Integrated Logistics Support Specialist
Required Skills
Job Description
**Integrated Logistics Support Manager**
**Company Overview:**
Gulf Copper LLC, a subsidiary of Davie Defense, is a leading Marine Repair and New Construction company based in Galveston, Texas, with more than 75 years of ship repair and fabrication experience on the Gulf Coast. Gulf Copper’s primary business is the repair and refurbishment of marine vessels, ship construction, and fabrication for transportation, government, and oil and gas markets.
**Benefits:**
* 401k Retirement Plan
* Section 125 Plan (Pre\-Tax Health/Dental Insurance Premium Deduction)
* Group Health \& Dental Plan
* Short \& Long Term Disability Insurance
* Life \& Voluntary Life Insurance
* Holiday \& Vacation Pay
* Employee Assistance Program
**Overview and Purpose**
Responsible for the planning, development, and execution of sustainment strategies for complex defense systems across their lifecycle. They ensure system supportability, maintainability, and readiness by coordinating logistics elements (supply, training, maintenance, technical data) in compliance with DOD.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**
This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned.
* Ensure that all departmental processes are adhered to
* Produce vessel specific documentation in accordance with ILS contract deliverable throughout all phases of the project.
* Work closely with class and client to ensure all documents are approved by the correct authority.
* Produce task specific risk analysis / permit to work and livening up notices in line with the department procedures.
* Work closely with production and QC to establish system completion and readiness for start up.
* Lead and coordinate a multi\-disciplined team to systematically bring the vessel live.
* Organize and setup any required test configurations ensuring all equipment required to conduct the test is onsite and available as required by the test plans and or test standards.
* Determine if the shipboard systems are in alignment with the supporting documentation and provide red lines to the client as required.
* Attend and participate in project meetings as required by the Program Manager.
* Produce weekly and monthly updated reports as required by the contract deliverables and the Program Manager.
* Evaluate client’s work description and prepare work packages for the workforce to carry out the work as per the client’s requirements.
* Establish sequence and prerequisites to each of the system’s commissioning phase.
* Work closely with the planning and scheduling department to produce the integrated Master Schedule.
* Support the estimating team with technical input as required.
* Work effectively with others within the project Team environment and in accordance with the Integrated Master Schedule for the project.
* Determine the level of additional support required throughout the various milestones in the project to support the activities.
**Required Education \& Experience:**
* BA/BS degree preferred.
* Marine Engineering qualification. Chief engineer preferable.
* Minimum of 15 years’ experience in the field of Marine Engineering either at sea or shipyard related.
* Proven track record in Commissioning shipboard systems.
* Full working knowledge of typical vessel systems
**Working Conditions:**
* Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment and be able to attend meetings at various sites within and away from the office.
* Mobility to climb up and down stairs, as needed.
* Strength to lift and carry materials weighing up to 20 pounds.
* Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen, including the ability to look at a computer screen for at least eight hours each day.
* Hearing and communicating in person and over the telephone.
* Regular exposure to all weather conditions, especially hot, humid and / or rainy weather, combined with regular work time indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
**Necessary Equipment Operation:**
* Office equipment, including telephone, scanner, computer, printer.
**Special Skills:**
* Expertise in Logistics Management Information (LMI) systems and military standards (MIL\-STD
* DAWIA Level II or III Certification in Life Cycle Logistics is highly desirable.
* Proven track record in Document creation.
* Advanced skills with Office suite (Word, Excel, Power Point).
* Maintenance and logistic management skills.
* An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email: hrcorp@gulfcopper.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for
**Company Overview:**
Gulf Copper LLC, a subsidiary of Davie Defense, is a leading Marine Repair and New Construction company based in Galveston, Texas, with more than 75 years of ship repair and fabrication experience on the Gulf Coast. Gulf Copper’s primary business is the repair and refurbishment of marine vessels, ship construction, and fabrication for transportation, government, and oil and gas markets.
**Benefits:**
* 401k Retirement Plan
* Section 125 Plan (Pre\-Tax Health/Dental Insurance Premium Deduction)
* Group Health \& Dental Plan
* Short \& Long Term Disability Insurance
* Life \& Voluntary Life Insurance
* Holiday \& Vacation Pay
* Employee Assistance Program
**Overview and Purpose**
Responsible for the planning, development, and execution of sustainment strategies for complex defense systems across their lifecycle. They ensure system supportability, maintainability, and readiness by coordinating logistics elements (supply, training, maintenance, technical data) in compliance with DOD.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**
This position is responsible for the following: Other duties may be assigned.
* Ensure that all departmental processes are adhered to
* Produce vessel specific documentation in accordance with ILS contract deliverable throughout all phases of the project.
* Work closely with class and client to ensure all documents are approved by the correct authority.
* Produce task specific risk analysis / permit to work and livening up notices in line with the department procedures.
* Work closely with production and QC to establish system completion and readiness for start up.
* Lead and coordinate a multi\-disciplined team to systematically bring the vessel live.
* Organize and setup any required test configurations ensuring all equipment required to conduct the test is onsite and available as required by the test plans and or test standards.
* Determine if the shipboard systems are in alignment with the supporting documentation and provide red lines to the client as required.
* Attend and participate in project meetings as required by the Program Manager.
* Produce weekly and monthly updated reports as required by the contract deliverables and the Program Manager.
* Evaluate client’s work description and prepare work packages for the workforce to carry out the work as per the client’s requirements.
* Establish sequence and prerequisites to each of the system’s commissioning phase.
* Work closely with the planning and scheduling department to produce the integrated Master Schedule.
* Support the estimating team with technical input as required.
* Work effectively with others within the project Team environment and in accordance with the Integrated Master Schedule for the project.
* Determine the level of additional support required throughout the various milestones in the project to support the activities.
**Required Education \& Experience:**
* BA/BS degree preferred.
* Marine Engineering qualification. Chief engineer preferable.
* Minimum of 15 years’ experience in the field of Marine Engineering either at sea or shipyard related.
* Proven track record in Commissioning shipboard systems.
* Full working knowledge of typical vessel systems
**Working Conditions:**
* Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment and be able to attend meetings at various sites within and away from the office.
* Mobility to climb up and down stairs, as needed.
* Strength to lift and carry materials weighing up to 20 pounds.
* Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen, including the ability to look at a computer screen for at least eight hours each day.
* Hearing and communicating in person and over the telephone.
* Regular exposure to all weather conditions, especially hot, humid and / or rainy weather, combined with regular work time indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
**Necessary Equipment Operation:**
* Office equipment, including telephone, scanner, computer, printer.
**Special Skills:**
* Expertise in Logistics Management Information (LMI) systems and military standards (MIL\-STD
* DAWIA Level II or III Certification in Life Cycle Logistics is highly desirable.
* Proven track record in Document creation.
* Advanced skills with Office suite (Word, Excel, Power Point).
* Maintenance and logistic management skills.
* An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email: hrcorp@gulfcopper.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for
Posted: 2026-03-17