Machinery Department Manager

Leidos • United States, United States • 2h ago

Description

Gibbs & Cox (https://www.gibbscox.com/) , a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is the largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the United States. Since our founding in 1929, 24 classes of combatants and nearly 7,000 vessels have been built to Gibbs & Cox designs. (https://www.gibbscox.com/the-gc-difference/mission-history/) We proudly support military and commercial clients in the U.S. and internationally with all phases of marine design, construction, and lifecycle management. Our passion is solving our customers' 21st century maritime challenges with quality and integrity.

We are seeking a well-qualified individual for the position as the Division's Machinery Department Manager.

Location: This position allows for remote work. However the candidate must be local to a Leidos Gibbs & Cox office to attend meetings as needed. Office locations are : Arlington VA, Philadelphia PA, New York NY, New Orleans LA, Newport News VA, Houston TX.

The Machinery Department Manager is responsible for the engineering and management needs of an engineering department with 40 plus engineers in multiple locations with a concentration in the following:

Propulsion Plant Design

Auxiliary System Design

Fluid System Analysis

Machinery/Mechanical Design

The Machinery Department Manager must be able to maintain a properly staffed and trained organization that can competently service the organization's mechanical engineering and design needs. This person must have demonstrated success in leading a team of engineering professionals with the ability to see and meet the overall project objectives and envision how various engineering disciplines collaborate and integrate in a multi-project environment to create accurate products on time and within budget. This person must have ability to produce manhour estimates for tasking with along with a valid Basis of Estimates.

The successful candidate must be an individual that possesses the following attributes:

Able to attract, hire and maintain a qualified staff capable of staffing and performing the department's workload.

Motivate and lead a disciplined and focused engineering team.

Personal skills to successfully interact with customers on both technical and programmatic issues.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Solid organizational and time management abilities.

A technical and managerial problem solver who can identify issues as they arise and initiate corrective action.

Enthusiastic and willing to instruct inexperienced staff.

Proven collaborator with superiors, peers, staff, and design teams.

Basic Qualifications

The Machinery Department Manager must have a minimum of 10 years' experience in mechanical/marine design and engineering, with at least 3 years of this experience in a management role.

Experience at a U.S. Navy-oriented service's company is desired.

This individual should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in an Engineering field.

This individual should have a Professional Engineering license in Mechanical Engineering.

You must be a United States citizen with the ability to obtain Secret Clearance to qualify.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

September 23, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Remote

REQNUMBER: R-00167267

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.

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