Materials Management - Shipyard Construction Support Rep (1st shift)

General Dynamics Electric Boat; New London (CT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT, is seeking a Materials Management professional to support Columbia Class submarine construction. You will interpret technical requirements and lead program management, data management, and scheduling activities to ensure material availability.

The role requires 5+ years in supply chain or project planning, familiarity with MRPII/Oracle, and advanced Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years in supply chain management, inventory or project planning in a related industry.
• Familiarity with quality control/quality analyst functions.
• Experience with MRPII/Oracle and SCM software.
• Advanced Excel skills: VLOOKUP, pivot tables, macros.

Responsibilities

• Interpret technical requirements and manage program logistics, scheduling, and expediting.
• Monitor and resolve issues with purchased or subcontract material, forecasting, and make-or-buy analysis.
• Prepare program management reports and metric dashboards.
• Coordinate material availability analysis and scheduling.
• Interface with EB program offices and departments.
• Overtime/weekends as needed to support construction.

Skills

Project management

Team player

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Deadline-driven

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MRPII/Oracle

ARTEMIS

TEAMCENTER PLM

Excel

Job description

This position supports Electric Boat’s Materials Management activities associated with the construction support and delivery of COLUMBIA Class submarines. In this role, you will be required to interpret technical requirements. Your responsibilities would encompass program management, data management, project reporting, material availability analysis and expediting, scheduling, make or buy analysis, and metric reporting. You will also be monitoring and resolving issues with purchased or subcontract material, material ordering and scheduling, shortage resolution, and forecasting material requirement.

Additionally, you would experience significant interaction with various customers such as the following:

EB Program Offices, Ships Management, Operations, Contracts, Planning Departments, Finance, Design, Engineering, Purchasing, Planning Yard, various Quality Departments, Government Agencies, Newport News Ship Building, and EB Off-Site Departments.

The responsibilities of this role may expand to other special projects as programs develop.

You would require daily use of various reports and computer driven systems.

• This position is on site in our Groton, CT facility.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ Years Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management or project planning in a similar industry that encompasses material requirement identification, scheduling, and ordering activities.
• Familiarity in quality control or quality analyst functions
• Familiarity in supply chain management applications (MRPII/Oracle)
• Demonstrated experience in using all Microsoft Office products, specifically Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables, macros and graph/charts

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management or Business Administration
• Military experience or Shipyard/Shipbuilding experience
• Experience with with any of the following platforms: ARTEMIS (Electric Boat internal employees), MRPII (ERP), software relating to Construction/Design, and or TEAMCENTER PLM tool

Skills

• Positive attitude
• Good organizational skills and keen attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task and work in a high pace environment
• Good PC computer skills are required.
• Strong project management and prioritization skills.
• Candidates must be a Team Player and highly motivated.
• Willing and able to interact effectively with all levels of management.
• Strong communications (Written and Oral) and Interpersonal skills.
• Ability to function independently and work in a multi discipline TEAM environment.
• Willingness to assist with issues using independent judgment, ingenuity, creativity and sound Decision-making
• Ability to analyze / interpret technical data and provide solutions to effectively schedule material in support of programs
• Willingness to work overtime and weekends when it is required to support construction.

Physical Qualifications

Color Vision, Kneeling, Light Lifting, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Stooping, Twisting

Environmental Attributes

Cold, Dry, Dusty, Hot, Inside, Noise, Outside, Wet