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Job Description

We’re seeking an experienced Salvage Naval Architect to join a specialist marine engineering team based onsite in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This is a career for someone who wants to apply their skills where they matter most—supporting emergency response, vessel recovery, wreck removal, repairs, and complex marine operations across the globe.
Is This You?
  • Do you have a Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, or Ocean Engineering?
  • Have you built at least 4 years of engineering experience in a practical field, marine, industrial, or production environment?
  • Do you already have 2–3 years as a Naval Architect or Junior Naval Architect, ideally in salvage or maritime operations?
  • Are you confident producing technical drawings, engineering plans, calculations, and CAD models?
  • Can you work with AutoCAD, hydrostatics, stability modelling, and ideally GHS software?
  • Do you enjoy solving problems under pressure, often with limited time and changing conditions?
  • Are you ready to lead junior staff onsite and make sound engineering decisions in the field?
If you answered yes to most of the above, this role could be built for you.
What Would You Be Doing?
  • Designing technical plans for emergency marine response and salvage operations
  • Producing vessel stability assessments, hull models, towing plans, rigging layouts, and lift studies
  • Supporting wreck removal and vessel recovery projects both remotely and onsite
  • Creating CAD drawings for repairs, modifications, and floating asset improvements
  • Supervising engineering activity in the field and ensuring safe operations
  • Working alongside project managers, marine operations teams, and technical leadership on high-impact global assignments
Are You Ready to Travel? This is not a traditional office-based role.
Travel requirements are significant—50% to 75% globally, often at short notice when emergency operations begin. Deployments may last for extended periods, with single assignments reaching up to 12 weeks.
If you want a predictable Monday-to-Friday desk role, this won’t be the right fit. If you want engineering work that takes you around the world and places you at the centre of critical marine operations, keep reading.
What’s on Offer?
  • $95,000 – $150,000 base salary
  • Annual bonus opportunity
  • Merit review eligibility
  • Long-term career progression into senior engineering leadership
  • Opportunity to work on rare, technically challenging, high-profile marine projects worldwide
Important Eligibility Requirement Only US Nationals or Green Card holders currently based in the USA can be considered for this opportunity.
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