Senior Engineering Technician - Chesapeake, VA

Senior Engineering Technician

If you love and enjoy engaging in manual projects supporting our U.S Naval Ships, Serco has a great opportunity for you! Serco is hiring a Senior Engineering Technician to be part of a dynamic team supporting our U.S. Navy. You will be part of a team that works closely with the customer and other Serco team members to deliver quality work performed on-board U.S. Naval Ships located in the beautiful surroundings of Chesapeake, Virginia. As the Senior Engineering Technician, you will be responsible for performing non-routine and complex assignments involving the responsibility for planning and conducting a complete project of relatively limited scope or a portion of a larger and more diverse project that will be performed on-board U.S. Naval Ships and military installations. In this role, you will:

• Select and adapt plans, techniques, designs, or layouts.
• Contact personnel in related activities to resolve problems and coordinate the work.
• Review, analyze, and integrate the technical work of others.
• Outline objective, requirement, and design approaches.
• May train and be assisted by lower-level technicians.
• Design, develop, and construct major units, devices, or equipment.
• Conduct tests or experiments.
• Analyze results and redesigns or modifies equipment to improve performance, and reports results.
• From general guidelines and specifications, develop designs for equipment without critical performance requirements.
• Analyze technical data to determine applicability to design problems; select from several possible design layouts; calculate design data; and prepare layouts, detailed specifications, parts lists, estimates, procedures, etc.
• May check and analyze drawings or equipment to determine adequacy of drawings and design.
• Plan or assist in planning tests to evaluate equipment performance.
• Determine test requirements, equipment modification, and test procedures; conduct tests using all types of instruments; analyze and evaluate test results and prepare reports on findings and recommendations.

Qualifications: To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Ability to work in high heat spaces, climb shipyard dry dock stairs/ladders, work in kneeling position for layout of cable runs under false decking, lift up to 50 pounds with 80% of work requiring carrying, pushing, and/or pulling up to 40 pounds for majority of the shift while being in a standing, crouching, or walking position.
• Position requires High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 8 years of experience in a shipyard environment.
• Familiarity with NAVSEA, standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field of electronics repair, fabrication, and installation.
• Willing to work more than 40 hours work weeks.
• Successfully undergo a background investigation.
• This position supports a U.S. Government Contract whose terms require Serco to staff it only with U.S. Citizens.
• Must have the ability to obtain a security clearance.
• 25% travel may be required. Applicant must be willing to travel to various work sites.
• The ability to work onsite in Chesapeake, VA.
• Additional desired experience and skills: Mil-Spec multipin and fiber optic connector certification.

If you are interested in supporting and working with our team across the globe on a passionate, talented, and diverse Serco team- then submit your application now for immediate consideration. It only takes a few minutes and could change your career! Military Veterans and Spouses encouraged to apply!

Company Overview: Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. In North America, Serco's 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients. While your place may look a little different depending on your role, we know you will find yours here. Wherever you work and whatever you do, we invite you to discover your place in our world. Serco is a place you can count on and where you can make an impact because every contribution matters.