Senior Submarine Structures Specialist (FEA)

Job Title: Senior Submarine Structures Specialist (FEA)
Location: Halifax, NS, Ottawa, ON, or Victoria, BC
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Annual Salary: $130,000-150,000

About BMT

BMT is dedicated to tackling the most crucial engineering challenges of our era, fostering an environment where individuals with exceptional technical expertise provide meaningful, practical solutions. Committed to creating a safer, more efficient, effective, and sustainable future, BMT values diversity, equity, and inclusion, recognizing their pivotal role in achieving our business purpose. Learn more about BMT at www.bmt.org.

The Role

The Senior Submarine FEA Specialist is responsible for professionally and efficiently conducting Finite Element Analyses (FEA) and providing specialist advice related to the use and application of FEA to overseas and domestic submarine programs. This role may also support surface ship and other engineering programs as required.

This role includes recurring long-term deployments (at least 3 months at a time within a 12-month period) at one of our overseas client sites, providing technical advice, working alongside our team of technical specialists. Deployments may include holiday periods.

Deployed periods benefit from substantial tax-free allowances.

Key Responsibilities

Role Specific Responsibilities:

• Leading and conducting FEA for existing platforms and/or new builds
• Conducting pressure hull inelastic collapse assessments
• Conducting pressure hull fatigue analyses
• Performing non-linear structural analyses
• Working with shipyards, dockyards, owners, class and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)
• Working with leadership to identify the levels of suitably qualified and experienced personnel (SQEP) required to fulfil current and projected demand
• Working with leadership to identify training or other developmental opportunities to develop SQEP within BMT
• Working overseas for a minimum period of 3 months in a 12-month period

General Responsibilities

• Provide advice and support to external and internal customers
• Manage your own technical work and evaluate its effectiveness to improve best practice
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team
• Comply with relevant business and ethics codes of conduct
• Undertake engineering and non-engineering activities in a way that contributes to best practice
• Act as Technical Lead (TL) on specified projects
• Act as Technical Assurer on specified projects
• Work within the BMT Quality Management System (QMS) processes and procedures
• Maintain your technical competency in your area(s) of specialization
• Promotes building a positive team culture through input, feedback and participation in team building and wellness activities

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential:

Pressure Hull Inelastic Collapse Assessment

• Experienced in FEA for Pressure Hull Inelastic Collapse Assessment, including ability to define and implement a process that defines the collapse and operational depths of the pressure hull based on design standards, FEA results, uncertainty and safety factor knock-down approach
• Familiar with the design and analysis process of submarine pressure hulls, both for existing platforms and new design
• The ability to search for different failure modes, due to the incorporation of different construction defects, both for existing platforms and new design.
• The ability to provide clear direction on how to obtain different failure modes, under different construction defects, both for existing platforms and new design.
• The ability to calculate and reduce uncertainties using numerical and real experiments, both for existing platforms and new design.
• Familiar with submarine pressure hull structural features.
• Highly skilled in performing non-linear FEA.
• Experience using and addressing the challenges of the risk-method, and/or the arc-length method.
• Experience creating the “paper” submarine pressure hull.
• Experience implementing Verification & Validation in solid mechanics simulations.

Pressure Hull Fatigue Analysis

• Familiar with fatigue assessment using design standards such as PD5500.
• Highly skilled in performing linear FEAs and stress linearization.

Non-resistant Structures Design

• Familiar with pressure hull non-resistant structures including deck, soft tanks, and foundations.
• Highly skilled in performing linear FEAs of non-resistant structures

Shock Assessment

• Highly skilled in performing linear, modal, response spectrum and transient FEAs
• Familiar with naval shock standards such as STANAG 4142

General

• Degree or Technologist Diploma in Marine Engineering or Naval Architecture
• Minimum 10 years of working experience dealing with ship/submarine design issues
• Minimum 6 years of experience conducting FEA on submarine structures
• Experience in the development, use and review of structural studies
• An understanding of specifications for submarines and surface vessels
• Ability to work collaboratively and supportively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Eligible for a Canadian security clearance
• Able to travel internationally on a minimum of a 3-month deployment

Desirable:

• Detailed knowledge and experience in designing and conducting FEA analysis on composite materials.
• Knowledge of domain-specific standards including International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations, Class Society rules, Transport Canada Regulations and Canadian Forces Technical Orders
• Existing registration or ability to obtain registration with Professional Engineering governance body in Province of work or equivalent technologist certification

Why Work For Us?

At BMT we believe in hiring the best talent, from diverse backgrounds, as this introduces new ideas to the team and our customers. We believe in a cooperative and collaborative work environment and support and encourage career growth.

The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary commensurate with skill, ability and experience, as well as a comprehensive benefit package including:

• Generous overseas travel allowances
• Medical, dental and vision plan (including a Health Care Spending Account)
• Employee and Family Assistance program
• Parental/Maternity leave top-up program
• RRSP or TFSA matching program
• Flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangement
• Training and development opportunities
• Employee recognition program
• Employee referral program

BMT is committed to employment equity, to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst its workforce. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.