Propulsion Plant & Ship System Directorate Program Rep

Overview

The successful candidate will report to the Program Supervisor for the Propulsion Plant and Ship Systems (PP&SS) Directorate and will support Managers and their staff. This position will interface in a key role in the business operations of D462 Ship Signatures. D462 is one of the largest engineering departments at Electric Boat and requires an individual who possesses strong critical thinking skills and is an excellent team player. Additionally, this position will grow relationships with various engineering departments, Program offices, HR, facilities, IT, training, safety and finance.

Responsibilities:

• Directorate hiring support: Liaison between HR and hiring managers to ensure the flow of potential candidates to the hiring managers that meets the staffing needs of the Directorate
  • Development of tracking and statuses for requisitions including summer interns and co-ops
  • Support on-boarding new hires at the Directorate and department levels 
• Internal ATA Audits: Directorate point-of-contact to support ATA audits required by DCAA
  • Lead an audit team to perform quarterly audits within Directorate
• Quarterly Staffing Lines: point-of-contact for Directorate and department updates
  • Coordinate department level quarterly staffing line updates
  • Review, analyze and compile inputs for Director approval
  • Liaison between Directorate and Resource Planning
• Initiate, track, and complete changes to various program tasks through Artemis Baseline Change Requests (BCRs)
• Point-of-contact within the Directorate design and engineering community for issues on ICIMs, training, Lotus Notes and hiring activities.
• Act as a resource for various management requests. Collection, analysis, publishing and coordination of cost and schedule metrics via Electric Boat EVMS tools to detect negative trends and provide status and recommendations to the Department Managers on a weekly basis.
• Support cost, schedule, staffing, and cost reduction “what if” studies as required.
• Support the Piping design manager and the design department
  • Create and maintain weekly shop order lists
  • Track service and support charging and identify trends
  • Custodian of X drive folder – manage permissions and storage usage
  • Coordinate emergent requests from department management as needed

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an active secret security clearance
• Proficient Microsoft Excel skills: ability to create, analyze and graph various datasets for report and metric creation. Proficient in the development of dashboards in PowerBI. Advanced proficiency with Excel including pivot tables, formulas and macros.

Preferred:

• Advanced Degree in engineering, finance, business or equivalent.
• Understanding of resource-based scheduling and planning tools.
• Experience with Electric Boat business system and performance monitoring tools.

Skills

This job requires a candidate to be interested and enthusiastic in organizational performance, resource planning and comfortable interfacing with upper management.

• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel and PowerPoint including the ability to develop formulas, create and sort databases, create graphical reports and charts for management review
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Must be well-organized and capable of balancing multiple assignments at the same time