Hands-On Field Operations Leader - Shipyard

South Bay Sand Blasting & Tank Cleaning; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

South Bay Sand Blasting & Tank Cleaning, Inc. is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to oversee day-to-day production, manpower planning, scheduling, logistics, and field operations across ship repair projects in Washington state.

The role requires strong leadership, problem-solving, and the ability to coordinate with QA, Safety, Purchasing, and management teams. The successful candidate will manage field crews, maintain daily manpower plans, monitor productivity, and ensure safe,

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in ship repair or similar production environment preferred.
• Experience with Tank Cleaning, Preservation, and Non-Skid operations strongly preferred.
• Experience supervising multiple crews, supervisors, or projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day production and operational activities.
• Oversee Production Superintendents, Foremen, Leads, and field personnel as assigned.
• Develop and maintain daily and weekly manpower plans based on workload and project priorities.
• Coordinate staffing between projects to maximize labor utilization and minimize overtime or downtime.
• Review production schedules and ensure crews understand daily priorities and expectations.
• Monitor project progress, productivity, manpower, and schedule performance.
• Identify potential delays, manpower shortages, material issues, or operational conflicts before they impact production.
• Coordinate with Purchasing and warehouse personnel to ensure materials, tools, consumables, and equipment are available when required.
• Coordinate equipment, vehicle, and logistical needs for field operations.
• Conduct regular field visits and verify work is progressing safely and efficiently.
• Maintain accountability of supervisors and production leadership.
• Support development of recovery plans when projects fall behind schedule.
• Assist with estimating manpower and resource requirements for upcoming work.
• Coordinate with QA to ensure inspections, checkpoints, reports, and documentation are completed without unnecessary production delays.
• Coordinate with EHS to ensure operations are conducted safely and company safety requirements are followed.
• Participate in project planning, kickoff, and coordination meetings.
• Maintain effective communication with customers, shipyard representatives, subcontractors, and internal management.
• Assist in resolving field conflicts and operational issues.
• Review daily production reports, manpower reports, and project status information.
• Help ensure labor hours and resources are allocated correctly to projects.
• Assist with employee performance management, coaching, discipline, and development.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and training of production personnel.
• Enforce company policies, procedures, and standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, organization, communication, and operational efficiency.
• Provide regular operational updates to the General Manager.
• Assume additional operational responsibilities as required.

Skills

Manpower planning

Scheduling

Field operations

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Job description

South Bay Sand Blasting & Tank Cleaning, Inc. is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to oversee day-to-day production, manpower planning, scheduling, logistics, and field operations across ship repair projects in Washington state.

The role requires strong leadership, problem-solving, and the ability to coordinate with QA, Safety, Purchasing, and management teams. The successful candidate will manage field crews, maintain daily manpower plans, monitor productivity, and ensure safe,