Supervisor Coach (For Torpedo Tube/Weapons Shipping and Handling Assembly)

Torpedo Tube/Weapons Shipping And Handling Assembly Provide deck plate supervisor coaching and mentoring to improve productivity to required level and drive schedule adherence without compromising safety or quality. Salary for this position is $150K-$170K per year. Position is available in Groton, CT.Coach supervisor on ensuring work to be performed is properly staged and communicated/briefed to assigned workers: Setting clear and unambiguous expectations to workers for work progress to be achieved in shift increments. Lead workers to ownership of output and outcomes. Ensuring backup tasks are defined and expectations for backup tasks are in place if primary task(s) is(are) not able to make required progress. Ensuring clear and unambiguous expectations are set for workers for rapidly communicating barriers and challenges for making required progress and for communicating progress on a half-shift by half-shift basis. Ensuring supervisors can effectively lead workers to achieving target time on task and required progress and productivity. Ensuring work site conditions are understood by the supervisor and ready for workers. Ensuring work support is ready for work and workers, e.g., services, work instructions, tools, and equipment. Coach supervisor on effective supervision of work in progress: Coaching on how to increase supervisor's deckplate presence and effectiveness of presence to ensure required progress is being made prior to it being unachievable. I.e., (1) there is no substitute for deck plate presence and direct observation of work in progress and (2) progress to be achieved by lunch must be achieved by lunch. Coaching on problem resolution, e.g., resolution of problems with paperwork, tooling & equipment, with as-found conditions, and material. Coaching on how to ensure work package documentation requirements are kept up with. Identifying through direct observation opportunities to improve productivity, e.g., through better access to tools, equipment, and materials and following through on communicating to functional owners and ensuring they follow through. Attend meetings with Supervisor. Provide coaching on how to prepare, how to listen, how to respond at meetings. Be on deckplate when Supervisor is encumbered with mandatory tasks, e.g., time-and-attendance system tasks, that pull supervisor away from deckplate. Spend at least 4 hours a day on deckplate. Ensuring handoffs to successor and supporting trades are planned for and made without delay. Ensuring work that is handed off to 2nd shift starts without delay and expected progress communicated and agreed upon. Coach the superior of the supervisor (General Foreman / Area Superintendent) on how to better support the supervisor and how to provide reinforcing direction to the supervisor to sustain the coached behaviors after the coaching session has been completed. Required Skills and/or Experience:-Minimum 5 years of experience on Torpedo Tube and Weapons Shipping and Handling Assembly-Minimum 10 years of supervisory experience in an industrial environment within the shipbuilding / ship maintenance industry. -Minimum 5 years of 2nd level management experience in an industrial environment within the shipbuilding / ship maintenance industry.