HII · 1 day ago
MGR ENGINEERING PLANNING 2
Newport News, VA
Contract
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
6+ years expHII's Newport News Shipbuilding is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, specializing in the design, building, and refueling of U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines. The Manager Engineering Planning 2 role involves preparing and coordinating plans and schedules for programs, managing staff, and ensuring projects are completed on schedule and within budget.
Health CarePublic Safety
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Prepares and coordinates the plans and schedules for new or existing programs
Determines, monitors, and reviews costs, operational budgets and schedules, and manpower requirements
Supports and participates in negotiations with customer
Analyzes effects of projects upon various areas such as Engineering, Facilities, and the labor pool to determine the most practical and cost-efficient methods to obtain the required resources
Resolves proposal preparation problems and assesses the progress against established plans and parameters
Formulates and recommends corrective action measures such as schedule revisions, manpower adjustments, fund allocations, and work requirements
Manages a segment of a program or a function
Responsible for the direct supervision/management of the staff
Responsible for providing objective-oriented direction to subordinates utilizing management guidelines & general policies
Program Manager responsibilities include: planning and program performance addressing cost, schedule, technical performance, and quality of a work package, subsystem, or related group of work packages on a large system development-type contract or full responsibility for all aspects of program performance on a large delivery order or mid-size technical services-type contract
Assignments are received in objective oriented terms
Provides direction to subordinates based on general policies and management guidance
Work is reviewed for adequacy in meeting objectives
Competence is required in a specialized or technological field
Full working knowledge of procedures and practices
Relates more to specific job function
Risk to the Corporation is minimal
Makes decisions that support accomplishment of discipline objective
Oversees projects and task assigned to the organizational group performed by non-exempt and/or exempt employees
Becomes involved only when required to assist in meeting schedules or to resolve technical or operational problems
May accomplish results through lower-level supervisor or exempt employees
Executes department procedures that typically affect individual employees within own department
Policy management: Interprets and executes policies and procedures that typically affect subordinate organizational units
Recommends modifications to operating policies
Ensures that projects are completed on schedule and within budget
Accomplishes results through lower-level subordinate supervisors or through experienced exempt employees who exercise significant latitude and independence in their assignments
Often head a centralized functional activity
Functions as an advisor to unit regarding tasks, projects, and operations
Becomes actively involved in daily operations only when required to meet schedules or to resolve complex problems
Ensures that projects are completed on schedule and within budget
Erroneous decisions or recommendations or failure to complete assignments would normally result in serious delays to assigned projects resulting in considerable expenditure of additional time, human resources and funds
Frequent contacts with internal personnel and outside customer representatives at various management levels concerning operations or scheduling or specific phases of projects or contracts
Conducts briefings and participates in technical meetings for internal external representatives concerning specifics operations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of progressive technical experience in research, engineering and design; Master's Degree and 4 years of relevant experience
One of the following may be used as an equivalent to Bachelor's Degree for Information Technology Related Positions Only: NNS Apprentice School graduate
Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate
Associate's Degree or other formal 2 year program and 2 years of relevant exempt experience or 4 years of relevant non-exempt experience
Military Paygrade E-5 or above military experience
High School/GED and 4 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant exempt experience
High School/GED and 8 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant non-exempt experience
A relevant professional certification can be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree
Benefits
Medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices
On-site health centers
Tele-medicine
Wellness resources
Employee assistance programs
Savings plan options (401K)
Financial education and planning tools
Life insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Employee discounts
Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships
Company
HII
HII is committed to delivering capabilities of exceptional quality and safety to our customers, and to the safety, health and welfare.
10001+ employees
Funding
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Mark Davis
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