Columbia S1B Ship Design Program Rep, Senior/Specialist/Principal

About the role

The COLUMBIA S1B Program is Electric Boat's most important program. The successful candidate will be part of the team that leads design and engineering efforts focused on cost and schedule while maintaining a safe, quality-focused program management environment. In the S1B Program Office, you will provide management oversight of the COLUMBIA S1B Design Program lead ship and follow ship contract.

This role requires communication with contract leads, technical leads, engineering disciplines, design supervision, program finance, purchasing leads, Naval Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), and NAVSEA to support and manage selected aspects of the program. Responsibilities include managing program funding, oversight of annual program work planning and estimate processes, oversight of technical work, management of the program schedule, and coordinating responses to emergent design issues. Frequent communication with NNL and NAVSEA stakeholders and program management is required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the S1B Design Program Office POC for tactical PO 145185 administration and performance.
• Make key decisions to manage schedules, programmatic budgets, priorities, need dates, and drive engineering/design to issue technical products on time and under budget.
• Manage and coordinate responses to emergent program-specific design issues and drive the team to timely solutions.
• Frequent communication with NNL and NAVSEA stakeholders and program management.
• Mentor junior personnel.
• Develop and implement process/procedure improvements.
• Review engineering statements of work for purchase order compliance.
• Work with Construction Span Reduction Stakeholders to facilitate PO 145185 source of funding authorizations when applicable.
• Work with Planning to manage the program Artemis schedule together with Finance.
• Coordinate and manage the program manpower plan with Finance.
• Prepare reports and presentations for Program Reviews and other customer interactions.
• Some travel may be required.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Five years of relevant experience related to program and/or project management.
• Active DOD Secret Clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, or business (preferred).
• Six or more years of relevant supervision, program management, or military experience (preferred).
• Program/Project management experience.
• Detailed knowledge and experience working with Government and/or Commercial contracts.
• Strong background and experience working with both technical and business departments such as Engineering, Legal, Purchasing, Contracts, Finance, and Materials Management.
• EB program, commercial, and/or Government component development contract experience or similar external experience.

Skills

• Self-starter capable of prioritizing work and managing time with limited supervision.
• Strong planning, problem-solving, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple small projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to manage data and create reports from various data systems.
• Ability to communicate across multiple EB organizations and stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of manpower schedules, phasing files, and EVM metrics.