Engineering Support Specialist (ILS)

Career Opportunity

GeoSpectrum is growing and has a new career opportunity for an experienced Engineering Support Specialist (ILS)!

As theEngineering Support Specialist (ILS) you will play a pivotal role in establishing and supporting enhanced reliability, maintenance, spares support processes, and organization for our naval sonar product lines. This position involves planning, managing, and executing logistics support activities across the lifecycle of naval systems, ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency for both new and existing systems. You will work within a diverse multi-disciplinary program team while interacting directly with various internal and external stakeholders. You are comfortable collecting and analyzing detailed data and metrics while keeping the big picture in mind to create ILS solutions for in-service support (ISS) projects on current and future ship systems

Explore GeoSpectrums Story

GeoSpectrum Technologies is a rapidly growing company that designs and manufactures state of the art underwater acoustic components, transducers and integrated end-to-end systems for maritime surveillance and exploration. GeoSpectrum is known for its innovation and designing leading-edge products.

With clients across ocean science, defence and homeland security, and oil and gas industries, were proud of delivering reliable, customized solutions that go above and beyond the requirements of our customers.

GeoSpectrum was founded in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and continues to grow after three decades of engineering. Our companys core values are woven into the fabric of our work, commitment to employee engagement, and client service.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement ILS project plans while ensuring alignment with engineering, operations, and maintenance requirements.
• Manage spare parts, tools, and inventory control to support operational readiness and minimize downtime.
• Provide ILS information to support marketing proposals
• Conduct reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) analysis to ensure operational effectiveness of delivered systems.
• Perform Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) to assess potential risks and implement corrective measures.
• Create and manage technical documentation, including manuals, procedures, and maintenance plans.
• Coordinate with design and engineering teams to integrate ILS requirements into system development processes.
• Support the development of lifecycle cost models and analysis to optimize naval systems supportability and minimize operational costs
• Collaborate with suppliers, customers, and stakeholders to ensure compliance with logistics and supportability requirements.
• Monitor system performance, gather feedback, and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system supportability.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Engineering or a technical degree from a recognized educational institution
• Minimum 3 years experience in an ILS Engineering role
• Experience with costing and budgeting is considered an asset.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Security Requirements

All candidates must be eligible to apply for and maintain Canadian Controlled Goods and Canadian Government Security Clearances

Explore Our Culture and Benefits

Watch our company video to get to know us! Visit www.geospectrum.ca home page.

At GeoSpectrum, we take pride in fostering an agile workplace that is based on professional relationships, innovation and continuous improvement. Our employees work together in a collaborative, cross-functional approach. Enjoy having fun at work? Our social community is next to none! Our leadership team encourages our people to contribute their ideas, insight, and feedback for innovation, continuous improvement, quality management, and workplace safety.

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Work-life balance with core hours
• Paid Time Off
• Employee-Family Assistance Program
• Group Plan Benefits
• Virtual Healthcare
• RRSP matching
• Corporate Discounts and perks
• Career development opportunities
• Monthly social activities
• Professional Development and training
• Free on-site parking
  

GeoSpectrum is committed to employment equity and building a diverse workforce where every employee can bring their best self to work. GeoSpectrum encourages applicants from all qualified individuals, including underrepresented individuals who identify as African Nova Scotian, racially visible, Aboriginal persons, LGBTQIA2S , persons with disabilities, and women. GeoSpectrum will accommodate applicants' disability-related needs, up to the point of undue hardship, throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.If you are a member of one of an equity group, we encourage you to self-identify on either your application form, covering letter, or resume.

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While we sincerely thank all applicants for taking the time to apply, however only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

If you requirea disability-related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please contact the recruitment team by email at jobs@geospectrum.ca.