Human Resources Rep

Overview

The Workforce Development team supports workforce readiness by developing and maintaining skilled trades pipeline programs throughout CT, RI, and beyond!  Over the next several decades, Electric Boat (GD-EB) will be hiring thousands of tradesmen and tradeswomen and our new hire trades pipelines are an important first step along the training continuum.  Our pipelines work hand in hand with institutes of higher education to leverage industrial lab space and deploy innovative instructional techniques to help build our future workforce.  The Workforce Development team seeks to add a motivated and dynamic team member to help coordinate this program. Program strategy development and implementation includes:

• Working with local college partners to establish and maintain pipeline programs
• Total of 32 programs (CT, RI, Focus Factories)
• Working with operations and other departments to understand their training needs for pipelines
• Curriculum adjustments for pipeline programs
• Providing key metrics as needed to internal and external partners
• Communication with internal training organization

Tactical responsibilities include:

• Oversight of HR issues and safety reporting
• Maintenance of training schedule
• Maintenance of on-line new hire database
• Maintenance of competency report and assessment packaging in pipelines
• Delivery of short presentations to new training cohorts to provide guidance and set expectations regarding attendance, safety, behavior, etc.
• Administration of course evaluations to collect data on training programs
• Gathering and reporting of program data
• Proctoring of focus groups as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in education, social work, public administration, business, or similar
• Must have client facing experience with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to maintain a cordial relation with different departments of the organization for proper coordination and with partners
• Must have good interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Must be well organized and have detail oriented approach
• Proficient in the use of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Internet, copier, printers, scanner and telephone
• Ability and willingness to learn new systems, techniques and procedures
• Willingness to travel within driving distance up to 25% of the time and outside of New England as needed
• Internal candidates must be from organizations outside of Operations (Gildart/Gabriel).

Preferred:

• Knowledge of college systems, processes and practices
• Knowledge of occupations at Electric Boat
• Strategy role requires trade knowledge