Shipyard Optimization Manager

About the Role

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Shipyard Optimization Manager to serve as a technical authority for shipyard build strategy, facility architecture, manufacturing engineering, operational flow, and automation integration. This is a senior, architect-level SME role responsible for supporting the definition of how ships are built and ensuring that facilities, equipment, automation, and operations are structurally aligned to a throughput-driven production system. This role ensures that facility design is driven by production logic rather than forcing build strategy to adapt to fixed infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define shipyard build strategies by vessel class, including panel lines, sub-assembly, and block assembly requirements, and pre-outfitting depth
• Serve as a reviewer of facility layouts and spatial design
• Integrate manufacturing engineering principles into facility and process design
• Define and validate automation opportunities that create structural advantage
• Advise on major equipment and crane selection strategies
• Translate technical trade-offs into clear decision frameworks for leadership

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience across shipyard facilities, manufacturing engineering, and operations
• Demonstrated experience designing or transforming shipyard facilities
• Deep familiarity with block construction, heavy lift operations, and material flow

Qualifications

• Greenfield shipyard or major brownfield re-architecture projects
• Experience in high-throughput global shipyards or equivalent heavy industry
• Involvement in automated panel lines and block assembly halls

Benefits

• Medical Insurance: Comprehensive health insurance plans covering a range of services
• Dental and Vision Insurance: Coverage for routine dental check-ups, orthodontics, and vision care
• Saronic pays 100% of the premium for employees and 80% for dependents
• Time Off: Generous PTO and Holidays
• Parental Leave: Paid maternity and paternity leave to support new parents
• Retirement Plan: 401(k) plan
• Stock Options: Equity options to give employees a stake in the company’s success
• Life and Disability Insurance: Basic life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
• Additional Perks: Free lunch benefit and unlimited free drinks and snacks in the office

Competitive salary with opportunities for performance-based bonuses.

Eligibility

If this role is based in the United States, it requires access to export-controlled information or items that require “U.S. Person” status. As defined by U.S. law, individuals who are any one of the following are considered to be a “U.S. Person”: (1) U.S. citizens, (2) legal permanent residents (a.k.a. green card holders), and (3) certain protected classes of asylees and refugees, as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).