Deputy Test Director

This job description is a general description of the essential job functions and is not intended to be an employment contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. maintains its status as an at-will employer. Position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. reserves the right to increase, waive or reduce these minimal standards. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements described be interpreted as all-inclusive. All employees of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. are expected to perform the duties as assigned by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

To perform this job successfully, an individual is expected to be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability expected. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which imposes undue hardship on Eastern Shipbuilding.

Functions

Oversee the management and execution of a robust total ship test program including the development of test processes and procedures, test report templates, and management of testing at a dedicated production facility, shipboard, and Navy INSURV acceptance trials. Ensure compliance with testing/trial procedures, certification, and preventative maintenance programs stipulated under the program contract.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Because Eastern Shipbuilding is continually growing to meet the needs of our customers, the essential duties and responsibilities may be different than described.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Develop and maintain all test metrics and provide briefings to the program office for the ship's total test plan and schedule of tests.
• Coordinate competing priorities of all testing and activation projects to deliver results within financial and schedule specifications.
• Support pre- and post-sea trials meetings.
• Oversee the coordination with Engineering and Project Management to ensure that the shipyard testing strategy is being followed.
• Review and approve test reports before CDRL submittal, including land-based, shipboard (pier side and underway), and Navy INSURV acceptance trials.
• Work with Production, QA, and Engineering to ensure 100% corrective actions, within the OPC Test team, are completed. Apply all trial cards and deficiencies discovered during test/QA and ensure Test Trial Cards are corrected before the signing of DD 250 and all lessons learned are applied to follow on Hulls.
• Manage the Planning and coordination of preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance of plant machinery, mechanical, electronic, electrical, and instrumentation equipment.
• Conduct OPC test readiness, production, launch, and trial readiness reviews with USCG as required.
• Manage Cable pull, test, and termination plan to support Shipboard test milestones across multiple hulls.
• Coordinate with engineering to ensure engineering products support test procedure development and compliance with OPC and NVR requirements.
• Coordinate with ABS to ensure test items are met per NVR requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Will, directly and indirectly, supervise employees, contractors, and subcontractors assigned to the Test Dept. Travel is primarily local, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be required.

Reporting Relationship: This position will report to the Test Director.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.