- Welcome to the U.S. Navy Port Engineer Website.
- The U.S. Navy Port Engineer is the Type Commander's representative.
- He or She is responsible for ensuring that all required maintenance is identified, validated, screened and brokered.
- The Port Engineer works closely with the ship's Commanding Officer and crew.
- This assures the ship will be ready to deploy and support any mission!
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DAVE SPARKUHL
U.S. NAVY Senior Port Engineer
Graduating from New York Maritime Academy in 1979, he sailed in merchant vessels for many years and achieved a U.S.C.G. Chief Engineers license. He joined the Port Engineer program in 1994 and worked as the Local Senior Port Engineer in San Diego for Combatant ships until his selection as the U.S. Navy’s Senior Port Engineer in July 2018.
dave.sparkuhl@navy.mil
U.S. NAVY PORT ENGINEER LEADERSHIP
NEIL COPELAND
Local Senior Port Engineer
All Ships HRMC Pearl Harbor, HI. He has been a Port Engineer since 1985.
william.copeland@navy.mil
JOE MARQUES
Local Senior Port Engineer
All Ships at SERMC Mayport, FL. He has been a Port Engineer since 1994.
joseph.marques@navy.mil
FRANK ZELENKA
Local Senior Port Engineer
for Amphibious Ships at
MARMC Norfolk, VA. He has been a Port Engineer since 1995.
frank.j.zelenka@navy.mil
JIM MORGAN
Local Senior Port Engineer
All Ships NWRMC Everett, WA. He has been a Port Engineer since 1996.
james.c.morgan@navy.mil
RICH FLYNN
Local Senior Port Engineer for Combatant Ships at SWRMC San Diego, CA. He has been a Port Engineer since 1996.
richard.p.flynn@navy.mil
CHRIS RYER
Lead Senior Port Engineer for LCS/DDG-1000 class ships at SWRMC San Diego, CA. He has been a Port Engineer since 2003.
chris.ryer@navy.mil
JASON JAKUBOWSKI
Local Senior Port Engineer
Combatant Ships
MARMC Norfolk, VA. He has been a Port Engineer since 2005.
jason.a.jakubowski@ navy.mil
CHRIS CHILTON
Local Senior Port Engineer
All Ships JRMC
Yokosuka & Sasebo, Japan. He has been a Port Engineer since 2007.
christopher.chilton@
srf.navy.mil
ERIN VERNAND
Local Senior Port Engineer
for Amphibious Ships at
SWRMC San Diego, CA.
She has been a Port Engineer since 2012. erin.vernand@navy.mil
PORT ENGINEERS - TEAM LEADERS
MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION
VALIDATE - SCREEN - BROKER
Port Engineers regularly schedule face-to-face meetings with other Port Engineers to share ship class maintenance and modernization challenges!
Today's Port Engineer working with the ship's Commanding Officer and crew, ensures that the vessel is capable of meeting all mission requirements!
Maritime Academy, U.S. Coast Guard licensed engineers with “at Sea” experience;
sets the tone for the program and provides a consistent standard to ensure mission ready ships.
Your Port Engineer has a direct responsibility for knowing and understanding your ship and the crew!
His mantra is "Go look!, Go look!, Go look!"
We are proud to work with industry to provide job opportunities!
Port Engineers taking responsibility for their assigned ship(s).
Many Port Engineers have been working with their ship for more than 10 years!
Malaysia –The U.S. Navy’s Commander of Logistics Group Western Pacific is in the process of expanding its maintenance and support capabilities.
The Port Engineer is the principal player in making this a reality!
The Port Engineers are working to extend the life of older ship classes and to ensure that the latest ships have a great future! USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)
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USS Coronado (LCS-4)
U.S. Navy Port Engineer Program History
The program has been in existence since 1978 when Congress, in response to the GAO (General Accounting Office) findings, recommended the U. S. Navy adopt commercial best practices for maintaining Navy surface ships. The program has expanded over the years and now encompasses all ships of the Navy surface force. The success of the program can be directly attributed to years of maintaining the uniformity of high standards in personnel quality and integrity through a mix of contract and government service Port Engineers possessing U.S. Coast Guard engineer's licenses, commercial or Navy operating and maintenance expertise and collegiate engineering degrees. Port Engineers offer the U.S. Navy the flexibility to recruit top industry talent to support the dynamic, programmatic and operational commitments required around the world.
CONTACT US
Feel free to inquire about any information you may need regarding the U.S. Navy Port Engineer program and how we can better serve you.
All comments will be reviewed and a response will be sent to the email provided or we will call you at the number you provide.
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If you are interested in a career as a maritime Port Engineer for the U.S. Navy please contact Ms. Shelby Hladky at shladky@tsoln-inc.com
860 Greenbrier Circle • Suite 600 • Chesapeake • VA • 23320 • Ph: 757.410.9450
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