Continental Tide Defense Systems announces that it is expanding its office locations from the East Coast to the West Coast with the recent opening of an office in San Diego, California. The expansion was taken to meet the growing demand for Continental Tide support and personnel executing initiatives for COMNAVSURFLANT, SWRMC, Naval Surface Warfare Center, and SPAWAR. Interested candidates in the San Diego area should check-out our Career Opportunities section for updated job listings.  Continental Tide also has offices in Norfolk, VA and Philadelphia PA.

Continental Tide working with AMSEC LLC was recently awarded a Delivery Order to provide technology insertion (AIT), system assessment, logistics product development, material fabrication and engineering support to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD-SSES).

Specific systems and equipment included in this Delivery Order include; Ballast, JP5 and other fuels, Lube Oil, Fuel Oil, LP & HP air, demineralized, potable and seawater systems, pumps, valves, actuators, PLCs, electronics and other associated system machinery and equipment.  Continental Tide is extremely excited about this opportunity and looks forward to providing continual support to the US NAVY and NSWCCD-SSES.

Continental Tide working with AMSEC LLC was recently awarded a $9,000,000.00 Delivery Order to provide programmatic, engineering, technical and logistics support to the US NAVY, MSC and USMC Expeditionary and Amphibious Assault Systems and Equipment.

This delivery order will include modernization initiatives, system assessments and grooms, system operability testing, drawing and technical manual development, material fabrication and support. Ship specific tasks will be on USN and MSC ships.

These initiatives are designed, developed, planned and installed with a combination of technical representatives from NSWCCD-SSES Code 91 and 97 and Continental Tide.

Systems & Equipment included in this Delivery Order include Side Port Doors, Hinged Vehicle Ramps, Winch assemblies, Dogging systems, Stern Gate, Vertical Package Conveyors, Pallet Conveyors and Dumbwaiters, Helo Hangar, Aircraft Elevators, external, internal and tactical communication and all associated electrical and mechanical components and equipment.

Continental Tide welcomes the opportunity to support NSWCCD-SSES, its personnel and its mission.

The Continental Tide team poses for a photo after a recent training event.  The training included Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Safety Certification training sponsored by American Heart Association, Inc. and OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Training was held at our Chesapeake office with an emphasis safely identifying and managing life-threatening medical emergencies while in a ship yard and ship environment. This team event focused on information, assessment, and skills that will protect life or prevent further injury during the interval between an incident and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) arrival.

Continental Tide is dedicated to the guiding principle of "Work Smart & Work Safe" and will provide our employees with training on a regular basis as an effective way to raise awareness of safety hazards and prevent accidents and injuries while providing services to our clients. 

Continental Tide Defense Systems was recently awarded a multi-award contract (HSCG-13-D-P45L72) by the United States Coast Guard to provide engineering, technical and logistics support to USCGC MACKINAW (WLBB 30). As part of the contract, Continental Tide will support MACKINAW's Integrated Power Plant (IPP) System and associated equipment. Along with our teammates, AMSEC LLC (Virginia Beach, VA) and Propulsion Controls Engineering (San Diego, CA), Continental Tide welcomes the opportunity to support the US Coast Guard, its personnel and its mission.

Quality Management System:

The Continental Tide Quality Management System (QMS) provides a framework for managing the activities that enable the company to supply services; which consistently satisfies the customer and regulatory requirements and is a tool for achieving enhanced customer satisfaction.  The QMS also provides for the continual improvement of the quality management system by monitoring processes based on their significance, measuring their effectiveness against objectives and management selection of processes for improvement.   

Activities affecting quality are documented in accordance with written manuals. procedures, instructions, specification and drawings that contain appropriate criteria for determining whether prescribed activities have been satisfactorily accomplished.  The documentation is established in the following three distinct levels that integrate the policies, procedures, and working documents:

• QM001 - Level I
• Organizational Policies and Procedures - Level II
• Functional Procedures and Work Instructions - Level III