Tampa, FL
Naval Architect
Naval Architect or Marine Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Developing new designs: concept arrangements, lines, engineering, specifications
- Work with customers to develop concept & arrangements
- Develop specifications for the project
- Establish basic characteristics of a ship, such as size, weight, and speed
- Develop lines to suit customer needs
- Develop basic structure, to be further developed in detail design phase
- Develop arrangements to suit customer’s requests, to include considerations for heating, ventilation and machinery layouts
- Developing purchase specifications
- Interaction with customer to develop, revise concept and arrangements
- Keeping up with regulations (shared responsibility with Engineering)
- Interface with engineering on changes
- Evaluate how ships perform during trials, both at dock and at sea, troubleshoot and revise designs as needed to make sure national and international standards are met
- Work with engineering subcontractors and design agents on different aspects of design
QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- B.S. in Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Sailing experience on USCG Engineer’s license
- Proficient with Auto Cad, Rhino, Word and Excel