General Arrangements & Habitability Engineer

General information

Requisition # R66684 Locations USA-DC-Washington Posting Date 03/17/2026 Security Clearance Required Secret Remote Type Hybrid Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented General Arrangements (GA) & Habitability Engineer to join our team working in the Washington D.C. Navy Yard. This is a hybrid position and will require 3 days onsite per week.

The GA & Habitability Engineer will serve as a key technical contributor, coordinating across government, shipyard, and contractor stakeholders to resolve design, modernization, and in-service technical issues.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide technical engineering support and risk assessments for design and modernization decisions supporting Nimitz- and Ford-class aircraft carriers

• Serve as the primary engineering point of contact for: general arrangement drawings, compartmentation and access drawings, booklet of general plans, and other related ship arrangement documentation

• Provide engineering and design oversight for shipboard habitability spaces and associated systems, including but not limited to messing and berthing areas; sanitary and hygiene spaces; medical, dental, laundry, and utility spaces; and offices, workshops, lockers, and storerooms

• Collaborate with SUPSHIP Newport News to resolve general arrangements and habitability-related technical issues

• Prepare written technical responses to Requests for Technical Assistance (RTA), Departure from Specification (DFS), and Liaison Action Requests (LAR)

• Support ship modernization efforts by addressing general arrangement and habitability impacts associated with Ship Change Documents (SCDs), including development of new SCDs

• Coordinate engineering actions with Engineering Agents, Technical Authorities, TYCOM, PMS 312, PMS 378, SUPSHIP, Newport News Shipbuilding, and other stakeholders as required

• Review technical data packages, drawings, and engineering reports, and provide clear written recommendations

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other relevant technical discipline

• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience

• Experience with shipboard general arrangements and/or habitability spaces and systems supporting U.S. military, Military Sealift Command (MSC), or commercial ocean-going passenger vessels

• Must have prior experience supporting