Ship Design Director, US

Spencer Johnson

Spencer Johnson joined Birdon following an extensive career in shipbuilding, Naval Architecture and Engineering. As Ship Design Director, Spencer will lead Birdon’s Engineering and Integrated Product Teams to successfully deliver 27 vessels to the U.S. Coast Guard for the Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) contract. His extensive leadership and engineering experience will help Birdon grow its ship design team of structural engineers, naval architects, and designers charged with building some of the nation’s most important ships.

Spencer has over 30 years of experience as a Naval Architect; 10 of which he spent as Austal USA’s Chief Naval Architect. He has extensive engineering management experience on both Navy and commercial shipbuilding projects and has successfully managed several design and build projects from concept through post-delivery support.