About this role
Overview
The Focus Factory Integration Manager is responsible for activities associated with construction management at Focus Factories and Make-to-Buy Vendors, including hosting Plan of the Day/Week meetings, identifying and driving resolution of holdups, and maintaining project schedules. The successful candidate will report to the Director of Strategic Sourcing.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Adherence / acceleration of construction schedules
- Oversight of cost and progress goals
- Oversight of work order attainment and holdup resolution
To accomplish this, the Focus Factory Integration Manager will partner with both deployed EB employees and vendor (embedded) employees to ensure teams are operating successfully to achieve program build rates through critical resource planning, driving culture of schedule adherence and learning. In addition to interfacing with on-site EB and vendor employees, the Focus Factory Integration Manager will also partner with Programs, Waterfront Engineering, Design, QA, Material and Planning organizations to resolve all issues impacting ships’ construction.
The Focus Factory Integration Manager is expected to hold daily tactical and strategic project team meetings communicating short-term and long-term project team goals, coordinate trade activities, provide guidance for all departments and functions supporting Focus Factory construction while also looking strategically ahead to mitigate risk and pre-plan the next hulls.
The position requires knowledge of submarine construction processes across all trades and organizations; specifically, the position requires an in-depth knowledge of construction, support organizations, and EBC’s business systems including Artemis, EWP/MRP, SWSS, 7G, etc. as well as EBC MDDs, SDDs, etc. related to construction.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- High School Diploma or G.E.D. equivalency
- 8+ years demonstrated construction project management experience within a shipyard or nuclear environment
- 4+ years supervisory experience
Preferred Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Submarine module construction / fabrication experience
- For internal employees: EB Ship’s Manager or Assistant Ship’s Manager experience
Skills
Foundational Competencies needed in this role include:
- Building trust
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Good judgment (aligned with our EB’s core values)
- Approachable / good listener
- Self-motivated / accountable / results-driven
- Strong time-management with ability to manage priorities and delegate as needed
- Strategic thinker and creative problem solver
- Effective writer/reviewer of technical correspondence
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate large volume of data to then make timely/sound decisions
Physical Qualifications
Climbing, Color Vision, Crawling, Heavy Lifting, Kneeling, Light Lifting, Medium Lifting, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Stooping, TwistingEnvironmental Attributes
Acids or Alkalis, Cold, Dry, Dusty, Fumes, Hot, Inside, Noise, Oily, Outside, WetOther facts
About General Dynamics Electric Boat
General Dynamics Electric Boat is a business unit of General Dynamics with headquarters in Groton, CT. The world’s first and finest submarine builder, Electric Boat was established in 1899 to complete the U.S. Navy’s first modern commissioned submarine, USS Holland. Designed and built by Electric Boat, USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, was launched in 1954. Electric Boat has designed and delivered 17 of the U.S. Navy’s 20 classes of nuclear submarines. Now in its second centennial of submarine building, EB is the design yard and prime contractor for the Virginia-class submarine program, currently in production. EB is also designing and developing the Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine which will replace the current Ohio class beginning in 2027.
What you'll do
- The Focus Factory Integration Manager oversees construction management activities at Focus Factories and Make-to-Buy Vendors, ensuring adherence to schedules and resolution of holdups. They will coordinate with various teams to achieve program build rates and mitigate risks.
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