About the role
Location: Mill Bay - Squl’ew', CanadaIn fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. Position Summary
Thales Canada is looking for a Naval Architect to support its Non-Combatant In-Service Support Programs for the Royal Canadian Navy.
The AJISS Program Engineer – Naval Architect role will provide Engineering Services in support of the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels (AOPV) and Joint Support Ships (JSS) homeported in Halifax Nova Scotia. Engineering services include conducting surveys, technical investigations, researching ship staff queries, developing repair specifications and job instructions for preventive or corrective maintenance as well as developing and overseeing test and trials.
The successful candidate will leverage their existing knowledge of work package management and expertise in structural and marine system design to become a key contributor and technical lead within the AJISS East Coast Team
Regulatory Compliance Requirement
This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List and/or the US the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access.
Key Areas of Responsibility
The AJISS Program Engineer – Naval Architect will report to the Engineering Services Lead and liaise with the Service Delivery group to provide timely support with Defects resolution.
Assigned tasks are to be completed in accordance with Thales’s quality and commercial guidelines, contracted time and cost requirements. This includes but is not limited to performing the following:
Provide directions on way forward during Corrective Maintenance;
Conduct technical investigation into problems associated with structure, equipment or system malfunction, including failure analysis and solution development;
Prepare documented work scopes associate…
