Manufacturing Technicians

General Dynamics Electric Boat; Bremerton (WA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat is seeking Manufacturing Technicians for the Offsite M&M Office in Puget. The role involves submarine shipboard and manufacturing work supporting new construction and maintenance in shipyard and shop settings.

Candidates should have one or more trades and be able to travel to US shipyards, including extended assignments. The position requires reading drawings, operating under safety and quality standards, and collaborating with multiple teams to meet schedules and

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 1+ years shipbuilding, ship repair or manufacturing experience or welding school training.
• Willing to travel to US shipyards including the Far East.
• Must work non-standard hours and overtime as needed.
• Must obtain a DoD Secret security clearance or higher.
• Ability to read NAVSEA ship drawings and manuals.
• Must qualify in Respiratory Protection, Fall Arrest, Lifting/Industrial Trucks, and EB Heavy Metals programs.
• Candidates must pass a practical exam for the position.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance and learn new skillsets with proper training.
• Promote a collaborative, team-oriented environment to reach goals.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, design, material and quality as needed.
• Maintain an energetic, flexible attitude to adapt to task requirements.
• Support safety, quality, cost, schedule and continuous improvement goals.
• Travel to other shipyards in the continental US as required; participate in extended assignments.
• Work outside normal hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays; potential overtime.

Skills

Reading ship drawings

Safety compliance

Welding basics

Multi-discipline teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

NAVSEA drawings

Shipyard equipment

Job description

Overview

The Offsite Maintenance and Modernization (M&M) Office in Puget is hiring Manufacturing Technicians.

This position is responsible for performing submarine shipboard and manufacturing work to support new construction and maintenance efforts within the shipyard and shop environments. A Manufacturing Technician is a multi-disciplined person that must have one or more skills within the trades such as Welders, Electricians, Pipefitters, Shipfitters, Inside / Outside Machinists and Sheetmetal workers.

The ideal candidate will cultivate and promote a positive TEAM environment, be highly motivated, demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, and drive innovation and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will establish and maintain strong working relationship with the AIT team to ensure performance in safety, quality, schedule, and cost.

This individual will work collaboratively with on-site supervision to achieve department goals and requires a strong sense of ownership, responsibility, and accountability to achieve overall success.

Travel will be required to offsite locations to support coordination and oversight of related activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance and be willing to learn new skillsets; Applyingwith appropriate training
• Promote a collaborative and team environment to meet organizational goals
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, design, material, quality and other support organizations as necessary
• Possess an energetic and positive attitude and be willing to change and develop as the requirements of assigned tasks dictate
• Monitor and improve workplace climate; reinforce desired workforce values behaviors; maintain morale
• Travel to other shipyards in the continental United States is required. Must be willing to accept extended work assignments. The organization is a traveling team
• Support work outside normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays. Shift work and emergency overtime may be required
• Expected to know, comply with and participate in site improvement goals for Safety, Quality, Cost, Schedule and Continuous Improvement

Qualifications

Required:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1+ years of experience in shipbuilding, ship repair, and manufacturing industry OR successfully completed a recognized welding school training
• Travel to other shipyards in the continental United States and the Far East is required
• Required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays
• Required to perform shift work and emergency overtime as work dictates
• Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance or higher
• Ability to use NAVSEA/SP ships drawings, technical manuals, ship system manuals and various other documents in the performance of this task is a must
• Must have the ability to perform the functions of the craft to the proper procedures and policies in a safe manner
• Must be able to qualify and maintain Respiratory Protection certification
• Must be able to qualify and maintain Fall Arrest Protection certification
• Must be able to qualify and maintain Lifting & Handling / Industrial Trucks certification
• Must be able to qualify and maintain the EB Heavy Metals Program requirements
• Selected candidates must be able to pass a practical exam for position applied

Preferred:

• 2+ years of experience in shipbuilding, ship repair, and manufacturing industry
• Minimum of 1 year working in an industrial marine environment
• Past experience working in Naval Shipyard environment Knowledge of MDP’s, MDD’s, SDD’s and DI’sProficient in ATA, Lotus Notes, Cornerstone, PQSTrade background or technical apprenticeship training
• Military service
• Experience with Hull, Mechanical, Electrical, Sheet metal, Welding processes and installation of multiple ship systems on Trident, 688, Seawolf and Virginia class submarines

Skills

• Highly organized with the ability to multitask within a constantly changing environment
• Strong coordination skills across multiple disciplines and functional areas
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including technical correspondence
• Strong communicator with the ability to balance priorities
• Experience with Welding Techniques sheets, MDDs, SDDs and DI’s
• The successful candidate will be expected to know, comply with and participate in site improvement goals for Safety, Quality, Cost, Schedule and Continuous Improvement

Physical Qualifications

• Climbing
• Color Vision
• Crawling
• Heavy Lifting
• Kneeling
• Light Lifting
• Medium Lifting
• Pulling
• Pushing
• Reaching
• Stooping
• Twisting

Environmental Attributes

• Acids or Alkalis
• Cold
• Dry
• Dusty
• Fumes
• Hot
• Inside
• Noise
• Oily
• Outside
• Wet