Project Manager, Systems Integration, Engineering

General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works•Brunswick, ME

7h•$65,900 - $83,500

About The Position

The Project Manager directly supports the Systems Integration (SI) Team within BIW Lead Yard Services (LYS), which serves as the Navy’s design agent for Surface Combatants. The SI Team oversees engineering changes and collaborates with other LYS entities to create engineering documentation and oversee detail design development for programs including DDG 51 New Construction and DDG(X) / BBGN. The team uses the Business Operating System to meet quality, schedule, and cost goals. Reporting directly to the Engineering Manager of SI, the Project Manager provides oversight of product quality, the change process, and real-time status and work tracking. The role includes final quality assurance of SI engineering products and technical data package inputs, development and tracking of quality metrics, and delivery of annual quality training. The Project Manager also serves as an SI process owner and author, leads the overhaul of SI change-processing procedures to align with CM2 workflows and model-based systems engineering, and consolidates team status and work tracking into reports and presentation materials. The position collaborates on reporting automation and its evolution alongside MBSE, CM2, PLM, and ERP adoption. The role provides process leadership and guidance, coordinates changes across functional organizations, supports continuous improvement, and fosters collaboration across engineering, design, program office, and operations. It also maintains professional relationships with U.S. Navy stakeholders and supports business development. Occasional travel for conferences, training, and Navy meetings is required. Occasional weekend overtime supervision coverage will be required. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain an interim security clearance within the first 45 days of hire.

Requirements

Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with all levels of the company and customers.
Excellent organizational and planning skills.
Proven leadership skills.
Ability to foster a constructive and motivated work environment based on teaming.
Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, rapid-response technical environment.
Ability to read, interpret, and follow procedures, standards, and work instructions.
Innovative leadership qualities, problem-solving capabilities, and a strong passion for employee development.
High-level proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to obtain a government security clearance; must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain an interim security clearance within the first 45 days of hire.
Occasional weekend overtime supervision coverage is required.
Occasional travel may be required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science degree desired.
Working knowledge and understanding of LYS, the Engineering Change Process, Configuration Management, and CCBL.
Familiarity with ship specifications as related to design requirements.
Working knowledge of the BMDA collective bargaining agreement.
Working experience with Earned Value Management.

Responsibilities

Champion and enforce BIW safety policies and procedures, promote proactive safety awareness and accountability, and ensure safe workplace conditions and compliance with government and company safety standards.
Perform final quality assurance of SI engineering products and technical data package inputs from Lockheed Martin and C4I.
Define and track quality metrics and develop and deliver annual quality training to the SI Team.
Apply administrative and formatting requirements for SI products and manage organization and configuration of CCBL products, data codes, and elements.
Own and author SI procedures, collaborating with Configuration Management and Program Office entities on procedure inputs.
Lead the overhaul of SI change-processing procedures into a CM2 hierarchy and workflow aligned with the team’s MBSE philosophy and software, and support further evolution with PLM and ERP adoption.
Consolidate daily and weekly status and work tracking across supervisors and project leads, and develop and publish reports and slide deck inputs.
Collaborate with the Software Dev Project Engineer to develop and automate reporting where possible and evolve reporting as systems and workflows change.
Coordinate and facilitate process changes across functional organizations when they affect deliverables or customer processes.
Provide process leadership and guidance for day-to-day operations and long-term initiatives and milestones.
Foster collaboration among engineering, design, program office, operations, and other groups.
Participate in or lead meaningful business process improvements.
Maintain professional relationships with U.S. Navy stakeholders, including NAVSEA PMS 400 and NAVSEA, and support business development and growth opportunities for BIW Design Services.
Follow the BIW Business Operating System and use tools such as root cause analysis (A3s) and Kaizen events to improve the team.
Maintain the Viz board and use dashboard metrics to identify problem areas and develop mitigation plans.
Identify and eliminate non-value-added activities and lead implementation of process improvements.
Participate in occasional MBSE/CM2 conferences and training and Navy meetings.
Provide occasional weekend overtime supervision coverage.