What are the responsibilities and job description for the Steel Trades Operations Supervisor CLB - 3rd Shift position at General Dynamics Electric Boat?
Overview
3rd Shift Opening:
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
Qualifications
Required:
- High School Diploma or GED
- 3 years of relevant steel trades experience
Preferred:
- BS in Engineering
- Knowledge of management tools (i.e., MRP, Artemis, EWP or other EB specific tools) is desired
Skills
- 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
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, Wet