Columbia Class Certification Readiness Lead

General Dynamics Electric Boat; New London (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT is seeking a Program Representative to lead readiness and certification activities for the COLUMBIA Class. You will coordinate certification efforts across EB and government teams, focusing on test events and end-state readiness while balancing schedule, cost, and quality.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in Navy/EB/government contracting environments, with strong communication, problem solving, and cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 5+ years of Navy, EB and/or government contractor experience in Planning, Test, Quality, Engineering, Program Office and/or design.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned functional areas with certification readiness, execution, and delivery of COLUMBIA Class Submarines from the Groton Shipyard.
• Support the group’s daily oversight and programmatic management of COLUMBIA Class certification.
• Provide EB and government programmatic teams support of certification, guiding cognizant EB experts to resolve emergent issues in a time-critical environment.
• Provide status to be summarized by leadership to support weekly/daily reports of issues and actions to COLUMBIA Program Management.
• Support development of metrics, summaries, and other content for management level out briefs to EB management and customers.

Skills

Adaptability

Problem solving

Risk management

Communication

Customer relations

Team motivation

Process improvement

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerBI

Teamcenter

Microsoft Office

Job description

General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT is seeking a Program Representative to lead readiness and certification activities for the COLUMBIA Class. You will coordinate certification efforts across EB and government teams, focusing on test events and end-state readiness while balancing schedule, cost, and quality.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in Navy/EB/government contracting environments, with strong communication, problem solving, and cross-functional leadership.