Operations Supervisor - OSM - CLB & VA

Electric Boats$75K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED required
  • 3+ years of experience as an Outside Machinist/Mechanic or supervisory experience
  • Flexibility to work any shift
  • Availability for occasional minimal travel
  • Bachelor's Degree preferred, along with MS Office knowledge

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a team of 15 Outside Machinists on-submarine
  • Serve as the main point of communication with various departments including Engineering and Quality
  • Drive the team's performance in Safety, Quality, Cost, Schedule, and Continuous Improvement
  • Take full ownership of departmental performance and accountability
  • Assign tasks and provide mentorship and technical guidance to team members
  • Handle administrative duties related to personal and team operations
  • Obtain necessary nuclear qualifications as required

Benefits

  • Opportunity to advance into a leadership role
  • Gain experience in various manufacturing environments
  • Develop strong team management and communication skills
  • Work in a challenging but rewarding environment with strict safety standards
Full Job Description
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 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
  • 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 3 years of 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 continuously
    improve 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 constantly
    changing work environment - all while adhering to strict and unwavering safety and quality
    standards

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, Twisting

Environmental Attributes

Acids or Alkalis, Cold, Dry, Dusty, Fumes, Hot, Inside, Noise, Oily, Outside, Wet

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