What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Superintendent - Test Support Center position at General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works?
Job Description
The Assistant Superintendent, Test Support Center is a supervisory role leading the Test Support Center team that supports all new construction test and activation operations at BIW. Operating under the BIW Business Operating System (BOS), this position provides centralized support services to the Hull Test Managers and Trades executing the test program on their assigned hulls, oversees the lockout and tags-plus (LO/TP) program and LO/TP Coordinators, leads sea trial preparations and trials coordination in-port and at-sea, and ensures compliance with safety, quality, and performance standards within the Test Support Center team. Key responsibilities include but are not limited to managing the execution of:
- Test Procedure Compliance and Audit Program
- Test procedure library administration including maintenance and configuration management of test process documentation
- Test metrics and BOS Dashboard maintenance
- Test Center Administration and record retention
- LO/TP (aka, Red Tag) Program administration and oversight of LO/TP Coordinator team
- Launch and sea trial coordination and support
- Tracking of qualifications for test personnel and trial watch standers
- Trials Watchbill coordination
- CAM POC duties for OBS 1500 material accounts
- Root cause analysis and problem resolution
Required/Preferred Education/Training
- High School Diploma or GED required
- Graduate BIW Apprentice or PDP preferred
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; technical field strongly preferred
Required/Preferred Experience
Required:
- Minimum of 5 years production/shipyard/marine-related experience required
- Highly motivated, strong attention to detail, and with proven ability to work both independently and in a team environment required
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to work and communicate cross functionally and with all levels of customers inside and outside the Company required
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage conflict required
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environment
- Ability to lead test and activation teams in shipyard and shipboard at-sea environments
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite required
Preferred:
- Shipyard test and trials experience preferred
- Previous supervisory experience preferred
- Demonstrated understanding of shipbuilding processes preferred
- Proficiency with SharePoint and/or JIRA is preferred
- Solid understanding of BIW labor agreement and/or experience working with represented employees preferred
- Experience with Earned Value Management System preferred
- BIW Lockout and tags-plus (LO/TP) program experience preferred
- Marine or industrial experience with OSHA Control of Hazardous Energy processes preferred
