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- Marine mechanical specialist managing life-cycle support, configuration, and technical investigations for Royal Canadian Navy ships. Hybrid role with Thales Canada.
Responsibilities
- Perform Life Cycle and Materiel Management functions including equipment obsolescence, material compatibility, alternate part investigations, maintenance management, and disposal management
- Support and manage vessel design and configuration control activities, including functional and physical configuration audits and deviations and waivers documentation
- Provide technical advice for correct operation and maintenance of auxiliary and mechanical equipment and systems
- Monitor systems and equipment performance through UCRs, PIFs, technical investigations, and customer reports
- Ensure appropriate spare parts levels throughout system and equipment life cycles and support cataloguing
- Conduct technical investigations into marine auxiliary, propulsion, steering, and other mechanical system issues, including failure analysis and solution recommendations
- Develop and review equipment specifications, installation and maintenance instructions, test and trials agendas, engineering change documentation, and drawings
- Analyze requirements associated with baseline changes to ship configuration, equipment, and software
- Liaise with OEMs, service providers, and ship staff to investigate and resolve defects
- Prepare documented work scopes for quotations from OEMs, manufacturers, suppliers, testing facilities, and specialist service providers
- Prepare and manage work packages and cost estimates for customer approval
- Occasionally travel to and work in dockyards and onboard Naval ships, including inspections involving bending, twisting, and working aloft
Requirements
- 3-year technical program diploma (for Technologists) or 2-year technical program diploma (for Technicians) in a marine mechanical technical field offered by a recognized technical institute; or certified as a technologist or technician by a recognized provincial, state, or federal (national) licensing body in a relevant field or certified body; or certified as RQ-PO1 or RQ-PO2 Marine Technician, QL 6A or 7 Marine Engineer of the Canadian Armed Forces
- Minimum 8 years of demonstrated professional work experience in the naval, marine, or offshore industry within the last 15 years
- Extensive knowledge of marine auxiliary systems, including Propulsion, Steering Systems, Black and Gray Water, HVAC, and Refrigeration
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
- Familiarity with safety standards
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- English (Essential)
- Must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for access to controlled technical information under Canadian and/or US export regulations
- Must be eligible for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and able to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance
- Preferred: minimum 10 years of experience as a Technical Specialist with marine mechanical systems
- Preferred: previous experience with the Royal Canadian Navy or Canadian Coast Guard
- Preferred: previous experience as a Life Cycle Materiel Manager in the marine mechanical field
- Preferred: demonstrated project management experience
- Preferred: familiarity with IPMS, DRMIS, marine in-service support, and Classification Society, SOLAS/IMO, IEEE, CSA, Naval Ship Code, and DND regulations
Benefits
- Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program
- Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period
- Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave
- Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability
- Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Occasional domestic or international travel in support of the ships
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