Marine Mechanic (ESU) - 2834

Summary

When a U.S. Navy ship needs repairs, they call us. Join our team as we keep the most powerful Navy the world has known afloat and ready to serve! The Marine Mechanic position will support contracted skilled trades work on our Elevator Support Unit (ESU). You will help us with installations and alterations to Weapon Elevators, Aircraft Elevators, and their associated systems on U.S. Navy ships. Travel within and outside of the continental United States may be required.

 

A division of Huntington Ingalls Industries

• Defense & Federal Solutions, a business group within Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Technical Solutions division, helps solve tough national security challenges for the Department of Defense, the intelligence community and federal civilian agencies. Our expert capabilities include intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and cyber; secure enterprise IT engineering and operations; military training and simulation; logistics management and integrated product support; and fleet maintenance, modernization, repair and sustainment.

What You Will Do

• Selected candidate will work closely with higher level employee in specialized assignments.

• May train/assist other employees/navy personal on shipboard systems and day-to-day operation.

• Work includes daily activities of physical labor in an industrial and shipboard environment. 

• Installs, operates, maintains, repairs and modifies equipment.

• Performs a variety of maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems and subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations.

• Analyzes and evaluates products and related performance.

• Troubleshoots and diagnoses malfunctions to eliminate problem in minimum time.

• Installs, upgrades and removes products ensuring coordinative engineering field change.

• Maintains effective customer communications and relations. May provide onsite training of customer support personnel.

• Applies understanding of production and processes to assignments.

• May assist in the development and use technical documents including controlled work packages, formal work processes and procedures, test documents, reports and task or trip reports.

• Performs duties outside of specialty in order to complete installation or work assignment.

What You Must Have

• Must have a High School Diploma or equivalent and 2 years of related experience.
• Must have experience performing troubleshooting, preventative maintenance and testing of mechanical systems.
• Must be able to read blueprints, technical manuals and/or related technical documents.
• Must have knowledge of using various mechanical industrial tools such as precision measuring instruments, minor rigging equipment, portable power units and mechanical fastening devices or equivalent.
• Must have ability to follow safety protocols and procedures.
• Must be able to calibrate, and make minor repairs on tools/equipment.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain base access credentials (DBIDS), a DoD Security Clearance, and must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be able to provide own hand tools as designated per trades specialty.

Bonus Points For...

• 4 years of related experience preferred.

• Experience in the operation, repair and maintenance of marine hydraulic systems highly desired

• Prior Shipboard experience preferred, prior experience on elevators is highly desired.

• Candidates who hold a current or active DoD confidential clearance or higher preferred.

• Candidate with related technical training, degrees and/or certifications preferred.

Physical Requirements

Must be able to lift, carry and transport heavy equipment and boxes. The exact weight requirements will be determined by the specific job, but no less than 30 lbs. Able to work on and climb ladders, work in extreme temperature environments, aboard ships, in shipyards, under industrial conditions and in confined spaces. Able to perform other duties as required which may involve high heat, humidity, noise and dirty conditions, working aloft or over the sides of vessels. May ride ships at sea for extended periods. May require wearing a respirator. Travel may be required within and outside of the continental United States.