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General Dynamics

Builds submarines, combat vehicles and business jets

Area Manager 1 - Repair

Manufacturing & Production OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSan Diego, CA, USA$76.5k - $113.6k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • High school graduation or equivalent, with good knowledge of trade responsibilities, ship systems, and shipbuilding practices.
  • Good written and oral communication skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • Good team-building skills.
  • Prior supervisory experience.
  • Knowledge of milestone planning, progressing, ship compartmentation and nomenclature, production methods, procedures, and techniques.
  • Working knowledge of engineering drawings, work instructions, quality assurance procedures, and budget and schedule development.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of company policy and procedure.
  • Ability to work extended hours, including weekends and holidays, as required to accomplish the job.
  • Ability to spend long hours on the ship and climb masts and enter voids, trunks, and engineering spaces to supervise work.
  • Ability to make decisions, recognize dangerous conditions, and understand safety, quality assurance, standard items, union, and ship’s force issues.
  • Ability to spend up to 75% of work time in an outdoor shipyard environment in varying climates, with exposure to dust, welding and burning fumes and smoke, and noise that may range from moderate to extremely noisy; the remaining 25% is in an air-conditioned office with low noise.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and support shipboard trades and subcontractors to meet production requirements.
  • Monitor and anticipate schedule and budget deviations and initiate corrective action.
  • Monitor trade activities and provide input to the General Foreman and/or Assistant Superintendent to initiate appropriate action.
  • Verify completion of production work for each phase of compartment completion.
  • Develop work plans in assigned areas as required, working with trade supervision and training.
  • Ensure areas of responsibility are safe and clean at all times.
  • Initiate resolution of conflicting trade and subcontractor priorities.
  • Provide input to Planning regarding zone strategies and work-development processes.
  • Provide feedback, including lessons learned and engineering change notices, to Assistant Superintendents, Planning, and Management.
  • Ensure protection of materials and equipment.
  • Participate in developing policies and procedures to enhance the Area Manager role.
  • Implement and monitor continuous-improvement initiatives to improve safety and quality, reduce cycle time, and reduce costs.
  • Remain accountable for completion of the assigned area in accordance with schedule, budgets, and safe-working conditions.

About the Company

General Dynamics

Builds submarines, combat vehicles and business jets

General Dynamics builds warships, nuclear submarines, combat vehicles, and munitions for the U.S. military and allied governments, plus Gulfstream business jets for corporations and private owners. Gulfstream designs large, long-range jets and maintains them through its own service centers and completion shops. A separate technologies arm runs IT, cybersecurity, and command-and-control systems for defense and federal civilian agencies. The company earns its money from multiyear government contracts for ships, vehicles, and services, and the rest from selling and servicing jets. General Dynamics was founded in 1952 and is based in Reston, Virginia.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Reston, VA
Founded
1952

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