager designing ships, or ship systems and working closely with the customer and other Serco teams. In this role you will apply basic naval architectural knowledge in accordance with applicable regulatory body rules, regulations, and industry standards to develop analyses and products in one or more technical areas:

• Participates in the development and validation of design and engineering requirements, preparation of specifications, and provides inputs to technical reports and presentations. Provide hull form and hydrodynamic performance, including development of hull form geometry and lines plans, hydrostatics and curves of form, resistance and powering estimates, propulsor design and performance, appendage design, maneuvering analyses, seakeeping analyses, development of model test plans and observing and analyzing data from model tests or full-scale trials
• Provide weight and stability analyses, including development of weight and center of gravity estimates, performance of intact and damaged stability analyses, performance of deadweight surveys and inclining experiments
• Provide concept and feasibility design studies addressing whole ship sizing and performance analyses, requirements validation, and design optimization
• Perform design integration, coordinating inputs from various naval architectural and other engineering disciplines, such as marine engineering and structures, into balanced, closed solution designs to establish principal characteristics and design features such as length, beam, depth, draft, displacement, speed, and other performance parameters
• Perform structural design, developing hull girder bending moments and structural configurations and scantlings in accordance with appropriate rules or design standards, development of superstructure, mast, and local support structure to withstand primary and secondary loads
• Make general arrangements and configuration, developing requirements for area and volume, preparing overall ship arrangement concepts and drawings illustrating primary functional allocation of spaces within the ship considering location and adjacency constraints, performing special studies including access and line of sight analyses, assisting in detailed layouts of individual compartments such as living and berthing spaces, ship support spaces, storerooms, and shops Assists with the review of design proposals and specifications.
• Participate in scheduled project review sessions and meetings with representatives from other engineering disciplines and customers on technical and engineering issues.
• Assists in preparing documentation, reports, and project plans to describe activities planned and accomplished, status reports, letters, memoranda, messages, and contact reports.
• Assist with preparation and presentation of formal briefings and staff seminars

• Complies with all corporate policies and procedures, including quality assurance and security procedures, in the performance of duties.

Qualifications: To be considered for this roll the Naval Architect will:

• A Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in naval architecture or related engineering field such as ocean engineering, or equivalent in training and experience, entry level.
• Up to five (5) years relative work experience is required.
  • In some cases, educational requirements may be adjusted or waived for more than 5 years applicable work experience.
  • Work experience may be adjusted for highly specialized knowledge or uniquely applicable experience for positions involving new technology or labor market shortages as reflected by market survey data.

Additional desired experience and skills:

• Possessing a Professional Engineer\xe2\x80\x99s designation is considered an asset.
• Possessing or the ability to obtain Canadian Security Clearances (Reliability/Controlled Good or higher) maybe considered an asset or maybe required for the role.

If you are interested in supporting and working with a diverse and passionate Serco team- then submit your application now for immediate consideration. It only takes a few minutes and could change your career! Company Overview:
Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state and local governments, and commercial clients. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Serco Americas has over 9,000 employees and is part of a $4 billion global business that helps transform government and public services around the world. At Serco, our employees are our most valuable asset - we listen, respect and support them throughout their career at Serco. We invite you to become part of our dynamic team. Serco is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying our workforce (Race/ Color/ Sex/ Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/ Religion/ National Origin/ Disability/ Vets).


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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