COLUMBIA S1B Ship Design Program Representative

General Dynamics Electric Boat; New London (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT is seeking a Program Manager for the COLUMBIA S1B design program. You will coordinate with NNL, NAVSEA, and contract leads to maintain schedule, budget, and scope while upholding safety and quality standards.

The role involves managing funding, planning, and reporting processes, including Earned Value metrics, and may require occasional travel to support program reviews and customer interactions.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret Clearance OR ability to obtain and maintain clearance.
• Two years of relevant program management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering/technical, finance or management field.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the COLUMBIA S1B design program and manage budgets and schedules.
• Coordinate with NNL, NAVSEA, and contract leads to support program objectives.
• Prepare reports and presentations for reviews and customer interactions.
• Review statements of work for PO compliance.
• Drive schedules and issue resolution for emergent design issues.

Skills

Self-starter

Planning

Program management

Communication

Data reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree (engineering/technical, finance, or management)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

The COLUMBIA Program is Electric Boat's most important program and the successful candidate can be part of the team that leads it! The COLUMBIA S1B Program needs exceptional people that can drive design and engineering to be focused on cost and schedule while maintaining a safe, quality focused program management environment.

In the S1B Program Office, the successful candidate will be responsible for management oversight of the COLUMBIA S1B Design Program. The successful candidates will communicate with contract leads, technical leads, engineering disciplines, design supervision, program finance, purchasing leads, Naval Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and NAVSEA as needed to support and manage selected aspects of the program. This may include managing program funding, oversight of annual program work planning and estimate processes, oversight of technical work, management of the program schedule, and coordinating responses to emergent design issues. These roles require an understanding of government contracts, project management, and Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics. Frequent communication with NNL and NAVSEA stakeholders and program management is required.

Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• S1B Design Program Office POC for tactical PO 145185 administration and performance
• Understand and make key decisions to manage schedules, programmatic budgets, priority, need dates, and drive engineering/design to issue technical products on time and under budget
• Manage/coordinate responses to emergent program specific design issues and drive the team to a timely solution
• Frequent communication with NNL and NAVSEA stakeholders and program management
• Review of engineering statements of work for purchase order compliance
• Work with Construction Span Reduction Stakeholders to facilitate PO 145185 source of funding authorizations when applicable
• Work with Planning to manage the program Artemis schedule together with Finance
• Coordinate and manage the program manpower plan with Finance
• Prepare reports and presentations for Program Reviews and other customer interactions
• Some travel may be required

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering/technical, Finance or Management field
• Active DOD Secret Clearance OR the ability to obtain and maintain clearance
• Two years of relevant program management experience

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Detailed knowledge and experience working with Government contracts
• Strong background and experience working with both technical and business departments such as Engineering, Legal, Purchasing, Contracts, Finance, and Materials Management
• EB program, commercial and or Government component development contract experience or similar external experience

Skills

• Self-starter capable of prioritizing work and managing time with limited supervision
• Exhibit strong planning, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communications skills
• Manage multiple small projects simultaneously
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products
• Ability to manage data and create reports from various data systems
• Ability to communicate across multiple EB organizations and stakeholders
• Working knowledge of manpower schedules, phasing files, and EVM metrics