Shipyard Construction Support Representative

Materials Management Role

This position supports Electric Boat's Materials Management activities associated with all active classes of US submarines. In this role, you will be required to interpret technical requirements. Your responsibilities would encompass program management, data management, project reporting, material availability analysis and expediting, scheduling, make or buy analysis, and metric reporting. You will also be monitoring and resolving issues with purchased or subcontract material, material ordering and scheduling, shortage resolution, and forecasting material requirement.

Additionally, you would experience significant interaction with various customers such as the following: EB Program Offices, Ships Management, Operations, Contracts, Planning Departments, Finance, Design, Engineering, Purchasing, Planning Yard, various Quality Departments, Government Agencies, Newport News Ship Building, and EB Off-Site Departments.

The responsibilities of this role may expand to other special projects as programs develop. You would require daily use of various reports and computer driven systems.

*This position is located in our Quonset Point, RI facility.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. equivalent
• 2+ years of Shipyard/Shipbuilding, materials management, construction support or Trades experience
• Demonstrated experience in using all Microsoft Office products, specifically Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables, macros and graph/charts
• Ability to multi-task and work in a high pace environment

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 1 or more years related experience in planning, quality and supply chain management
• Military experience
• Experience using Construction/Design or inventory material control management software such as; ARTEMIS (EB Internal employees), MRPII or TEAMCENTER

Skills

• Familiarity in quality control or quality analyst functions
• Familiarity in supply chain management applications (MRPII/Oracle)
• Good organizational skills and keen attention to detail
• Good PC computer skills are required.
• Strong project management and prioritization skills.
• Candidates must be a Team Player and highly motivated.
• Willing and able to interact effectively with all levels of management.
• Strong communications (Written and Oral) and Interpersonal skills.
• Ability to function independently and work in a multi discipline TEAM environment.
• Willingness to assist with issues using independent judgment, ingenuity, creativity and sound Decision-making
• Ability to analyze / interpret technical data and provide solutions to effectively schedule material in support of programs
• Willingness to work overtime and weekends when it is required.