Operations Supervisor - Steel Trades at Electric Boat – Groton, Connecticut

Supporting the Steel Trades organization, the successful candidate must provide technical assistance and overall direction to a team of hourly representative 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 Boats’ 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 Steel Trades employees in the performance of preparing, assembling and installing equipment onboard submarines
• Primary point of contact to interface with Engineering, Ships' Management, Quality and other trade departments
• Lead the team to achievement of company goals for Safety, Quality, Cost, Schedule and Process Improvement
• Take ownership of team performance
• Assign work, provide technical expertise, instruction, mentorship, motivation and performance assessment of your Employee(s) while working aboard submarines under construction and repair
• Lead self-assessment audits, commit to schedules and maintain product quality
• Attend to various administrative responsibility, such as LMS, Quality documentation, work completion documentation, etc
• May be required to qualify and maintain Nuclear Trade and PRCS training
• Must be willing to work all shifts and travel, as required

• Ability to build a strong, cohesive team and drive them toward a high level of performance
• Ability to analyze performance data, formulate process improvement ideas and continuously improve performance
• Ability to communication with all levels of workforce and management
• Good interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal skills
• Able to climb and work aboard submarines under construction or repair

Unique Skills:
Ability to adapt to challenges while remaining calm in a constantly changing working environment, all while remaining compliant to technical and procedural constrains

Core Competencies:
Safety, Communication, Building Trust, Directing Others, Managing Priorities, Listening, Production/Results, Perseverance, Technical Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Managing & Measuring Work, Stress Tolerance

Required:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 3+ years of trade, manufacturing, and/or military experience

Preferred:

• Experience in welding, shipfitting, grinding, and/or shielding (lead/poly)
• BS in Engineering
• Knowledge of management tools (i.e., MRP, Artemis, EWP or other EB specific tools) is desired