Hull Maintenance Technician

General information

Requisition # R67221 Locations USA-CA-Chula Vista Posting Date 04/18/2026 Security Clearance Required Secret Remote Type Onsite Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Naval Engineering Technician to join our team in San Diego, CA. This is an onsite position.

The technician will serve as a senior technical authority supporting U.S. Navy small boats and craft, providing advanced engineering and lifecycle sustainment. In this role, you will lead complex troubleshooting efforts, support modernization initiatives, and ensure critical systems remain fully mission capable in dynamic operational environments. This requisition is for an In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) member with mechanical and structural expertise, to operate as an extension of the Government teams. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serving as a technical expert for troubleshooting, on-call assistance, system upgrades, maintenance and repair of boat systems and equipment at waterfront craft locations, primarily in the San Diego area and occasionally around the world. 

• Conducting boat surveys and inspections, assessments, hands-on BOATALT and LAR system validations and testing to verify system performance, reliability, and compliance with technical requirements

• Supporting configuration control over dozens of boats, researching and updating technical documentation, supporting boats through availabilities and overhauls, and finding replacements for obsolete parts

• Ensuring accurate tracking of technical findings and lifecycle data in accordance with program standards and providing new crew familiarization and sharing technical information with end-customers, empowering them to make repairs themselves.

• Capturing drawing deviations, or redlined drawing updates, to ensure configuration control, and performing LAR reviews and validations, administering System Operability Verification Tests (SOVT), and completing boat checks. 

• Recommending and implementing process improvements to enhance system availability, readiness, and long-term sustainment effectiveness

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED

• 6+ years of progressively responsible experience supporting DoD or Navy engineering, maintenance, or technical programs

• Significant experience reading, interpreting, and validating technical drawings, schematics, engineering change documentatio