Design Supervisor (Pascagoula, MS) at Bath Iron Works – Pascagoula, Mississippi

Design Supervisor (Pascagoula, MS)

US-MS-Pascagoula

Req ID: 2026-5074
Type: Regular Full-Time
Remaining Positions: 1
Post End Date: 3/10/2026
Category: Engineering
Salary Grade: D
Shift: 1st

Overview

Operating under the BIW Business Operating System (BOS), the Design Supervisor in Pascagoula, MS ensures compliance with safety, quality, and performance standards while coordinating with other key stakeholders to meet overall milestones.

This a Long Term Temp Assignment for 2-3 years, located in Pascagoula, MS, and the employee would be eligible for Long Term Temp Assignment under SP 02-22.

Responsible for the supervision of all DDG 1000 Planning Yard work performed by the BIW on-site design team at the Huntington Ingalls Shipyard.

Key Responsibilities

Safety Leadership:

• Communicate and execute BIW Homeport standard safety practices in multiple industrial environments.

Project Execution:

• Attend daily/weekly availability production/progress meetings with On-Site team and remotely back to the Maine team. Some liaising with SSGC and PMS500 customers and vendors is expected.
• Develop scope, estimates, manning requirements, and schedule coordination for availability support, ship checks, and design work for the On-Site team.

Planning Yard Management:

• Act as primary point of contact for availability issues.
• Assign Planning Yard design personnel that perform on-site availability support, ship checks, and design tasks.
• Review and approve CFR/ LAR responses developed by the On-Site design team.

Training and Development:

• Conduct and or participate in interviews for new employee candidates.
• Assist with the onboarding of new employees.
• Supervise the on-site team’s training completions and expectations.

Team Collaboration and Communication:

• Assist manager with executing business operating system.
• Act as primary point of contact for support of Planning Yard Engineering and Design Teams in Maine.
• Work with HII, US Navy, NAVSEA, SSGC, BIW PMO, and BIW PY to provide waterfront support as needed.
• Host and attend musters daily with team and with leadership.

Continuous Improvement:

• Participate in GD BIW Operational Performance Improvement Plan (OPIP).
• Complete root cause analyses and A3 routinely to improve GD BIW PY.

Support team in following areas:

• Assignment of DDG 1000 PY design personnel to various on-site support, ship check, and design tasks.
• Review and approval of CFR & LAR responses developed by the DDG 1000 PY Design team.
• Development of scopes, estimates, manning requirements, and schedule coordination for DDG 1000. PY availability support, ship checks, and design work in the DDG 1000 PY MS office.
• Act as primary point of contact for distance support for DDG 1000 Planning Yard Engineering and Design in Maine.
• Act as primary point of contact for emergent waterfront issues.
• Act as primary point of contact for DDG 1000 PY ship check teams on assignment in MS.
• Work with the Navy, ship's force, and HII to coordinate ship checks performed at HII by DDG 1000 PY personnel.

Responsibilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of scheduling and budgeting processes required.
• Strong written and oral communication skills required.
• Strong computer skills required.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, rapid response environment required.
• Ability to coordinate and prioritize multiple competing assignments required.

Qualifications

• Previous supervisory or leadership experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with various engineering/design disciplines preferred.
• Knowledge of DDG 1000 Class ship and shipboard systems preferred.
• Knowledge of Navy standard items preferred.
• Knowledge of Planning Yard procedures preferred.

• This position requires you to be able to obtain a government security clearance. You must be a US Citizen for consideration and you must be able to obtain an interim security clearance within the first 45 days of hire. For more information regarding the security clearance process, please visit Investigations & Clearance Process (dcsa.mil)