• Provide on-site ship availability program management (PM) and technical support to Military Sealift Command (MSC) vessels. • Assist in observing and verification and reporting on engineering requirements associated with the maintenance, repair and modification of the vessel. • Provide all observations, reports and recommendations to the Principal Port Engineer (PPE). • Provide technical services for engineering development and documentation. • Verify installations, interfaces, test procedures, test results and compare to the specifications of the work items and drawings. • Provide review of shipyard production activities in the areas of piping and steel and aluminum fit-ups, weld inspection, and gauging. • Make determinations on plating and piping replacement requirements and provide recommendations to PPE. • Provide review of structural drawings and documents to ensure proper grade and plate sizes are being utilized. • Provide a written daily status report on assigned work items to the PPE. • Report any concerns to PPE. • Attend Quality Assurance Checkpoints. • Perform daily rounds walking the ship during various times of the day to observe and monitor shipyard work process, quality and progress being accomplished for assigned work items.