Manufacturing Technicians

General Dynamics Electric Boat; Bremerton (WA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat in Bremerton, WA is seeking Manufacturing Technicians to perform submarine shipboard and manufacturing work across shipyard and shop environments. The role spans multiple trades including welding, electrical, pipefitting, sheet metal, and machinist work, with emphasis on safety, quality, and cost performance.

The successful candidate will travel to offsite locations as needed, participate in shift work or overtime, and contribute to continuous improvement within a

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 1+ years of shipbuilding, ship repair, or manufacturing experience or completed welding school.
• Ability to travel to other shipyards in the continental United States and the Far East.
• Must work beyond normal hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Must pass a DoD Secret clearance and read NAVSEA/ship drawings and manuals.
• Must qualify and maintain Respiratory Protection, Fall Arrest Protection, Lifting/Industrial Trucks, and EB Heavy Metals Program requirements.
• Selected candidates must pass a practical exam.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance and learn new skillsets with appropriate training.
• Promote a collaborative, team environment to meet goals.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, design, material, quality and other support organizations.
• Maintain an energetic, positive attitude and adapt to changing requirements.
• Monitor and improve workplace climate and morale.
• Travel to other shipyards in the continental United States; support extended assignments.
• Support work outside normal hours; shift work and overtime may be required.

Skills

Highly organized

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Technical communication

Strong prioritization

Welding techniques awareness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

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