Supervisor, Design in Brunswick, Maine at Bath Iron Works

Supervisor, Design

US-ME-Brunswick

Req ID: 2026-5241
Type: Regular Full-Time
Remaining Positions: 1
Post End Date: 7/26/2026
Category: Engineering
Salary Grade: D
Shift: 1st

Overview

Reports to the CAD Development Project Manager.

• Responsible for the supervision of an interdisciplinary team of Designers that test and help manage BIW’s CAD software, known as the CAD Development Lab.
• Operating under the BIW Business Operating System (BOS), this position ensures delivery of superior CAD Dev support for the DDG 51 and BBGN programs.

Key Responsibilities

Safety Leadership:

• Promotes a culture of proactive safety awareness and accountability across the team.
• Ensures safe workplace conditions and compliance with company safety standards.
• Maintains regular communications with staff as it relates to ergonomic and Shipyard safety.

Program Execution:

• Oversees the team executing CAD/PLM studies for the BBGN program, ensuring compliance with all contractual requirements.
• Ensures design tasks are completed to established schedule, cost, and quality parameters.
• Processes and verifies employee time accounting records and ensures required LMS trainings are completed ahead of schedule.
• Maintains and executes a Plan of the Week (POW) to align daily tasking with program milestones and operational needs.
• Implements corrective actions to address deficiencies and ensure contract deliverables are produced ahead of schedule.

Operational Management:

• Manages all aspects of BIW CAD Dev team activities, including workforce performance and resource utilization in accordance with BIW Standard Operating Procedures.
• Regularly communicates progress on issues with CAD Dev team leadership.
• Monitors cost, schedule, and quality metrics to identify employee development opportunities.
• Provides guidance and direction across the team for Process, Policy and Technical issues.
• Works with the project manager to evaluate workload requirements.
• Administers the BMDA labor contract.

Team Collaboration and Communication:

• Provides leadership and direction to the Design team, supporting day-to-day operations and long-term planning.
• Holds daily, productive musters, utilizing the BOS to elevate any issues through the tiered muster system.
• Develops employee performance evaluations.
• Supports development of personnel, staffing plans, and critical skill maintenance.
• Fosters collaboration between engineering, design, planning, configuration management, and external customers.
• Communicates regularly and effectively with parties external to BIW as the CAD/PLM tasking requires.

Stakeholder Engagement and Business Development:

• Requests and ensures incorporation of stakeholder comments to design products.
• Initiates and supports waste and growth initiatives within your team.

Continuous Improvement:

• Champions BOS principles and productivity enhancements across the CAD Dev team.
• Leverages A3 root cause analysis and associated corrective action plans for identified design issues.

Responsibilities

Required:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in technical or business field, or a BIW graduate Apprentice (Manufacturing or Design), or minimum 3-5 years of job-related experience.
• Proficient using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Proficient in navigating within a Microsoft Access database.

Preferred:

• AutoCAD training.
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) training
• LEAN SIX Sigma training.
• Agile/SCRUM training.
• Microsoft Project experience.

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal & written) with all levels of the company and customers.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Proven ability to foster a constructive and motivated work environment based on teaming.
• Proven ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced, rapid response technical environment.
• Occasional weekend overtime supervision coverage will be required.
• Occasional travel will be required.

Preferred:

• Familiar with BIW tools and processes, specifically those used in the Design and Engineering Services department.
• Familiar with ship specifications as related to design requirements.
• Working knowledge of the BMDA collective bargaining agreement.
• Working experience with Earned Value Management.