Ventilation Designer and Programmer
$60,000–$90,000 year
On-sitePortsmouth, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Develop ventilation components for shipboard applications using AutoCAD, Trimble Fab Shop Pro, and related CAD software to create model layouts, work packages, and nests for materials. Collaborate with Project Managers, Shop personnel, and the Estimating Team to support design, resolve fabrication issues, and issue work packages by assigned dates. Provide technical support, update progress on development, and conduct onsite visits or shipchecks as needed to ensure compliance with U.S. Naval and marine industry standards. Requires occasional travel to customer facilities and shipboard checks.
Required Qualifications
- Ability to collaborate with others to solve problems
- Knowledge of NAVSEA standard items and MIL-STD-1689A
- Ability to perform shipboard surveys on Navy Vessels (Ability to climb vertical ladders/stairwells)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent problem solving abilities
- Thorough understanding of design/fabrication
- Ability to read/interpret US Naval and marine industry drawings
- Ability to work in fast-paced environment
- Minimum of 2 years using 2D/3D software to create parts/layouts
- Experience with CAD, Inventor, and other machine programming software
- Experience using programming software to create/nest ventilation parts
- Experience with hand layouts/patterns/orthographic projection
- Required to travel occasionally both locally and to other geographical areas as required
- Work may sometimes require shipboard checks, meetings, and inspections
- Short periods of standing, kneeling, bending, twisting, squatting
- Ability to obtain and maintain access to customer facilities to access Navy vessels
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Desired Qualifications
- Degree in relative field or completion of an accredited 4 year apprenticeship is preferred
- Designer should have previous designing/fabricating HVAC/sheet metal parts for the Navy Fleet
- Experience fabricating/installing ventilation on Navy Vessels is preferred
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