Senior Naval Architect

Senior Naval Architect (Permanent)
Victoria, BC

Expected Salary $86,879 to $115,838
To determine final salary, Babcock considers a variety of factors including the successful Candidate’s skills and experience and internal equity. The final base salary offer is at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.

Your Role

What You Do Here Matters
In a complex world marked by the threat of war, natural disasters, and geopolitical instability, national security has never been more important. 
Babcock is an international defence company providing support and product solutions to enhance our customers’ defence capabilities and critical assets.
Our Canadian team combines their talent and expertise with deep global knowledge and experience from our operations in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australasia and Africa.
Working for us, you’ll help ensure that Canada’s critical services and assets are readily available, reliable, and capable for our defence and civil customers and contribute to Babcock’s Purpose, ‘Creating a safe and secure world, together.’
Be Part of Something Big.
Babcock is a people business. Our people and customers matter most to us. Here you will experience a challenging and rewarding work environment with the support you need to deliver and thrive in your career alongside inclusive teams you respect that value your skills and dedication. 
Our Babcock Principles create the foundation for how we deliver better outcomes for our Culture, Customers and Communities. By collectively embodying these Principles in all the work we do, our colleagues help make us great:
•    Be Curious – We believe in challenging the status quo and asking, ‘how might we?’
•    Think: Outcomes – We believe in measuring success by the results we deliver and the positive impact we make
•    Be Kind – We believe in being kind to ourselves, kind to each other, and kind to our planet.
•    Collaborate – We believe that Babcock is greater than the sum of its parts.
•    Be Courageous – We believe in being brave, ambitious, and determined.
•    Own and Deliver – We believe everybody has a part to play in Babcock’s and our customers’ success.

Our people are at the heart of creating a safe and secure world. We offer a collection of programs and benefits designed to support their well-being:

Health & Well-being
•    100% employer-paid health and dental premiums
•    Our Wellness benefit promotes a work environment that supports healthy lifestyles and well-being
•    Our Employee and Family Assistance Plan (EFAP) offers support and solutions for a wide range of life’s challenges
•    A Maternity/Parental Leave top-up payment is available for our colleagues as their family grows
Planning for the Future
•    Babcock Canada matches a portion of earnings towards our RRSP/DPSP program. Additionally, colleagues can contribute directly to a TFSA
Flexibility in How We Work
•    We offer an agile workplace for several positions
•    An option of a compressed work schedule supports work/life interests 
•    Competitive annual vacation time off and additional time off during our holiday closure 
Growth and recognition
•    A comprehensive colleague recognition program and bonus program
•    Training and support for professional development and professional membership dues 

We encourage you to learn more about Babcock Canada by exploring our website: babcockcanada.com.

Description

In this role, you will: 

•    Be responsible for the occupational Health & Safety of all direct reports, as assigned.
•    Technically lead multidisciplinary teams to develop the installation design and integration of new and replacement equipment related to platform systems within the Victoria Class Submarines or other naval or commercial vessels.
•    Complete, and where necessary oversee, a variety of technical and non-technical activities which may include proposals for new work, feasibility studies, concept designs, drawings, and calculations.
•    Provide structural analysis of new or existing structures. 
•    Providing engineering support to waterfront weight engineering effort.
•    Support the assessment of vessel weight growth margins.
•    Ensure that appropriate engineering assurance, verification and approval is undertaken for all assigned engineering tasks or projects.
•    Communicate engineering subjects, issues, solutions and risks effectively to all stakeholders (i.e. technical and non-technical stakeholders).
•    Develop knowledge of Defence Standards, Military Specifications, Engineering Change Policy and other relevant guiding principles in the design and integration of submarine specific systems and other marine platforms.
•    Assist with waterfront stability evolutions, including but not limited to: dockings, stability experiments (surfaced and submerged inclines), lightship weight assessments, and alongside vessel loadings;
•    Provide engineering support to commissioning.

The ideal candidate brings: 

• A degree in Naval Architecture from an accredited post-secondary institution.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with the applicable provincial association.
• At least eight years of relevant experience as a Naval Architect or Marine Engineer, including experience taking technical responsibility for complex engineering work.
• Experience integrating naval architecture considerations into vessel design, maintenance, repair, or refit work, and assessing how changes affect vessel configuration, weight, stability, and safety.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and critically review technical assessments, calculations, reports, and design documentation, and to provide clear engineering recommendations.
• Experience in vessel weight engineering, including weight control, weight reports, and the assessment of changes to vessel loading.
• Experience conducting or reviewing stability assessments and inclining experiments.
• Familiarity with naval vessel certification, watertight integrity, shipyard surveys, and the technical evidence needed to support safety and certification decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical findings to project teams, customers, and other engineering disciplines.
• Eligibility for a Canadian Secret security clearance and ITAR clearance.

The following would be considered assets:

• Experience supporting naval vessel maintenance and refits in a shipyard environment, including familiarity with shipyard safe work practices.
• Experience with submarine platforms, production, recoverability, or emergency response.
• Experience working in a high-assurance design environment, such as defence, nuclear, or aerospace.

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Babcock is committed to promoting a workforce without boundaries. One that welcomes everyone to contribute to our success regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, or disability, and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered. If you require accommodation during any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know how we can assist you.
Babcock Canada acknowledges that the land on which we operate across Canada is the unceded territory of Indigenous Peoples. We are grateful to work, live, and play as guests on these lands and are committed to building meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships with Indigenous Peoples. 
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