Lead Mechanic Supervisor - Structural Shop (Job ID: 1566)

Colonna's Shipyard•Norfolk, VA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Colonna's Shipyard is seeking a Lead Mechanic Supervisor to oversee the Structural Shop in Norfolk, Virginia. The role supports management by training and assigning semi-skilled and skilled trades personnel according to their abilities, experience, and job knowledge to support production goals in ship repair and industrial fabrication operations. The position is onsite and may require hours beyond a standard work week, a flexible schedule, and occasional travel. The Lead Mechanic Supervisor performs skilled trade work and supports day-to-day production activities, helping ensure assigned employees have the tools, equipment, and procedures needed to work safely and efficiently. The role translates production requirements into practical work plans and monitors job sites to help achieve safety, quality, cost, and schedule goals. Responsibilities also include reviewing project specifications, supporting material requisitions, producing reports, coordinating tools and resources, supporting quality inspections, and providing project updates to management. The role requires advanced hands-on structural and fitting skills, the ability to interpret technical specifications and drawings, and the physical ability to perform work in shipyard and shipboard environments, including confined spaces and areas with challenging conditions. The position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to access government facilities and obtain and maintain DBIDS and a Green Badge.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, completion of a registered apprenticeship, or a high school education plus at least 6 years of related experience in the trade being supervised.
Ability to understand job specifications, drawings, and related technical references.
Advanced knowledge of fabricating and installing brackets, angle stiffeners, alignment, collars, liners, doublers, distortion prevention and correction, targeting, scribing, edge preparations, rat holes, scallops, welding root and cap passes, back gauge (air arc), tack welding, and torch cutting.
Advanced hands-on experience with flared, flareless, and compression fittings; taper-thread joints; flanged joints; slip-on welded sleeve joints; socket welded joints; and butt welded joints.
Experience with carbon steel, stainless steel, copper, copper-nickel, aluminum, and thermoplastic.
Training in NAVSEA Standard Items applicable to the fitter trade and advanced understanding of bevels, types of backing rings, consumable inserts (E/B rings), open roots, saddles, miters, and tolerances.
Ability to comprehend blueprints, sketches, and templates and calculate and understand units of measure, including fractions and decimals.
Self-motivated, able to complete responsibilities with minimal direction, and able to maintain regular, reliable attendance.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must be able to access government facilities and obtain and maintain DBIDS and a Green Badge.
Must be able to lift, carry, and transport equipment and boxes weighing at least 20 pounds; the exact requirements depend on the specific job.
Must be physically agile enough to perform tasks aboard naval ships and able to work and climb on ladders, work in extreme temperatures, shipyards, aboard ships, industrial conditions, and confined spaces, including entering and moving through manholes.
Must be able to work in areas with high heat, humidity, noise, dirty conditions, inadequate ventilation, and at heights or over vessel sides; may ride ships at sea for extended periods.
Frequent use of a respirator; protective clothing and face shields or goggles must be worn when welding, cutting, or working with molten metal.
Must be able to perform frequent standing, walking, sitting, handling or feeling, and speaking and hearing, as well as occasional reaching, climbing, balancing, stooping, squatting, kneeling, twisting, and crawling.

Nice To Haves

Supervisory experience in commercial and government ship repair.

Responsibilities

Perform routine and non-routine production duties in support of operational goals and company procedures and policies.
Perform skilled trade tasks in maintenance, repair, installation and removal, and new construction for ship repair and industrial fabrication operations.
Support management with daily production activities and ensure assigned crew members have necessary tools, equipment, and work procedures.
May assist with timekeeping validation, training, performance management, coaching, counseling, and supervision of assigned crew members.
Translate production requirements into practical action plans that support safety, quality, cost, and schedule goals, and monitor job sites.
Recommend items for the Plan of the Day for assigned projects and use assigned resources to meet project requirements efficiently.
Evaluate job sites and work environments before work begins to help ensure safe setups and efficient work evolutions.
Understand and comply with technical job requirements, contract requirements, drawings, procedures, and work instructions.
Review project specifications and statements of work and support preparation of material requisitions in accordance with contract requirements and references.
Generate and submit production reports, including condition and surveillance reports, operational briefs, and quality-check records, in accordance with technical and customer reporting requirements.
Support appropriate mobilization and demobilization of project tools and resources and report damaged or lost equipment.
Initiate quality-assurance or customer call-outs and attend or execute TIP inspections.
Provide backup or coverage for the supervisor as needed.
Provide management and project teams with input on schedules, progress, and ETC/EAC updates for assigned projects.
Operate trucks, forklifts, and man-lifts as required.