Shipyard Production Engineering Lead
Saronic Technologies
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Job summary
Saronic Technologies is seeking a Production Engineering Manager to lead the build strategy and production processes for shipyard manufacturing. You will translate vessel designs into executable production plans, define block construction and heavy lift approaches, and drive the creation of the Facilities Production Manual.
The role requires coordinating with engineering, facilities, and operations to standardize workflows, optimize throughput, and enable scalable production across new shipyard
Qualifications
- 8+ years experience in shipbuilding, heavy manufacturing, or large-scale industrial production engineering.
- Strong experience developing build strategies for large fabricated structures.
- Experience with heavy lift engineering, rigging, or large assembly operations.
- Demonstrated ability to translate product design into manufacturing processes.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the shipyard’s production build strategy, including panelization, block construction, and erection sequencing.
- Develop block breakdown structures and manufacturing strategies aligned with facility capabilities.
- Ensure vessel designs align with yard constraints such as crane capacities, transportation limits, and assembly workflows.
- Develop engineering strategies for lifting, transporting, and erecting ship blocks and major modules.
- Define lift plans, rigging concepts, and transport methods for large assemblies.
- Coordinate with heavy lift equipment operators and infrastructure teams to validate lifting and movement strategies.
- Develop standardized manufacturing processes for steel fabrication, block assembly, and erection.
- Establish production workflows, takt planning concepts, and throughput assumptions.
- Identify opportunities for automation and process optimization within shipyard operations.
- Lead development of the Facilities Production Manual, establishing design rules for engineering teams.
- Define constraints including maximum block weights, dimensions, lifting interfaces, transport paths, and production tolerances.
- Ensure naval architects and vessel design teams incorporate facility manufacturing requirements early in the design process.
- Work closely with ship design teams to ensure production feasibility.
- Translate vessel design into manufacturing work packages and build sequences.
- Support development of digital models and production simulations.
- Support the startup of new shipyard facilities and manufacturing systems.
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Job description
Saronic Technologies is seeking a Production Engineering Manager to lead the build strategy and production processes for shipyard manufacturing. You will translate vessel designs into executable production plans, define block construction and heavy lift approaches, and drive the creation of the Facilities Production Manual.
The role requires coordinating with engineering, facilities, and operations to standardize workflows, optimize throughput, and enable scalable production across new shipyard
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