MGR TRAINING

Req

Team: C203 HR & TALENT ACQUISITION

Entity:
Newport News Shipbuilding

US Citizenship Required for this Position:
Yes

Full-Time

Shift: 1st

Relocation:
No relocation assistance available

Virtual/Telework Opportunity:
No
- Not eligible for telework

Travel Requirement:
No

Clearance Required:

No
- Clearance Not Required to Start

With more than 25,000 employees – including third-, fourth- and even fifth-generation shipbuilders – HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia. We’re the sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy nuclear submarines. Our diverse and innovative team of professionals ranges from skilled trades to project managers, engineers and software developers to solution architects, technical subject matter experts, and system users.

We collaborate together at the forefront of technology, manufacturing, and integration of the most powerful and survivable naval ships in the world.

This role provides senior leadership and overall accountability for the development, delivery, performance, and continuous improvement of skilled-trades training supporting structural and outfitting production operations at NNS Charleston Operations as well as compliance and coordination with the Training Administration function. This position leads training leaders and individual contributors responsible for Structural Trades and Outfitting Trades, ensuring training programs produce qualified, capable employees prepared to safely and effectively transition into production.

This leader serves as a critical interface between Training and Production leadership, ensuring training is responsive to changing workforce demand, production schedules, skill requirements, quality trends, and business priorities. Working closely with training leadership, instructors, production organizations, Human Resources, Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, and other stakeholders, the Manager ensures the training organization has the infrastructure and administrative discipline necessary to support a high-volume, rapidly evolving workforce development environment.

• In partnership with Training Administration, support all standardized administrative processes for course scheduling, enrollment, attendance, completion, qualification documentation, resource allocation, and training records.
• Adhere to administrative controls and operating rhythms that provide clear visibility into upcoming classes, resource requirements, constraints, and risks.
• Identify and resolve administrative barriers that could delay or disrupt training delivery.
• Oversee initial documentation and custody of training records to support learning management system transactions, data entry, and associated documentation that ensure training completions, qualifications, attendance, evaluations, and other required records are maintained and active to support production.
• Budget & Financial Administration
• Help to develop annual budget requirements and forecasts based on projected training demand, staffing, materials, equipment, facilities, and program requirements.
• Support monitoring of expenditures, commitments, forecasts, and variances and provide routine budget status to training leadership.
• Materials, Equipment & Procurement
• Support timely procurement and inventory processes for training materials, consumables, tools, equipment, supplies, and other instructional resources.
• Coordinate with Training Administration, Supply Chain, vendors, instructors, and program leadership to ensure materials are available when required.
• Training Quality & Class Observations
• Coordinate with Training Administration for observations of classroom,…