Engineering Technician

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Engineering Technician to join our team in Virginia Beach, VA. This is an onsite position.

Utilize your CAD and 3D modeling skills to operate as a central communication hub between engineering staff, NAVSEA personnel and contractors at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Create, modify, and maintain detailed 2D/3D engineering drawings, schematics, and layouts of naval vessels, marine structures, shipboard piping systems, electrical layouts, and mechanical arrangements using AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or specialized marine design software
• Review drawing packages for compliance with U.S. Navy specifications, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) rules, or commercial marine standards. Manage drawing revision histories, and data configuration trees
• Perform program and engineering administration including coordination of executive-level administrative functions for engineering programs, including preparing complex technical reports, maintaining schedules, managing deliverable tracking, compiling contract deliverables, and managing project correspondence as well as documenting any required meeting minutes
• Assist in gathering, organizing, and formatting technical documentation and logistics data
• Act as a central communication hub between on-site engineering staff, NAVSEA personnel, and contractors
• May include up to 25% travel to Chesapeake, VA, and other locations within the United States for site visits

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate's degree in Drafting, Computer-Aided Design, Naval Architecture Technology, Business Administration, or a related technical degree with 6+ years of technical administrative or project coordination experience, or a High School Diploma with 10+ years of technical administrative or project coordination experience can be substituted for a degree
• 6+ years of experience working within a maritime, naval, or defense contracting environments
• Demonstrated experience with CAD or 3D modeling packages (ex.g. AutoCAD, SolidWorks)
• Experience utilizing the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and project collaboration tools (SharePoint, Teams)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with naval architecture or marine engineering drafting standards is strongly preferred

Clearance Requirements:

• Must have a current or active Secret security clearance.

Physical Requirements:

• You must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• You will need to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets and office machinery.
• This role frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.
• You must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.