This Engineering Technician position will work within the BIW Engineering Department’s Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) organization as a contributing member of the Reliability, Maintainability & Availability (RMA) team. This technician will develop and employ skills necessary to implement effective Data Collection, Analysis, and Corrective Action (DCACA) requirements in support of DDG51 Shipbuilding Program.
 
The basic core job functions include, but are not limited to:

• Support DCACA programs for DDG51 new construction and post-delivery efforts. Perform engineering efforts to identify hull, mechanical, & electrical (HM&E) equipment failures via all available sources including JIRA projects. Document failures, determine root-cause of failures and seek effective solutions to prevent future failure recurrence.
• Gather equipment specification data and equipment failure data while under BIW warranty. Organize, interpret and present failure data for technical inquiries or assessments related to equipment warranty concerns.
• Interface with BIW Buyers and equipment vendors to achieve R&M requirements identified in HM&E equipment Purchase Specifications and DDG51 Class Ship Specification 076 (R&M).
• Review vendor furnished information including Failure Analysis Reports (SDRL R8 and R9) and resolve issues using NIIIP-SPARS application.
• Create and submit Contractor Data Requirements List (CDRL) A056 and A057 reports on monthly and quarterly basis for new construction ships. Resolve Navy comments against those CDRLs. Embrace future changes in DDG51 DCACA requirements including XFRACAS utilization for DDG140AF ships.
• Interface productively with various BIW departments, including BIW Subcontracts Management (Procurement), Functional Engineering, Materials Handling, Manufacturing Trades, Quality Assurance, and Fleet Service Engineering to complete equipment/system failure investigations and root cause determinations.
• Update internal DCACA procedures and work instructions to facilitate repeatability and promote continuous process improvement. Train others to do the same; build team DCACA capability.

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Reliability Engineering education and/or training highly preferred.
• Current Secret Security Clearance with U.S. Government preferred (This position requires you to be able to obtain a government security clearance).
  • This position requires you to be able to obtain a government security clearance.  You must be a US Citizen for consideration and you must be able to obtain an interim security clearance within the first 45 days of hire.  For more information regarding the security clearance process, please visit Investigations & Clearance Process (dcsa.mil)

• Technician II - 1-4 years' experience required.
• Knowledge of shipboard equipment/systems and configuration preferred.
• Experience and detailed knowledge of MS Access required.
• Strong research skills and attention to detail required.
• Ability to plan, track, and organize multiple projects required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills required.
• Knowledge of BIW JIRA Projects (MAR, BPT & GFMPR) highly preferred.
• Data analysis, management and data-analytics experience highly preferred.
• Experience with XFRACAS preferred.

• Ability to obtain a DoD SECRET clearance required.
  • This position requires you to be able to obtain a government security clearance.  You must be a US Citizen for consideration and you must be able to obtain an interim security clearance within the first 45 days of hire.  For more information regarding the security clearance process, please visit Investigations & Clearance Process (dcsa.mil)