Manufacturing and Production Analyst

Duties:

• Develops data driven processes and standards for measuring KPI’s and capacity planning.
• Evaluate existing design of hardware and recommend changes to enhance the manufacturability and profitability of an order.
• Collaborate with maintenance, supply chain, and finance to develop strategic plans for operations, and develop manufacturing plans to achieve capacity increases to meet the plan.
• Execute cost savings plan to complete initiatives and achieve annual cost savings goals.
• Evaluate existing design of hardware and recommend changes to enhance the manufacturability and profitability of an order.
• Review contract requirements and lead in the development of a manufacturability plan.
• Prepare and/or coordinate the completion of the required software, e.g. manufacturing and inspection outlines, manufacturing procedures, bill of materials, drawings, tool requests, regular and repair routings, etc., to support manufacturing schedules.
• Assist in providing technical support to manufacturing in areas of problem resolution, planning modifications, and process enhancements.
• Prepare and maintain the documentation needed by the project group.
• Manage a project so that it remains on budget, on schedule, and meets the required quality level.
• Interface with quality engineering and weld engineering to ensure that manufacturing procedures and work instructions have been prepared in accordance with Company systems and ensuring that contract requirements have been met.
• Interface with manufacturing engineering specialists to coordinate, review, and approve the detailed work instructions to ensure that they are concise and understandable.
• Interface with quality methods personnel to incorporate the NDE plan and associated procedures and inspection techniques in the work instructions to ensure contract compliance.
• Interface with design engineering to identify major tool requirements, recommend cost effective modifications, and to ensure that drawings are understood by manufacturing personnel and are in compliance with contract requirements.
• Interface with purchasing personnel to provide a bill of material and to coordinate material need dates to support the manufacturing plan.
• Interface with manufacturing personnel to provide adequate guidance and support for component processing, thus ensuring a smooth manufacturing flow. Provide technical support to resolve problems and to provide process enhancements.
• Interface with production control personnel to provide the software that is responsive to production needs. This software should be provided 30 days prior to need date.
• Interface with contract administrative personnel to provide the technical support in correspondence with the customer.

Desired Requirements:

• An active Secret Security Clearance, or the ability to obtain one.
• Time management skills.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Proven excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multitask effectively.
• Ability to pay attention to details and to work based on available data and not guesswork.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office packages effectively.
• Ability to be flexible both in relation to job-specification and schedules.
• Ability to solve problems.
• 10 or more years of experience with Navy acquisition and Submarine Programs. 
• Experience leading a project and interfacing with an end item customer.
• Recent experience in Team Submarine would be ideal.

Desired Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical field or a related field.

Desired Experience:

•  7 years of experience in manufacturing/production support.