Operations Supervisor Pipe Welding chez General Dynamics Electric Boat

Overview:

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 in key to success for the selected candidate.  The 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 Pipewelders in the performance of Purging, welding and inspecting Pipe Joints on board 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 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/GED 
• 3+ years of trade, manufacturing and/or military experience
• Pipefitting or welding experience

Preferred:

• BS in Engineering 
• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of management tools (i.e., MRP, Artemis, EWP or other EB specific tools) 
• Knowledge of Pipe Welding, particularly in welding with consumable inserts 

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 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 clam 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, Pipe Welding, 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 Postuler maintenant