Program Supervisor - Certification

About the Role

The COLUMBIA Class is the Nation’s top strategic defense priority. This position provides focused program management of Electric Boat’s readiness to execute CLB certification, from test key events through end-game Big C events. The supervisor will lead a team of program representatives, ensuring strategic and tactical problem-solving while maintaining a strong focus on leadership and workforce development. The role involves collaboration to address complex programmatic challenges in design, construction, operations, inspection, testing, and engineering, ensuring successful certification readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead all functional areas in certification readiness, execution, and delivery of COLUMBIA Class Submarines from the Groton Shipyard, driving technical requirements through certification business systems.
• Provide daily oversight and programmatic management of COLUMBIA Class certification.
• Prioritize support from EB and government technical, execution, and programmatic teams for certification, resolving emergent issues in a time-critical environment.
• Support weekly and daily reporting of issues and actions to COLUMBIA Program Management.
• Deliver management-level out briefs to EB leadership and customers (SOSG, PMS 397, RPCO, NNL, NRRO, and NR), including metrics creation.
• Continuously measure functional area performance against key objectives and initiate corrective actions as needed.
• Balance multiple competing priorities while maintaining focus on quality, schedule, and cost performance requirements.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience at Electric Boat and/or Navy experience in one or more of the following areas: design/engineering, quality, ship’s management, operations, inspection, test, and/or program office.
• Bachelor’s degree (Bachelor of Science in Engineering or higher preferred).
• Experience as a member or leader of a team that executed at least one certification.
• Teamcenter experience.

Skills

• Understanding of business systems supporting certifications, including technical requirements implemented in those systems.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing schedules and priorities.
• Proven problem-solving skills to resolve complex issues with innovative thinking.
• Ability to identify and manage risks and opportunities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for all levels of EB and customers.
• Ability to develop and instill trust in others while maintaining effective customer relations.
• Experience motivating teams to seek improvements, change, or develop new processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft products suite and PowerBI.
• Commitment to employee development, process improvement, and knowledge capture/transfer, including metrics creation and use.