Day Shift Production Manager - Marine Maintenance and Modernization

Production Craft Manager

Vigor Marine Group is an established, innovative, integrated partner with a national footprint in marine maintenance and modernization, marine fabrication, and marine services. With five shipyards, eight dry docks, and more than 20,000 feet of pier space on or near U.S. Naval bases, at historic shipyards, and the home of the Alaskan Marine Highway System, our 2,500 dedicated employees across five states – from the Pacific Northwest to San Diego to Norfolk – personify the values of our company.

Vigor Marine Group takes pride in being the employer of choice for our employees, who in turn take great pride in their contributions to the communities where they live and work, and to their nation – through their living wage jobs supporting their local economies, and through the world-class maritime and industrial services they provide to further our defense readiness and national security.

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PAY RANGE: $113,

Responsible for day shift production work by craft employees, schedules, staffing levels and coordinates work in order to meet or exceed estimated targets for safety, quality, delivery, cost and schedule outcomes. Ensures customers have a positive and satisfying experience with Vigor. Interfaces with the Project Managers in generating executable plans to deliver satisfactory outcomes executing the work. Assists in mitigation strategies as soon as variances from schedule are identified.

Partners with craft supervisors to identify resource needs, and assembles teams of production workers for completion of project work. Supports process improvement in other departments that share interdependencies by providing expertise, practical realities, and other experience-based knowledge, of relevant areas to their teams.

• Responsible for ensuring that the Craft Supervisors have completed an executable daily production plan and have been provided the necessary, tools, drawings, material, personnel and leadership to execute the work safely.
• Monitors workers compliance with company, governmental and environmental regulatory policies and procedures in order to ensure a safe work environment. Takes immediate corrective measures when requirements are not met.
• Leads Craft Supervisors in resolving any issues and eliminating barriers that may compromise the successful completion of work to plan and elevate those issues they are unable to resolve.
• Responsible for identifying and aligning external labor resources when required to support the execution of the project.
• Manages employee performance by recognizing and rewarding exceptional performance and holding people accountable for not meeting expectations through verbal and written documentation.
• Responsible for quality metrics pertaining to craft specific work.
• Conduct supervisor orientation of new hires. Perform 30/90 day evaluation of new hires.

• Ensures all workers are trained to perform tasks assigned to them.
• Ensures all workers have accurate schedules in timekeeping system and all time charges are accurate to projects.
• Ensure all workers regularly update their OJT books for advancement.
• Post requisitions, review, hire and disposition job applicants for hourly craft positions.
• Promoting/enforcing PPE, discussing job hazard analysis, and accident prevention. Follow all OSHA, other regulatory rules and company safety policies.
• Coordinate work scopes and other yard priorities with Craft Supervisors.
• Understand and implement company and departmental policies/procedures.
• Promote and develop efficiency improvement plans interfacing with CPI initiatives
• Responsible for cost controls and improvements regarding tools and consumables

• Liaison between management and the working crews regarding communications relative to performance on safety, quality, budget and schedule.
• Participates in identifying aspects of projects that went well, as well as opportunities for improvement.
• Assist Talent team with Job fairs and recruiting events.

Must use sound judgment and independent decision making when carrying out job responsibilities. The role reports to the Director of Operations.

The team in total is composed of up to 200 employees, which includes Craft Supervisors and hourly craft employees of various trade disciplines. In depth knowledge of the Collective Bargaining Agreements for the various trades.

The Production Craft Managers coordinate teaming efforts with other managers and supervisors at various levels in the business unit. The position represents the Company through formal and informal interactions with the customer, regulatory body inspectors and union business agents/ shop stewards.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written for constant interaction with all departments and employee levels and outside customers.
• Handle competing priorities and deadlines…