Architect, Naval Sr

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**Position Summary**

The Senior Naval Architect participates to daily ship project naval architectural routines for specified Vessel Classes during their design and building phases Participation to concept design process for upcoming new build projects belongs also to his/her focus areas The Senior Naval Architect works closely with the teams of Maritime Technology and Chief Naval Architect assisting experts with technology development and research in addition to various new build related technical projects such as technical feasibility studies and verification of new technologies

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**

**Naval Architecture - Design and Building phases**
- Acts as an influencer of naval architecture in the ideation phase for Newbuild concepts
- Participates in development of new projects and liaises with the yard and external design and technical design specialists to gather insights on proposed innovative concepts Explores multiple aspirational ship platforms and/or design ideas through feasibility phase considering main boundary conditions such as technical feasibility buildability operability
and affordability In-house advisor for Newbuild department on statutory regulations and their direct impact on architectural design This includes fire safety related topics like space categories structural fire protection and escapes assembly stations arrangement general technical issues
etc Manage assessment and development of ship performance impact on architectural design development including weights and stability hydrodynamics and speed requirements ship structure in addition to passenger comfort aspects such as wind comfort noise prevention vibration and acoustics
and operational efficiency including passenger flow and lift arrangement Builds and maintains collaboration with team NB Business & Strategy Maritime Technology shipyards naval architects architects brand leaders
and other key thinkers Collaborates with our external partners consultancies classification societies
flag states and other industry bodies Actively coordinates the different disciplines
by leading the project general arrangement plan development Participates to ships Naval Architectural and regulatory work with classification society Flag administration USCG
etc Brings basic knowledge by self and maintains relationships with knowledge experts in Classification Societies
Flag State and USCG in ideation phase for feasibility feedback
- Applies knowledge of relevant rules and regulations to the design process Assesses and advises specifications measurements and calculations relevant to ship designStudies compares
assesses and shares statistical information and analyses across various ships and areas bringing forth observations Prepares presentations supporting documents eg simplified drawings
to improve the understanding by others
- Develops and prepares reports and records related to assignments or projects
- Stays current on relevant maritime industry and technical research and projects; seeks information and evaluates new technology with knowledge experts Considering the position and role
the employee is required to perform reasonable and temporally any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management

**Technology development**
- Participates in design criteria selection and developments for new projects
- Participates to risks management process for new technologies qualification and applies internal process how to identify risks properly at early stage of project
- Feasibility studies for different field of technologies as needed

**Key skills & experience required**

Proficiency in Excel MS Word MS Project or equivalent PowerPoint- Working knowledge of various computer aided design programs and analysis programs Good skills to analyze and develop specifications Drawings
layouts and other technical documentation
- Understanding of shipbuilding project and programming processes Operational knowledge of SOLAS IMO
classification rules and marine standards Fluency in English
other languages as advantage
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Good skills for communication and co-operation in multicultural working environment
- Willingness to travel

**Qualifications**

M Sc Naval Architect or equal with minimum 8 years of experience in the field of naval architecture in cruise shipbuilding industry

**Physical Demands**

The physical demands described here are representative of those requirements employees must meet to perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations While performing job functions the employee is regularly required to sit and stand write review and type reports compile