Operations Supervisor I

Overview

2nd Shift Operations Supervisor

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 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 structural welders to support piping trades.
• Support hanger welding, visual inspection and sell NDT of piping hangers
• 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
• Develop new welders
• Ability to qualify and maintain visual inspection qualifications for completed welds (MDD-00948)
• Ability to learn to assign welding wire through AWPSS
• Interpret policies, procedures, SSP’s, MDD’s to ensure procedural compliance
• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture

Qualifications

Required:

• High School Diploma or GED

Must meet one of the following:

• Minimum 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
• 1 year welding, shipfitting, pipefitting experience
• 3 years of shipyard experience
• Previous supervisory experience 
• Previous related Military/Navy experience 
• Nuclear qualifications
• Knowledge of 688 and VIRGINIA class submarines
• Radcon qualifications
• Welding, metal fabrication, pipe fitting, NDT experience
• Building trades experience

Skills

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

Environmental Attributes