Job Type
Full-time
Description
Job Summary:
- Ensures increasing levels of customer and team member satisfaction while improving the efficiency of
the shipyard operations, including quality, scheduling, labor, materials, and equipment.
Education And Experience
- 10 - 12 years of directly related manufacturing leadership experience required.
- Prior experience with NAVSEA standards and customer product expectations.
- Demonstrated success in deploying Lean Manufacturing principles and process improvement initiatives.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams, including General Foremen, Fabrication Supervisors, Quality,
Scheduling, and Engineering.
- Strong background in ISO9001, AS9100, NQA-1, or other quality management systems.
- Proven ability to develop and implement training plans and process standardization.
Requirements
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Communicate operational strategy to all levels of the organization
- Strong project planning and forward-looking execution (3–6 month minimum planning horizon).
- Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and production control infrastructures.
- High-level analytical, organizational, and multi-tasking capabilities.
- Ability to lead performance improvements in safety, quality, cost, and delivery.
- Outstanding interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Track record of employee development and team engagement.
- Detail-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Able to work cross-functionally in a high-performance manufacturing team.
Competencies
- Focus on reducing waste, improving efficiency, and ensuring on-time delivery.
- Ability to develop talent, instill accountability, and build high-performing teams.
- Committed to continuous improvement by driving initiatives that increase quality, reduce cost, and
eliminate inefficiencies.
- Effectively leads teams through change.
- Understanding of regulatory environments and adherence to safety/quality frameworks.
- Results Orientation and delivers measurable improvements in safety, quality, cost, and delivery.
Develops and implements optimal, cost-effective manufacturing processes and methods in accordance
with product specifications, quality standards and on time delivery.
Recommends and implements improvements to production processes, methods and controls. Implement
effective and efficient workflow in all areas of responsibility.
- Responsible for the operations of the organization in fabrication, machining, steel processing, finishing,
production, and on time delivery.
- Implement a fully functional and accurate supply chain management/production control infrastructure
utilizing the Company’s MRP/ERP system.
- Manages policy deployment in the areas of Lean Manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction,
complete and on-time delivery, customer satisfaction, visual controls and plant performance in support
of ISO9001:2015 measurables.
- Ensures compliance with company and regulatory standards for all areas of responsibility.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Travel Requirements
Physical Requirements
- May be required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel
regularly.
Work Environment
- Exposure is frequent to moving mechanical parts, airborne particles - eye protection is required, and
fumes, machine vibration, and noisy conditions, high temperatures, and occasional to a restricted
space work area. All Keel locations are tobacco free where appropriate.
