Industrial Engineer - Entry Level

Overview

The Industrial Engineering Organization provides mission-critical support to EB leadership and the functional organizations by developing and managing the organization's improvement strategies, executing improvement initiatives, mentoring and supporting employees in executing improvements, and measuring the impact of an organization's improvement activities.

The Industrial Engineer supports 3 main areas of focus:

• Support Work Center design (defining the location that a series of work activities are performed and all the equipment, tooling, fixtures and personnel required) for Columbia construction. The Industrial Engineer will partner with Operations, Ship’s Management and Planning to create standard, repeatable plans for each Work Center.

Responsibilities include:

• Partner with Design Build, Operations and Ship’s Management to optimize the build plan and effectively determine what essentials need to be incorporated into the Work Centers to identify improvements in the construction flow, layout, facilities, and Trade specific levels • Facilitate creation of Work Center playbooks by coordinating with applicable Trades and Operations Leadership • Partner with Detail Planning and Advance Planning for constant refinement of work scopes at the key event, activity and work order levels • Socialize with multiple organizations throughout Work Center design and development • Foster a culture of continuous improvement at Electric Boat • Support Work Center execution for Columbia construction. The Industrial Engineer will partner with Operations, Ship’s Management and Planning to ensure successful completion of work within the Work Center.

Responsibilities include:

• Partner with Design Build, Operations and Ship’s Management during execution of the Work Center to identify progress via applicable metrics, capability v. capacity analysis, group code tracking and addressing, etc., with the intention of successful on-time and on-cost completion of the Work Center. • Facilitate implementation of Work Center playbooks by coordinating with applicable Trades and Operations Leadership • Play an active role in creating standard repeatable and predictable processes within the Work Center • Partner with Detail Planning and Advance Planning for constant refinement of work scopes at the key event, activity and work order levels • Socialize with multiple organizations throughout Work Center execution and development, including participation in future Work Center design • Foster a culture of continuous improvement at Electric Boat • Responsible for the application of Lean Manufacturing and / or Lean Six Sigma principles to investigate, analyze and facilitate process change directly resulting in reduced costs and lead times within the manufacturing and outfitting areas in the Groton Shipyard.