COLUMBIA Construction Engineering Module Lead

General Dynamics Electric Boat•Groton, CT

8d•Onsite

About The Position

General Dynamics Electric Boat is seeking motivated engineers to serve as Module Leads for SSBN 826 construction. This role is a unique and challenging opportunity for individual contributors to be the primary technical point of contact to the construction team for a specific module. Module Leads act as the engineering liaison to the trades, identifying liabilities, coordinating support for resolutions, providing engineering status updates, advocating for minimal construction schedule impact, and prioritizing engineering resolutions. They will become well-versed in shipyard policies and procedures to provide technical guidance throughout the construction process, expedite corrective actions, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to identify risks and communicate the engineering path forward. This position offers the chance to work on a first-of-its-kind build and contribute directly to the ship's progression through final assembly, outfitting, testing, and delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering
0-5 years post-graduate experience
Ability to obtain a DOD Secret security clearance or higher is required
Strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
Must be highly motivated and be able to perform independently, as well as interact with other groups and organizations in a collaborative team environment.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Teamcenter and Columbia Class design
CR/CN experience and familiarity with change management processes
Knowledge of the shipyard organizational structure and processes

Responsibilities

Providing engineering oversight to emergent shipyard issues that arise during construction and communicate Engineering assessments with Shipyard and Trade Management.
Support trades daily in navigating the disclosures and work packages, as well as understanding the build sequence.
Ensuring drawing revisions and change notices that support construction activities are being prioritized and worked by both construction support and cognizant engineering teams.
Attending all production meetings (daily startup, plan of the day, shift turnover), providing status of holdups, and driving completion of actions supporting construction such as work package development, material procurement, and provision of engineering direction.
Working in a project capacity to communicate the risks for the project and provide a technical discussion of emerging issues to facilitate integration of Engineering with the shipyard.
Conducting multidisciplinary engineering evaluations to support all manufacturing and construction needs.
Support testing, certification events and government certification meetings.