Overview

The successful candidate must provide technical assistance and overall direction to a team of hourly represented 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 Nuclear Operations Supervisor provides a platform to gain a working knowledge of various manufacturing environments and their relationships with other parts of Electric Boat’s business. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer or experienced tradesperson 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 Outside Machinists in the performance of their duties which encompasses all aspects of on-hull submarine mechanical systems
• Act as the lead point of contact to interface with Engineering, Ship’s Management, Quality, Human Resources and other Trade departments
• Lead their team to achieve the company goals for Safety, Quality, Cost, Schedule and Process Improvement
• Take ownership of their team and the departments performance
• Assign work, provide technical expertise, instruction, mentorship, motivation and performance assessment of your Employees while working on-board new construction and commissioned submarines
• Attend to the various administrative duties of themselves and their employees
• Obtain various nuclear qualifications possibly including PRCS certification
• Must be willing to work ALL shift and travel as required

Qualifications

Required:

• High school diploma or GED required
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as an Outside Machinist/Mechanic
• Candidates must be available for any shift.
• Candidate must be available to travel as needed. Expected travel is minimal.

Preferred:

• Bachelors Degree
• Knowledge of MS Office and various Electric Boat Computer Systems
• OSM Nuclear Experience

Skills

Skills:

• Ability to build a strong cohesive team and drive them to a high level of performance
• Ability to analyze performance data, formulate process improvement ideas and continuouslyimprove performance
• Ability to communicate to all levels of Tradespeople and Management
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal abilities
• Able to work in and on submarines including ladders, stairs and various confined spaces

Unique Skills:

• Ability to adapt to a very challenging work environment while remaining calm in a constantlychanging work environment – all while adhering to strict and unwavering safety and qualitystandards

Core Competencies:

• Safety
• Communication
• Building Trust
• Directing Others
• Managing Priorities
• Listening
• Productivity
• Perseverance
• Strong technical and blue print reading skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to influence
• Managing and measuring work throughput
• Stress tolerance
• Commitment to Quality

Physical Qualifications

Environmental Attributes