Operations Supervisor Pipe Welding

Job ID Number
2025-14968
Groton, CT, US
Category
General Management
Employment Type
Full Time
Business Unit
Electric Boat

Responsibilities for this Position


Operations Supervisor Pipe Welding

US-CT-Groton

Job ID: 2025-14968
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 2
Category: Management
EB Groton Shipyard

Overview

The successfulcandidate must provide technical assistance and overall direction to a team of hourly representative employees. Core to this position is thesuccessful performance of the team's Safety, Quality, Cost, schedule and Continuous Improvement. Effective communication, leadership, creating a positive teamenvironment with employees and peers in key to success for the selected candidate. Theposition of Operations Supervisor provides a platform to gain a workingknowledge of various manufacturingenvironments 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 toschedules 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


Responsibilities

  • 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



Qualifications

Required:

  • High SchoolDiploma/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




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