Manager, Programs at General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works

Brunswick, Maine, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

15 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

15 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Program Management, Leadership, Engineering, Design, Procurement, Operations, Communication, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, Budget Management, Safety Compliance, Quality Assurance, Schedule Management, Technical Documentation, Team Collaboration, Customer Engagement, US Navy Experience

Industry

Shipbuilding

Description

Job Description The DDG(X) Program Manager reports to the Director, Strategic Development and is responsible for successfully executing all aspects of BIW’s DDG(X) Shipbuilder Design Engineering Contract through leadership of BIW’s DDG(X) team. The DDG(X) Program Manager: Provides programmatic leadership and oversight for the DDG(X) Program and ensures high levels of quality, schedule, and budget performance for all BIW DDG(X) activities. Drives rapid resolution of emergent internal and external customer issues, including but not limited to interpretation and resolution of programmatic issues, contractual matters, or cross departmental issues Serves as the primary interface with the Navy, HII, Gibbs&Cox and other members of the collaborative Navy /Industry DDG(X) design team at Program leadership level Working with Engineering, Design, Planning, Procurement, and Operations, ensures successful development of an executable DDG(X) technical solution and program approach. Frequent travel is required (typically monthly). Key Responsibilities Operating under the BIW Business Operating System (BOS), the DDG(X) Program Manager ensures achievement of BIW’s safety, quality, schedule, cost, and people objectives for the DDG(X). Safety Ensures the safety of BIW’s DDG(X) team during program execution. Ensures the future safety of the builders of DDG(X) is incorporated into the design and planning of DDG(X). Quality Ensures all DDG(X) deliverables meet BIW high standards. Ensures implementation and execution of the BIW BOS across BIW DDG(X) activities. Ensures strict compliance with Export Compliance (ITAR/EAR) and DoD/BIW Security requirements. Drives Design-to-Build approach into DDG(X) design effort. Schedule Ensures on-schedule execution of all DDG(X) Shipbuilder Design Engineering Contract tasking. Ensures all DDG(X) deliverables submitted on time. Cost Ensures execution of all DDG(X) Shipbuilder Design Engineering Contract tasking within approved budgets. Drives growth of growth BIW DDG(X) workscope and sales. People Leads customer engagement to demonstrate the commitment and value BIW brings to the DDG(X) program and promotes collaboration across the Navy/Industry team. Effectively manages the BIW/HII relationship to promote open collaboration and teaming. Required/Preferred Education/Training Bachelor’s Degree required. Engineering degree in related technical field strongly preferred. Required/Preferred Experience 10+ years of experience working directly with naval ship engineering and design development, contracts, and budgets required. 10+ years project management related experience preferred. Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams required. Proven experience leading matrixed engineering project teams strong preferred. Ability to professionally represent BIW at Program-level meetings required. Strong oral and written communication skills consistent with the overall Program Management role are required. Must be able to develop and deliver senior management level presentations. Must be well organized and capable of producing high quality correspondence and documentation. Must have strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills. Must have working knowledge contract and budget management. Ability to understand DoD Budget process and documents. Must be able to read, understand and interpret drawings, technical, financial, and contractual documentation. Early stage USN surface combatant design project experience strongly preferred. Experience managing early-stage ship design efforts strongly preferred. Prior US Navy operational experience preferred. Strong general computer skills, including competence with Microsoft Office Suite, Intranet and data systems, and web-based data management tools required. Ability to work independently on complex systems and issues. Ability to maintain a positive working relationship with customer counterparts and representatives, while promoting the same with subordinates. Ability to work multiple priorities and be flexible. Must currently hold, or be able to obtain, SECRET Clearance. This position requires you to be able to obtain a government security clearance. You must be a a U.S. 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)

Responsibilities

The DDG(X) Program Manager is responsible for executing all aspects of the DDG(X) Shipbuilder Design Engineering Contract, ensuring quality, schedule, and budget performance. They also drive resolution of customer issues and collaborate with various departments to develop technical solutions.