About this role
Overview
The successful candidate must provide technical assistance and overall direction to a team of hourly representative employees. Core to this position is the successful performance of the team's safety, quality, cost, schedule and continuous improvement.
Effective communication, leadership, creating a positive team environment with employees and peers is key to success for the selected candidate. This position of Operations Supervisor provides a platform to gain a working knowledge of various manufacturing environments and their relationships with other parts of Electric Boat business. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer or experienced trades-person to advance into a career-building leadership position and gain invaluable experience to support their career development.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Lead the activities of approximately 15 piping trades employees in the performance of preparing, assembling and installing equipment on-board submarines
- Primary point of contact to interface with engineering, ship's management, quality and other trade departments
- Lead the team to achievement of company goals for safety, quality, cost, schedule and continuous improvement
- Take ownership of team performance
*This is a 2nd shift position
Qualifications
Required:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance
Must meet one of the following:
- Minimum of 1 year trade experience at electric boat
- Minimum of 3 year combined relevant experience and leadership experience in a high-volume setting
- Minimum of 1 year EB experience and an Engineering degree in a related field
Preferred:
- College/technical school AS/BS degree
- Minimum of 3 years pipe-fitting experience
- 3 years of shipyard experience
- Previous supervisory experience
- Previous related Military/Navy experience
- Nuclear qualifications
- Knowledge of 688, VIRGINIA, and COLUMBIA class submarines
- Radcon qualifications
Skills
- Have the ability to read and interpret blueprints, procedures, and related reference documents
- Have the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with subordinates and supervisors
- Must be able to work all assigned shifts
- Must be able to work extended hours
- Must be able to go on road assignments as business needs dictate
- Applicant must obtain and maintain a DOD security clearance as a condition of employment
- Capable of reading, interpreting and putting into effect plans, procedures and instructions
- Good presentation skills and attention to detail preferred
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel and Power Point preferred
## Physical Qualifications
Climbing, Color Vision, Crawling, Heavy Lifting, Kneeling, Light Lifting, Medium Lifting, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Stooping, Twisting
## Environmental Attributes
Acids or Alkalis, Cold, Dry, Dusty, Fumes, Hot, Inside, Noise, Oily, Outside, Wet