COLUMBIA Ship Design Program Representative

The COLUMBIA Program is Electric Boat's largest and most important program and you can be part of the team that leads it! The COLUMBIA Program needs exceptional people that can drive design and engineering to be focused on cost and schedule while maintaining quality and supporting construction.

The S1B Ship Design Program Office Program Representative will be responsible for management oversight of the COLUMBIA S1B Design Program. The successful candidates will communicate with contract leads, technical leads, engineering disciplines, design supervision, program finance purchasing leads, Naval Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and NAVSEA as needed to support and manage selected aspects of the program. This may include managing program funding, oversight of annual program work planning and estimate processes, oversight of technical work, management of the program schedule, and coordinating responses to emergent design issues. These roles require an understanding of government contracts, project management, and Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics. Frequent communication with NNL and NAVSEA stakeholders and program management is required.

Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• S1B Design Program Office POC for tactical PO 145185 administration and performance
• Understand and make key decisions to manage schedules, programmatic budgets, priority, need dates, and drive engineering/design to issue Change Notices (CNs) on time and under budget
• Manage/coordinate responses to emergent program specific design issues and drive the team to a timely solution
• Frequent communication with NNL and NAVSEA stakeholders and program management
• Review of engineering statements of work for purchase order compliance
• Work with Construction Span Reduction Stakeholders to facilitate PO 145185 source of funding authorizations when applicable
• Work with Planning to manage the program Artemis schedule together with Finance
• Coordinate and manage the program manpower plan with Finance
• Preparing reports and presentations for Program Reviews, program metrics
• Some travel may be required

Required:

• Active DOD Secret Clearance OR the ability to obtain and maintain clearance
• Bachelors Degree in a Technical, Finance or Management field
• Two years EB commercial and contract experience or similar external experience

Preferred:

• Program/Project management experience
• Working knowledge of manpower schedules, phasing files, and EVM metrics
• Detailed knowledge and experience working with Government contracts
• Strong background and experience working with both technical and business departments such as Engineering, Legal, Purchasing, Contracts, Finance, and Materials Management
• EB program, commercial and or Government component development contract experience or similar external experience

• Self-starter capable of prioritizing work and managing time with limited supervision
• Exhibit strong planning, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communications skills
• Manage multiple small projects simultaneously
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products
• Ability to manage data and create reports from various data systems
• Ability to communicate across multiple EB organizations and stakeholders