Job Type

Full-time

Education

High School / GED

Travel

None

Security Clearance Required

None

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

Supervise and manage the activities of the Outside Machinist Department personnel and maximize efficiency and productivity of supervisors and production workers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: Because Eastern Shipbuilding is continually growing to meet the needs of our customers, your duties and responsibilities may be different than described.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Comply with Company, federal, state, and local safety, ethics, and environmental rules, regulations, and policies while performing duties.
• Resolve issues with regard to day-to-day operations.
• Responsible for meeting production schedule, maintaining resources and training needs within the Dept.
• Provide technical assistance and oversee the workforce in the Outside Machinists Dept.
• Inspect propulsion machinery, sea valves, steering gear, anchor handling equipment, pumps, and ventilating equipment, etc. installations for compliance with specifications.
• Confer with Production/General Mgr. and other Superintendents to coordinate work schedules and prioritize work.
• Monitor your work performances and productivity.
• Manage employees and plan ahead to have their crew work safely.
• Perform additional assignments as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Directly and/or indirectly supervise employees assigned to the Outside Machinists Dept. Responsibilities may include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work. Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be required.

Job Requirements

Skills: Ability to read and comprehend written, verbal, or diagram forms or plans. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to read and understand blueprints. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors and employees. Knowledge of the safe operation and use of hand and power tools. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure. Ability to read a tape measure and use a cutting torch.

Behavioral Attributes: Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety-conscious, and multi-tasking. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstand extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.