Ship Maintenance Team Lead

Position summary

Workplace and schedule

• The posting describes the role as hybrid and full-time in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• The position includes a rotational 24/7 on-call requirement unless formally delegated otherwise.

Regulatory requirements

• The role requires access to export-controlled hardware, software, technology, or technical data under the Canadian Export Control List, ITAR, or EAR.
• A positive Controlled Goods assessment is required.
• The successful candidate must obtain and maintain NATO Secret-level security clearance.

Health, safety and environment

• Comply with and help ensure compliance with applicable health, safety, and environmental requirements, company policies, procedures, and frameworks.
• Support development and execution of the Waterfront Safety Plan and ensure work parties understand and apply safety controls.
• Promote health, safety, and environmental programs through professional, supportive leadership.

Waterfront operations and maintenance

• Support oversight of maintenance execution to achieve platform material readiness objectives.
• Assist with audits of completed work instructions and evidence packs and support timely submission of Objective Quality Evidence.
• Act as a primary or delegated stakeholder contact and provide technical advice to ship staff and Royal Canadian Navy personnel.
• Support supervision of personnel and subcontractors and coordinate readiness, kickoff, maintenance, and ad hoc taskings.
• Coordinate operational defect rectification and the recording of planned and corrective maintenance data through closeout.
• Support collation and acceptance of Objective Quality Evidence for performance confirmation and data management or invoicing.
• Provide whole-ship project support to meet availability standards and Full Mission Capability under ISS contracts.
• Collect and validate execution updates for daily, weekly, and end-of-maintenance progress reports.

FER coordination

• Act as the main point of contact for FER and help coordinate priorities and workflow between FER and Thales activities.
• Help resolve day-to-day issues raised by FER and report the status of operational deficiencies.
• Arrange and facilitate progress meetings with FER as required.