• This position reports to the Planning Yard Design Manager, acting as a technical and project liaison.
• As the liaison for the Manager, this role is responsible to ensure information exchange with stakeholders occurs in order to execute assigned work.
• Responsible for maintaining an integrated schedule for multiple projects.
• Performs root cause analysis and associated corrective action plans for identified design issues.
• Interfaces daily with internal and external customers.
• Holding regular meetings to ensure that everything is going according to time and budget restrictions.
• Responsible for preparing, scheduling, coordinating and monitoring the assigned engineering projects.
• Responsible for monitoring compliance to applicable procedures, practices, quality assurance policies, information technology policies, performance standards and specifications.
• Interacting daily with the design floor to interpret their needs and requirements.
• Perform overall quality control of the work (budget, schedule, plans, and personnel’s performance) and report regularly on project status.
• Assign responsibilities and mentor project team.
• Organize the deployment of new software, ensuring to adhere to testing requirements; and providing follow-on training.

Required:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in technical, business field or a BIW graduate apprentice (manufacturing or design), or 6 years of job related experience.
• Intermediate to advanced level in Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Access and Outlook).

Preferred:

• AutoCAD training/experience.
• LEAN SIX Sigma training.
• Agile/SCRUM experience
• Programming experience.
• Microsoft Project experience.

Required:

• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal & written) at all levels of the company and customers.
• Passion looking for ways to improve individual and/or company performance.
• Excellent organizational, time management and planning skills.
• Ability to work projects involving all design disciplines.
• Project management and supervision skills.
• Decision making ability and leadership skills.
• Proven ability to foster a constructive and motivated work environment based on teaming.
• Proven ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced, rapid response technical environment.

Preferred:

• Familiar with ship specifications as related to design requirements.
• Working knowledge of the BMDA collective bargaining agreement.
• Working experience with Earned Value Management.
• Software Tool development experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Working with end users and developers to create software requirements.
  • Experience developing test procedures and training material from software requirements.