Manager Engineering & Planning, Facilities

Bath Iron Works • Bath, ME

4h

About The Position

Oversee Facilities Mechanical, Rollingstock, and Carpentry Maintenance Operations at all Facilities. Provide leadership to Planners and Engineers, to ensure they are properly trained to efficiently perform their tasks and maintain a safe working environment. Work with various functional areas in evaluating existing processes and identifying process improvement opportunities to drive business results (i.e. cost reductions, operational efficiencies, adequate controls). Ensure employees in functional areas follow established procedures and generate finished work products on schedule and within budgetary constraints while ensuring customer expectations are met. Administer Collective Bargaining Agreement, working with the representatives of BMDA. Ensure all work performed is done in compliance with local state and federal regulatory guidelines. Implement the manning resource plan in accordance with the operational plans for direct, capital, and indirect funding.

Requirements

• High School Diploma required.
• BA of Engineering discipline in related field required.
• Required knowledge of LLTF & Drydock Certification requirements and process.
• Minimum of 15 years Shipyard or Facilities experience preferred.
• Knowledge of Facilities Division work processes/operations and administration required.
• Must have the flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment under pressure of changing and often conflicting priorities.
• Ability to execute multiple simultaneous projects.
• Strong research skills with the ability to organize, plan, and execute complex projects.
• Self-motivation and strong ability to contribute to a team environment.
• Overall knowledge of processes and procedures.
• Must be competent in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project, Access, MAXIMO, WFM etc.
• Demonstrated experience working with all levels of a Company.
• Strong written and oral communication skills are required.
• Demonstrated effective communication with union employees.
• Supervisory experience with multiple trades required.
• Must have knowledge of Complex Machinery, Cranes, Conveyance, Electrical, Carpentry, and Piping.
• Knowledge of Blasting and Paint to include maintenance and repair of all equipment.
• Experience troubleshooting machinery & equipment in production environment.

Responsibilities

• Safety Leadership: Enforce safety policies and procedures, with a focus on housekeeping and personal safety. Lead initiatives to enhance workplace safety and foster a culture on continuous improvement. Ensure team members complete all safety training assigned. Ensure Jobs on task have been properly vetted with the appropriate level Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) highlighting the work hazards identified the assigned safety envelope. Ensure assigned crews are following House-Keeping Best Practices at their assigned job sites. Enforce BIW’s PPE requirements.
• Project Execution: Prioritize trade’s work to ensure the Plan of the Week (POW) projects are aligned with Production’s critical path activities, and to ensure the crews are working on the right job at the right time. Track the status of crew workload(s) involving Critical Equipment assets to monitor and reduce Out-Of-Service (OOS) time to minimize impacts to cost, schedule, budget, etc. Track the status of assigned Preventative Maintenance (PM) workloads and work order’s completion status to enable intervention for planned downtime (and reduce unplanned outages). Responsible for maintaining and auditing all cost data for accuracy and data integrity for assigned area(s) of responsibility. Coordinate with Production Department leaders to facilitate job scheduling and track jobs to completion. Work with assigned Trade Planners to develop the POW and ensure job(s) are scheduled to resource capacity. Lead in critical equipment root-cause analysis with Reliability and Facilities Engineers (including the Safety Department, and Environmental team(s), as appropriate).
• Program Controls Management: Manage the overall Development and performance monitoring of the Plan of the Week. Participate in efforts to improve Program Controls departmental efficiency and optimization. Set appropriate team expectations for completion of goals. Ensure accountability of task and goal completion. Support Facilities Department metric(s) and established goals.
• Training and Development: Drive training programs to ensure trade mechanics are trained for the tasks assigned. Ensure Procedures and Process Controls are well-documented and communicated to the personnel charged with executing the tasks
• Team Collaboration and Communication: Work cross-departmentally with multiple functions/organizations in effort to achieve Production goals. Collaborate with Project and Functional Managers to mitigate project/job execution delays. Partner with Facilities Engineering and Planning group to identify efficiency, cost savings, and reliability opportunities to minimize equipment downtime and mitigate interruptions to Production.
• Continuous Improvement: Participate in Business Operating System (BOS) principles and productivity enhancements. Focus on critical equipment reliability opportunities. Focus on the quality of trade’s workmanship to ensure quality standards. Incorporate the Plan-Do-Check-Act model to ensure sustainment of the improvements established.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED