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Department 422 - Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our Stowage Management Group. This group is tasked with managing the stowage of Special Stow Items for both the VIRGINIA and COLUMBIA Class Submarines.
The Vision of the Stowage Group is to Reconcile, Record and Report Reliable and Repeatable Stowage information that can be used by both contractor and customer to manage stowage items and locations (the 5 R's).
The Mission of the Group is to work collaboratively with EB Engineering, Design, Arrangements, Internal Structures, Outfitting and Information Technologies to identify and locate all stowage information in a reliable, reportable Stowage Detail File (SDF). Acting as a federal repository with the responsibility to stow Submarine Items that are accurate, complete and unbiased.
This role will support the COLUMBIA (CLB) Class program stowage design and certification efforts.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Coordinate all aspects of the stowage process to ensure compliance with program and Navy standards for the CLB Class submarine.
- Work with Design Techs, Program Reps, and Engineers across multiple departments to support stowage arrangement and outfitting.
- Oversee the coordination of the CLB Design and Stowage SBS.
- Participate in team reviews, provide technical oversight and support engineering/design in generating Stowage StowA forms and Stowl Forms and integrating stowage data.
- Prescreen, review, support and approve STOWI requests and assist with concern adjudication.
- Track and validate arrangement of CLB to ensure platform stowage requirements are being maintained and accurately reported.
- Provide platform level oversight and identify and execute actions in coordination with the Stowage Management Team (SMT) and Stowage Integration Team (SIT).
- Interface with Design and Engineering departments, Newport News, Vendors, SUPSHIP and NAVSEA as required to support CLB design development.
- Support completion of all stowage forms, workflows, and engage stake holders to resolve deficiencies.
- Support Major Area Team Leaders, Arrangements and Cognizant Engineers in development of all stowage related approval summaries.
- Review CNs for undocumented impacts that provide the design changes to stowages and ensure associated stowage aid and item data forms are complete.
- Perform stowage platform requirement development, identify opportunities for cost reductions, develop build strategies and validate methods to ensure producible end products.
- Facilitate correct and consistent interpretation of stowage ship specification requirements and act as a stakeholder for any specification change proposals.
- Provide procedural and logistic stowage guidance to Structural Design, Engineering, Arrangements Design, Materials, Planning, various Systems Engineering departments, and the warehouse.
- Assist with writing and maintaining stowage related processes, procedures, and DpDs.
- Act as liaison to the warehouse.
- Provide deck plate support for stowage load-out.