BAE Systems is hiring a Director I – Strategic Operations to support our Ship Repair business in San Diego, CA. The Director leads Production Craft Managers and Supervisors to achieve company goals, specifically safety and delivery of projects under budget and on-time while maintaining quality and relationships. The Director leads the production crafts at the San Diego Shipyard; directly managing and coordinating production activities, production shops, and related facilities and resources. The role will develop, maintain, and direct all aspects of the San Diego Ship Repair Production Craft Managers and Supervisors.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the production crafts that directly support the Operations Department and shipyard business objectives.
• Maintains a strategic view of craft performance and evaluates overall staffing-level requirements consistent with the business plan and projected changes in work volume.
• Work with Planning, PMO, and Operations to build accurate schedules, budgets, and staffing plans that are used to monitor, control, and adjust work flows as the projects progress.
• Supports the estimating and planning phases of projects by providing accurate trade estimates and execution strategy with profitable capture of projects as primary objective.
• Participates in reviews and analysis of projects in execution, ensuring schedule and cost objectives are being achieved or appropriate corrective actions initiated.
• Continually monitors performance of projects in execution, to include review of Cost Performance Index (CPI), Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Estimated Time to Completion (ETC), and Estimated Actual Completion (EAC) on product lines.
• Seeks continuous improvements utilizing historical data to achieve improved performance.
• Takes timely and appropriate action to ensure all cost, quality, and schedule criteria are met and overall performance is improved.
• Develops accurate, concise changes in scope of base work package and as found conditions by initiating/writing the CFR to describe the problem.
• Reports and leads corrective action on production technical problems that are design and/or manufacturing in nature.
• Removes roadblocks identified by Production Supervisors, Area Managers, and Production workers.
• Provides direction regarding shop investment, process improvement, and training.
• Ensures proper staffing by analyzing the business plan, forecasting the craft personnel and craft management necessary to achieve the shipyard business objectives effectively and efficiently, and continually adjusting and maintaining the required levels of both.
• Creates a business culture where people are valued and engaged.
• Participates in talent attraction and acquisition activities including supporting hiring events, conducting interviews, and contributing to hiring decisions.
• Manages employee performance and takes appropriate action regarding salary increases, promotions, mentoring, training, disciplining, etc.
• Drives ethical behavior and instills a culture of Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) excellence throughout the production workforce.
• Champions continuous improvement of Safety processes and compliance with SHE objectives and policies.
• Promotes programs and process such as, PPE, stretch and flex, housekeeping, discussing job hazard analysis, and accident prevention.
• Leads and influences organizational transformation and change to drive the mission forward, continuously improve, and optimize a diverse workforce.