Designer Senior

Victoria, BC or Ottawa, ON or Halifax, NS

To determine final salary, Babcock considers a variety of factors including the successful Candidate’s skills and experience and internal equity. 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.

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.’

Our people and customers matter most to us. 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:

Own and Deliver – We believe everybody has a part to play in Babcock’s and our customers’ success.

We offer a collection of programs and benefits designed to support their well-being:

100% employer-paid health and dental premiums

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

We offer an agile workplace for several positions

Competitive annual vacation time off and additional time off during our holiday closure

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.

Design and develop solutions with a Structural focus for the integration of new sub-systems / components into existing systems.

Support the production of technical drawings and specifications to support the implementation of Engineering Changes on board Victoria Class Submarines and other Naval/Marine platforms.

Conduct independent technical studies and assessments of marine structural elements and analyze recommended changes to existing structures to assess the design impact of proposed changes.

Check design and drawing outputs from more junior designers, ensuring compliance with company and regulatory standards.

Provide technical assistance and feedback to designers to ensure the use of correct methods and tools for assigned tasks.

Provide marine constructive subject matter expertise and practical experience into multidisciplinary teams delivering engineering design, development, and design intent maintenance projects.

Conduct onsite inspections/surveys as necessary.

Participate in the development of in-house processes and tools used to support and improve the way we work.

Collaborate with Engineers and other Designers to deliver multi-disciplinary designs that meet contracted time, cost, and quality requirements.

Work directly, and communicate effectively, with other stakeholders, including project managers, configuration, engineering, and other departments to meet delivery targets.

Liaise with sub-contractors to ensure design for manufacturability.

Strong technical skills including post-secondary education; Eight (8) years of experience in structural drafting and design.

Submarine specific knowledge, such as the standards that control structural design elements of the submarines, considered an asset.

Experience with creation of Engineering Change Installation Packages.

Recent and significant experience working with 2D and 3D CAD tools and overseeing the CAD work of others (knowledge in SolidWorks and AutoCAD is a differentiating asset).

Proven ability to work independently on complex design tasks and to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.

Superior verbal and written communication skills, including writing formal reports and delivering presentations to internal and external stakeholders.

Experience mentoring and developing junior staff and industry placement trainees (Co-ops).

You are eligible for a Canadian Secret Security and ITAR Clearance.

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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