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Manager, Electrical Engineering and Combat Systems

US-ME-Bath

Req ID: 2025-4751
Type: Regular Full-Time
Remaining Positions: 1
Post End Date: 7/28/2025
Category: Engineering
Salary Grade: G
Shift: 1st

Overview

The Manager, Electrical Engineering and Combat Systems, is a key leadership role accountable for execution of the Shipbuilding Engineering at the Waterfront at BIW. Operating under the BIW Business Operating System (BOS), this position ensures the delivery of superior waterfront engineering while maintaining alignment with contractual, safety, and performance expectations. This role directly supports the BIW Waterfront Shipbuilding Engineering.

Key Responsibilities

Safety Leadership:

  • Champion and enforce BIW safety policies and procedures at BIW.
  • Promote a culture of proactive safety awareness and accountability across the team.
  • Ensure safe workplace conditions and compliance with government and company safety standards.

Program Execution:
  • Oversee execution of the DDG 51 Shipbuilding contract, ensuring compliance with all contractual requirements.
  • Manage the Waterfront Engineering (POW) process to ensure schedule fidelity and responsiveness to operational needs.
  • Implement corrective actions to address deficiencies and ensure contract deliverables are met.

Operational Management:
  • Manage all aspects of BIW shipbuilding operations, including workforce performance, facility security, and resource utilization in accordance with BIW Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Monitor and report on key performance indicators related to Safety, Cost, Quality, Schedule, and People.

Team Collaboration and Communication:
  • Provide leadership and direction to the Waterfront Electrical Engineering and Combat Systems group supporting day-to-day operations and long-term planning.
  • Maintain effective communication with the Waterfront Engineering team.
  • Support development of personnel, staffing plans, and critical skill maintenance.
  • Foster collaboration between engineering, design, planning, and external customers.

Stakeholder Engagement and Business Development:
  • Maintain strong professional relationships with the U.S. Navy and BIW production team

Continuous Improvement:
  • Champion BOS principles and productivity enhancements.
  • Identify and eliminate non-value-added activities; lead implementation of process improvements.
  • Leverage A3 problem-solving and other structured improvement tools.

Description:
  • Reports to the Director, Waterfront Engineering.
  • Lead Electrical Engineering and Combat System efforts across multiple programs.
  • Responsible for engineering products, schedule, quality, and budgetary performance.
  • Manage engineering processes to ensure that quality, schedule, and cost performance goals are achieved on all programs.
  • Facilitate communication between D40 and D87 to ensure both departments are successful in the functional and detail design process.
  • Interface with, and support, Design, Engineering, Program Office, Systems Integration, and Concept Design Development, Change Management, Estimating, Contracts, Materials, Planning, Manufacturing, Navy, and other customer organizations.
  • Establish and maintain effective work procedures and instructions.
  • Provide technical training, guidance, and leadership to assigned personnel, including championing continuous process improvement.
  • Perform supervisory and administrative duties including employee development, safety, performance evaluations, statusing and progressing work, hiring, honoring labor contracts, and WFM verification.


Responsibilities

  • B.S. Degree in Engineering required, Electrical Engineering preferred.
  • Working knowledge of the following disciplines is preferred: Electrical Engineering, Electrical Controls, and Power Systems, as well as Combat Systems.
  • Experience in a shipbuilding program is also preferred.


Qualifications

  • Minimum 10 years of technical experience required; breadth of shipbuilding and marine engineering experience is relevant.
  • 3 years of supervisory experience required, including proven ability to lead people and organizations.
  • Ability to motivate and inspire teams of Engineers and Designers.
  • Understands the elements of ship design.
  • Project management skills.
  • Demonstrated familiarity with state of the art graphical and analytical tools.
  • Excellent organizational and communications skills, both oral and written.
  • Positive relationship and reputation with U.S. Navy customer.
  • Working knowledge of bargaining unit agreements (BMDA knowledge preferred).
  • Working knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
  • Positive relationship with, and demonstrated support to, engineering educational organizations.
  • Broad knowledge of regulatory requirements (e.g. Naval Ship Specs., ABS, IEEE).
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Lean Design and Engineering principles.


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General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is a full service shipyard specializing in the design, building and support of complex surface combatants for the U.S. Navy.
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