Supervisor, Electrical Design

Safety Leadership

• Promotes a culture of proactive safety awareness and accountability across the team.
• Ensures safe workplace conditions and compliance with company safety standards.
• Maintains regular communications with staff as it relates to ergonomic and Shipyard safety.

Program Execution

• Leading daily operations of the Electrical Design team and ensuring all tasks are executed to established schedule, budget, and quality standards.
• Providing process and technical guidance to designers and supporting continuous improvement in workflows and cross-team communication.

Operational Management

• Conducting regular performance feedback, coaching, documentation, and development planning, including mitigation of single-point failures.
• Evaluating workload requirements and establishing staffing levels necessary to complete assigned work.
• Reporting progress and status at various management-level meetings.
• Providing project performance metrics, including cost and schedule indicators.
• Providing on-call weekend coverage on a rotational basis.

Team Collaboration and Communication

• Coordinating work with Engineering, Planning, Production, and other design disciplines to support program objectives.
• Administering the BIW/BMDA contract, including coordinating staffing plans and shift coverage in alignment with contract requirements.

Continuous Improvement

• Champions BOS principles and productivity enhancements across the team.
• Leverages A3 root cause analysis and associated corrective action plans for identified design issues.
• Ensures accurate timekeeping, charging, and adherence to standard work processes.

Qualifications

• BS or AS degree in Electrical Design, Engineering, or a related field, and a minimum of 3 years of experience in an Engineering, Design, or Manufacturing leadership role.
• Graduation from the BIW Apprenticeship Program and a minimum of 3 years of experience in an Engineering, Design, or Manufacturing leadership role.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in an Engineering, Design, or Manufacturing leadership role.
• Solid understanding of shipbuilding processes (preferred).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (required).
• Ability to read, interpret, and follow drawings, models, procedures, standards, and work instructions (required).
• Strong leadership qualities, problem-solving skills, and a commitment to employee development (required).
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities (required).
• Ability to provide responsive and appropriate feedback to customers and management requests for information (required).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (required).
• Demonstrated leadership experience with increasing responsibility in a team environment (required).
• Ability to obtain a security clearance if required.
• Strong people-management skills (required).
• Experience supervising represented employees and applying collective bargaining agreements in daily operations (preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to build productive relationships with union leadership while maintaining performance and attendance standards (preferred).
• Familiarity with project performance metrics, including cost and schedule indicators (preferred).