Senior Piping Designer
Gibbs & Cox

Newport News, Virginia

Posted in Defence and Military


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Gibbs & Cox, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is the largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the United States. Since our founding in 1929, 24 classes of combatants and nearly 7,000 vessels have been built to Gibbs & Cox designs. We proudly support military and commercial clients in the U.S. and internationally with all phases of marine design, construction, and lifecycle management. Our passion is solving our customers' 21st century maritime challenges with quality and integrity.

As a member of our highly collaborative multidisciplinary Ship Design team, you will be responsible for producing detailed distributive ship piping systems designs, diagrams and 3-D models including equipment arrangements for ship construction and modification using requirements documents, ship specifications, standards and regulatory body requirements as defined in the requirements section below for Naval, Coast Guard, Commercial ships. Essential responsibilities and activities include but are not limited to:

  • Preparing accurate and detailed designs, free form surface models and/or drawings based on concept sketches, photographs, or clearly stated functional requirements or appearances.
  • Working closely with our clients, naval architects and engineers to produce high quality, detail ship design products and drawings.
Candidate / Position Requirements
  • U.S. Citizenship.
  • Must be Eligible to Obtain a Secret Security Clearance.
  • Education: Associates Degree or 2 Years of relevant experience in lieu of an Associate's Degree.
  • Experience: 5(+) Years of experience translating specification requirements and incorporating standards, requirements, design practices and techniques into detailed ship design, drawings and other finished design productsdistributive ship piping systems.
  • Experiencechecking the work of other designers is essential and demonstrated leadership abilities is preferred.
  • Proficiency in AUTOCAD 2014 or later is required.
  • Proficiency in 3-D modeling is required.
  • ShipConstructor proficiency is desirable.
  • Knowledge of standards and regulatory body requirements is a plus.
  • Demonstrated proficiency of drafting methods, procedures and techniques.
  • Experience in drafting methods, procedures and techniques.
  • Must be able to work some overtime as required.
  • Strong MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint Skills Required.
  • Excellent Oral, Written and Presentation Skills.
  • Strong Time Management and Organization Skills as an Independent Contributor.
  • Demonstrated Interpersonal Skills as a member of a Collaborative multidisciplinary team.
  • Must be able to travel and work overtime as required.
  • Physical: General Office Setting.
Gibbs & Cox is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The VEVRAA, VEVRAA | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov), covers veterans.

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