Director, Engineering - New Construction for Vancouver SY

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Director, Engineering - New Construction
Seaspan ULC - Vancouver, Canada Area

Why choose Seaspan?

Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards was recently selected under the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) to be Canada’s West Coast Centre of Excellence and long-term partner for the building of Non-Combat vessels. The $8 billion Non-Combat program will create stable work over the next decade and see the construction of 7 ships to start (3 Offshore Fisheries Science Vessels, 1 Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessels, 1 Polar Icebreaker and 2 Joint Support Ships). If you are passionate about shipbuilding like we are, you will jump at the chance to join our world-class yards and help build the next generation of vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard.

We can provide you with a rewarding and challenging career building state-of-the-art ships, all the while, living in a unique and spectacular city. Vancouver has been rated amongst the top 3 most livable cities in the world based on 5 criteria: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

Your future career opportunity

As Director, Engineering – New Construction, you will lead ship design from concept through to detailed design and on to ship construction. Joining from the beginning, you will have significant influence on shaping the engineering team for the future. You will be responsible for all engineering products from internal resources as well as from our in-house first tier partners. You will manage a large and diverse team of disciplines in naval architecture, electrical and mechanical engineering and production engineering. This role has significant interfacing with Program Management, Procurement, and Production. You will also have regular communications with our clients and regulatory bodies to ensure compliance with specifications requirements and standards.

Our shipyard is undergoing a $200 million transformation, providing a unique opportunity to shape and influence new processes and procedures in Engineering and build strategy.

To be successful in this role

You will bring proven experience leading engineering from concept to construction on large, complex vessels in a shipyard environment. You must also have experience leading build strategy, preferably in a design-build contract. Professional qualifications as a naval architect (or similar), preferably coupled with a Masters degree, and your strong leadership and negotiation abilities will form the basis of your success at Seaspan. As a highly effective communicator, you are able to rally a large team to execution on time and on budget.

On offer to you

The opportunity to make your mark is at Seaspan – both in career advancement and in building a legacy of ships for the Canadian Navy and Coast Guard. Seaspan is a progressive employer with a collaborative culture that supports health, safety and diversity.

Seaspan offers an attractive remuneration package with pension contributions and medical benefits. We also offer a generous relocation package to ensure a smooth transition for you and your family to Vancouver, including travel and moving costs for you and your family. A professional relocation consultant will assist you in finding temporary and permanent housing, obtaining school information, providing tours of prospective neighbourhoods and assistance on the myriad of practical issues related to establishing a new life in a new place. Seaspan will also support and fund work permit or permanent residency applications.
Company Description

Seaspan ULC is an association of Canadian companies primarily involved in coastal and deepsea transportation, bunkering, ship repair and shipbuilding services in Western North America. In addition to the marine transportation services offered directly through Seaspan Marine, commercial ferry, shipyard and bunkering services are provided via affiliate companies: Marine Petrobulk Ltd., Seaspan Ferries Corporation, Vancouver Drydock Company, Vancouver Shipyards Company Ltd. and Victoria Shipyards Co. Ltd.

The scope of Seaspan's services, the quality of its employees and over a century of successful participation in coastal commerce, make the company a major partner in the economy of the Pacific Northwest.
Additional Information

Posted: April 15, 2013
Type: Full-time
Experience: Director
Functions: Engineering
Industries: Shipbuilding
Job ID: 5416969