Duties
As a Naval Architect – Ships Architect (Lead Engineer), you will be responsible for supervising a section of junior engineers and providing technical oversights on various Naval Architecture aspects as engineering support to a production facility. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Supervising 7-10 employees who are engineers/technologists
- Managing work flow among competing priorities
- Providing oversight and/or conducting docking/undockings and incline experiments
- Monitoring in-service vessels’ stability conditions
- Performing system design and development, maintenance and repair planning on hull structure and hull systems
- Exercising technical problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations
- Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team
- Participating in sea trials
This role requires strong leadership, engineering skills, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to work in a dynamic environment.

Work environment
The Department of National Defence (DND) is one of the largest federal government employers, offering over 70 types of civilian career opportunities. DND's role is to provide services and support to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in their operations and missions at home and abroad. The civilian workforce is an essential part of the Defence Team. Your knowledge and expertise contribute to the overall mission. In this regard, the department fosters a work environment where you have opportunities to learn, to develop your talents, to progress in your career and have job satisfaction over the long-term.About the location:
The job is located in Esquimalt, BC. It is one of thirteen municipalities of the Greater Victoria Area/Capital Regional District at the southern tip of Vancouver Island. The mild costal climate is one of the best in Canada. Outdoor and indoor recreational areas are abundant in the region, from pristine nature trails, clear blue lakes, bike paths to a number of education institutions and friendly neighbourhoods. Cultural events such as Rifflandia Music Festival, Victoria Tall Ships Festival, Symphony Splash, Oak Bay’s Tea Party, Esquimalt’s Buccaneer Day, and more provide a wide variety of entertainment. Vancouver and Seattle are with a day’s travel of this vibrant city.

Intent of the process
The intent of this process is to offer one (1) position on an indeterminate (permanent) basis in Esquimalt, BC.A pool of partially or essentially qualified candidates may be established through this process and used to staff identical or similar positions with various employment tenures (temporary and permanent), operational requirements, and conditions of employment at the Department of National Defence.

Positions to be filled
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Important messages
How does this work? Step 1: Read the entire advertisement. Want to join our team! Let us know you’re interested! Click “Apply online.”  Step 2: Tell us about you! Attach your resume and answer the screening questions in the online application. Step 3: We will carefully review all of your qualifications. If your talent matches one of our immediate or upcoming opportunities we may contact you for further information or assessment. The Department of National Defence is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive team that reflects Canada's population. To achieve a representative workforce, selection may be based on qualified candidates self-declaring as belonging to one or more of the designated groups: Indigenous Peoples, members of visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and women. We encourage you to indicate if you belong to any of the designated groups when you apply.As means to support our military families and linked with the Department of National Defence priorities, consideration may first be given to the spouses or common-law partners of serving Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.▶ Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.▶ Our organization will only accept on-line applications for this opportunity. Please click “Apply online” to submit your application. If there are limitations or special circumstances preventing you from submitting your application via the GC Jobs online portal, you must contact us and receive approval to apply via an alternate means PRIOR to the closing date.▶ Depending on the position being staffed:
↪ Additional qualifications, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be required
↪ Varying degrees of breadth and depth of experience may be deemed essential
↪ Asset qualifications may be invoked as essential qualifications
↪ You may be contacted and asked to submit information or be further assessed▶ Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.▶ All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the applicants. Your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.▶ To ensure the integrity of the selection process, the content and questions of the assessment must remain confidential. Please do not discuss or share the assessment content with anyone, including other candidates. You must complete the assessment, including screening questions, by yourself, without the help of others, including the use of unapproved internet resources and artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT or any other forms of artificial intelligence). Plagiarism and the use of artificial intelligence is strictly prohibited throughout the entire process and suspected non-compliance will be investigated. Any violation may result in potential consequences which could include your elimination from this selection process.▶If at any point in this process or upon qualifying in this process, your Values and Ethics do not align with that of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics and Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, you will be eliminated from further consideration in this process▶Proof of education will need to be provided during the assessment process.

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Secret security clearance

• Willing and able to work in an open office environment and in an industrial environment.
• Willing and able to work overtime, as required.
• Willing and able to sail in ships or submarines when required for sea trials.
• Willing and able to work on and transfer to/from ships and submarines via small boat or helicopter.
• Willing and able to travel nationally or internationally.
• Must hold and maintain valid passport
• Willing and able to use vertical ladders, work at height, in confined spaces, or in high noise areas on board ship or submarines.
• Strict adherence to the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics, Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, Directive on Conflict of Interest, and Defence Administrative Orders and Directives (DAOD) 7021-1, Conflict of Interest.

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Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, aeronautical engineering, geological engineering, naval architecture or some other engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position.

EX1 - Experience working as an engineering specialist in marine structures, marine systems, or naval architecture.
EX2 - Experience in 2nd and 3rd line ship or submarine repairs.
EX3 - Experience with hull surveys and ship repair related to structures on ships or submarines.
EX4 - Experience with hull systems such as but not limited to fire fighting, HVAC, black and grey water, piping, habitability, etc.
EX5 - Experience with docking and undocking of ships or submarines.
EX6 - Experience with conducting inclines with ships or submarines.
EX7 - Experience with hydrodynamics/hydrostatics of ships or submarines
EX8 - Experience in configuration management and engineering change process.
EX9 - Experience in supervising subordinates.
EX10 - Experience in workflow management.

• Demonstrating integrity and respect.
• Thinking things through
• Working effectively with others
• Showing initiative and being action-oriented
• Communication

Ability to analyze and solve technical problems, formulate options and recommend solutions.

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Applied / assessed at a later date

English essential

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AED1- Master degree in naval architecture, marine engineering, or mechanical engineering

• AEX1 - Experience in the field of military equipment repair and/or overhaul• AEX2 - Experience in submarine materiel certification policy and processes• AEX3 - Experience in Class Society application to naval platforms• AEX4 - Experience in Integrated Logistic Support and Supportability specific to marine platforms• AEX5 - Experience in Defence Resource Management Information Systems (DRMIS) • AEX6 - Experience in working with a multi-disciplinary team in the conduct of technical activities

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Preference will be given to veterans first, followed by Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of jobs located in Nunavut or Yukon. For positions located in Nunavut, qualified Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement will be appointed first. For positions located in Yukon, qualified Yukon First Nations will be appointed first, followed by qualified Indigenous persons.

Learn more about preference to veterans.

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