About this role
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 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 whichencompasses 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
- As needed, 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 2 years’ experience as an Outside Machinist/Mechanic OR a combination of Machinist/Mechanic and Trades/Operations/Construction Supervisory experience
- 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
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
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 Operations Supervisor will lead a team of Outside Machinists, ensuring they perform their duties effectively while achieving company goals in Safety, Quality, Cost, Schedule, and Process Improvement. The supervisor will also act as the main point of contact for various departments and provide mentorship and technical expertise to team members.
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