Shipyard Manufacturing Engineering Manager - Equity Options

Saronic; Louisiana; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Competitive Salary

401(k) Plan

Stock Options

Life & Disability Insurance

Pet Insurance

Free lunch & snacks

Job summary

Saronic is seeking a Shipyard Manufacturing Engineering Manager in Louisiana to lead the technical execution of Manufacturing Engineering across the shipyard, ensuring vessel construction is production-ready, safe, and compliant with quality standards.

You will manage a Manufacturing Engineering team, drive continuous improvement, coordinate with design and production leadership, and report on KPIs to enable scalable, repeatable vessel construction in a fast-paced maritime environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of shipbuilding, heavy manufacturing, or maritime industrial experience.
• Experience leading vessel construction, production operations, or manufacturing engineering teams
• Strong understanding of modular construction, production sequencing, and waterfront operations
• Experience managing cross-functional teams including production, engineering, planning, and quality
• Demonstrated success improving production efficiency, throughput, quality, and schedule performance

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Manage, train, and motivate a team of manufacturing engineering personnel, including hiring, performance evaluations, and professional development.
• Engineering Oversight: Ensure manufacturing engineering deliverables support efficient vessel construction, including work packages, installation planning, technical issue resolution, and production readiness.
• Manufacturing Engineering Management: Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives related to production flow, scheduling, planning, build sequencing, and technical operations performance. Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, tooling strategies, workflow layouts, and resource utilization to improve workstation efficiency, reduce waste, and support scalable shipyard operations.
• Production Engineering Coordination: Coordinate with production engineering leadership to ensure effective execution of activities related to structural assembly, vessel systems integration, outfitting coordination, and product design improvements to ensure technical alignment across departments.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure engineering and manufacturing activities comply with company standards, shipyard procedures, regulatory requirements, and applicable maritime industry specifications.
• Safety Compliance: Work with the EHS team to enforce workplace safety protocols and ensure engineering-driven production activities are executed in accordance with Saronic EHS guidelines and company policies.
• Reporting and Operational Metrics: Monitor and report key performance indicators (KPIs) related to production efficiency, engineering throughput, build execution, schedule performance, labor utilization, downtime for repair (DFR), and technical issue resolution.
• Facilitating as-built updates to drawings
• Deriving, tracking, and implementing lessons learned in design-for-production
• Facilitating design-for-production improvements

Skills

Leadership

Shipbuilding

Cross-functional teamwork

Manufacturing engineering

Production operations

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Lean manufacturing

Job description

Saronic is seeking a Shipyard Manufacturing Engineering Manager in Louisiana to lead the technical execution of Manufacturing Engineering across the shipyard, ensuring vessel construction is production-ready, safe, and compliant with quality standards.

You will manage a Manufacturing Engineering team, drive continuous improvement, coordinate with design and production leadership, and report on KPIs to enable scalable, repeatable vessel construction in a fast-paced maritime environment.