Position Description & Qualifications

If you love high profile and challenging technical engineering projects supporting the U.S. Navy, then discover this great opportunity here at Serco! Serco supports the U.S. Navy as a prime for their PAE Maritime contract supporting their defense operates on Surface Ships. Bring your expertise and collaborative skills to make an impact on our military defense and safety of our sailors by discovering your new role supporting this critical mission.

Must possess an active U.S. Department of War (DoW) Secret security clearance

As a Military Marine Systems Engineer, you will be providing technical support to U.S. Navy Surface Ship Fleet. The work directly supports fleet readiness, sailor safety, and material condition of U.S. Navy surface ships. Engineering recommendations and advisory operational course of action, maintenance execution, modernization planning, and risk management across multiple ship classes. You will be part of a team that works closely with the U.S. Navy's Technical Community and other Serco Subject Matter Experts in delivering quality readiness support to our sailors.

This team of professionals has been recognized within the Navy's Technical Community as respected technical subject matter experts of Fleet issues and advisory directives. Their efforts have been formally acknowledged and implemented across the Fleet in support of real-time operations.

This position provides direct support to the Surface Fleet by executing oversight of lifecycle management, maintenance planning, and resolution of high-visibility CASREPs and Fleet priority issues. The role requires extensive coordination across the Surface Warfare Enterprise, including PAE Maritime, Naval Surface Warfare Centers, Type Commanders (TYCOMs), operational Fleet units, Regional Maintenance Centers (RMCs), SURFMEPP, Planning Yards, and other Naval field activities.

Additionally, this position serves as a liaison with Naval activities to support DDG 1000 modernization and sustainment initiatives, address emergent Fleet tasking, and contribute to planning, coordination, and execution of technical and corrective actions across current and future surface combatant ship classes.

In this role, you will:

• Provide engineering, technical, and analytical support for DDG 1000 shipboard HM&E systems and other U.S. Navy combatant surface ships platforms.
• Analyze equipment failures, casualty reports, and maintenance actions; develop technical findings and recommendations for adjudication and corrective action.
• Perform lifecycle engineering assessments, including sustainment, configuration management impacts, modernization considerations, and maintenance effectiveness.
• Review and support development of technical documentation, including installation drawings, engineering analyses, and standard installation procedures.
• Draft, coordinate, and support Naval Advisory Messages responding to fleet material issues, operational risks, and safety concerns in compliance with Navy policy and PAE Maritime guidance.
• Utilize authorized Navy communication systems, including the Naval Common Message Processor (CMP), to prepare and submit advisory communications.
• Maintain and update records within the Electronic Advisory Record Repository and Tracking System (eARRTS), ensuring completeness, accuracy, and traceability.
• Apply PAE Maritime electronic business and technical systems (eFORMS, eDFS, eSHOCK, eHAR, eLAR, and similar tools) to provide waterfront support, advisory development and technical workflows.
• Develop technical briefings, dashboards, and readiness tracking products using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to support ship class level analysis and reporting.
• Extract, evaluate, and analyze operational data from government databases, TAVRs, and other authoritative Navy sources to support stakeholder decision making.
• Coordinate with Navy and contractor stakeholders to resolve HM&E system issues spanning technical, logistics, and maintenance domains.
• Apply critical thinking and engineering judgment to decompose complex shipboard system problems and recommend viable technical solutions.
• Participate in technical working groups, integrated product teams, fleet support forums, and contract related analytical activities.
• May specialize in equipment, such as gas turbine engines, heat exchangers, fire-control and communication systems, electric power systems, or piping and related fittings, helo hangar doors, elevators, and valves.
• Prepare meeting minutes, technical reports, white papers, and status updates in support of program and contract requirements.
• Prepares ship machinery and propulsion systems operational directives.
• Reviews installation and repair of marine power plants, propulsion systems, heating and ventilating systems, and other mechanical and electrical equipment in ships and marine facilities.
• Studies drawings, specifications and perform complex calculations to articulate equipment and systems designs to meet requirements of marine craft or facility.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Active DoW Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree with minimum 2 years relevant work experience or High School Diploma/GED with minimum 4 years of relevantDDG 1000 Class.
• Work experience may be adjusted for highly specialized knowledge or unique Prior Naval Surface Warfare experience.
• Knowledge of U.S. Navy DDG 1000 electrical shipboard principles, processes, and activities.
• Experience as a Work Center Supervisor onboard U.S. Naval ship.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and DDG 1000 electrical plant.
• Ability to travel up to 10% as needed.

If you are interested in supporting and working with our military and sailors, and a passionate Serco team, then submit your application now for immediate consideration. It only takes a few minutes and could change your career!