(C) Production Support/ENG Change/Shipboard Configuration/Production Readiness Specialist

Description

Background check, US Citizenship, and a drug screening are requirements for this position. Pending client approved candidate. 95% travel. 

TMMG is seeking an experienced Production Support / Engineering Change / Shipboard Configuration / Production Readiness Specialist to provide onsite support to shipbuilding and ship repair programs at Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM).  

This is a hands-on shipyard position that works at the intersection of Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Scheduling, Material, Configuration Management, and Program Management. The individual will help determine whether planned work is ready and executable, identify conditions preventing production from moving forward, coordinate resolution across responsible organizations, and verify that completed work reflects approved engineering and configuration requirements.  

The position requires someone who is equally comfortable reviewing drawings, engineering changes, work orders, production and material data at a computer and walking aboard the vessel to determine what is actually installed, incomplete, incorrect, or preventing the trades from completing their work.  

The successful candidate will serve as a direct link between engineering requirements and deck-plate execution, helping FMM identify and resolve production constraints before they affect major construction, test, launch, and delivery milestones. What Success Looks Like  

Success in this position is not measured simply by the number of engineering changes or work orders reviewed. The objective is to keep production moving.  

The individual should consistently identify problems before they affect major milestones, provide Manufacturing with accurate and executable technical information, drive unresolved engineering and production issues to closure, maintain an accurate picture of actual shipboard configuration, and give FMM and TMMG leadership confidence that reported production status reflects what is actually happening aboard the vessel.  

The position ultimately helps reduce production delays, prevent unnecessary rework, improve engineering-change execution, protect critical schedule milestones, and improve the flow of information between Engineering and the shipyard workforce. 

Requirements

• Production Readiness and Workability 
• Review production orders, work orders, parent items, engineering changes, drawings, material status, and schedule requirements to determine whether planned work is ready for Manufacturing execution. 
• Research work that cannot be executed and identify the specific condition preventing completion. 
• Determine the actions necessary to make work executable and identify the Engineering, Planning, Material, Manufacturing, Scheduling, Configuration Management, or other organization responsible for resolution. 
• Investigate the following production constraints: material shortages or unavailable components, incomplete predecessor work, unreleased or incorrectly structured work orders, drawing or design discrepancies, bill of material or configuration discrepancies, incorrectly incorporated engineering changes, production sequencing conflicts, administrative or scheduling issues, and differences between documented configuration and actual shipboard conditions. 
• Work directly with responsible organizations to resolve identified constraints and return work to an executable status. 
• Support production priorities based on vessel milestones, schedule requirements, critical-path activities, and Manufacturing needs. 
• Engineering Change and Configuration Support Review 
• Engineering Change Notices (ECNs), drawings, work packages, production orders, and supporting technical information to determine applicability and completion status. 
• Perform shipboard validation of engineering changes and configuration requirements. 
• Determine whether engineering changes have been fully incorporated into the vessel and identify incomplete, incorrectly implemented, or unverified work. 
• Research production orders, material, drawings, parent items, and associated documentation supporting open engineering changes. 
• Determine the path necessary to move incomplete engineering changes from unresolved status through production completion and final verification. 
• Maintain accurate change-status and configuration information for assigned vessels or projects. 
• Validate hull or vessel applicability of engineering changes and identify discrepancies between engineering records and actual ship configuration. 
• Support equipment foundation, structural, electrical, piping, outfitting, and other configuration-status validation as assigned.
• Shipboard Production Support 
• Conduct routine ship checks and deck-plate inspections to verify actual conditions aboard vessels under construction or repair.
• Compare installed shipboard conditions against drawings, engineering changes, work packages, job orders, and configuration records. 
• Identify conditions that prevent or complicate installation and production work. 
• Provide timely technical clarification to supervisors, planners, engineers, and trades when discrepancies are identified. 
• Mark up drawings, blueprints, sketches, or other technical information as necessary to clearly communicate required work.
• Assist trades in understanding engineering-change scope and translating technical requirements into executable production work. 
• Verify equipment location, routing, access, foundations, interfaces, and other physical conditions affecting installation. 
• Conduct follow-up ship checks to confirm that corrective actions and engineering changes have been satisfactorily completed.
• Engineering-to-Production Integration 
• Serve as a working interface between Engineering and Manufacturing to ensure technical requirements can be successfully executed on the vessel. 
• Identify situations where approved engineering does not reflect actual shipboard conditions or creates production challenges.
• Coordinate with Engineering to obtain clarification, revised information, or technical direction when required. 
• Help ensure drawings, ECNs, work packages, material requirements, and production instructions provide the trades with sufficient information to perform the work correctly. 
• Identify recurring engineering or production problems and recommend improvements that reduce rework, delays, and wasted labor. 
• Support Engineering with shipboard validation and status assessments when accurate configuration information is required.
• Schedule and Milestone Support Review production activities in relation to the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), forecast start dates, vessel milestones, and production priorities. 
• Help identify engineering changes, material issues, production orders, or configuration discrepancies that could affect critical milestones. 
• Support launch, test, delivery, and other major milestone readiness reviews by validating completion of critical work. 
• Assist leadership in identifying remaining critical work and the resources, actions, and responsible organizations required to complete it. 
• Support development and maintenance of production-readiness and schedule-analysis information across assigned vessels or projects. 
• Elevate emerging production constraints before they become schedule-critical issues. 
• Data Analysis, Tracking, and Reporting Maintain accurate production-support, engineering-change, configuration, and readiness trackers. 
• Update ECN validation and change-status information based on current engineering releases and verified shipboard conditions.
• Develop and maintain status reports, action lists, dashboards, report cards, and other management tools showing open and completed engineering changes, workable versus unworkable production activities, outstanding departmental actions production constraints and root causes, critical work remaining by vessel, module, system, or milestone, and progress toward resolution. 
• Provide leadership with accurate information that reflects actual production and shipboard conditions rather than relying solely on reported completion status. Identify trends and recurring root causes and recommend corrective actions or process improvements. 
• Participate in production, engineering, planning, and program coordination meetings as required. 
• Team and Customer Support 
• Develop productive working relationships with FMM Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Scheduling, Material, Configuration Management, Quality, Test, and Program Management personnel. 
• Work directly with supervisors and deck-plate personnel to understand production problems and develop practical solutions.
• Communicate technical and production issues clearly to both management and trades. Train or assist other personnel in production-support processes, configuration validation, engineering-change research, shipcheck methods, and status-tracking practices as required. Support changing shipyard priorities and additional vessels or programs as production requirements dictate. 
• Represent TMMG professionally while working as an integrated member of the customer's onsite team.  

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience working in a shipyard, industrial production, vessel construction, or vessel repair environment. 
• Ability to read and interpret ship construction drawings, engineering drawings, technical specifications, work packages, and engineering changes. 
• Working knowledge of shipboard construction and the relationship between Engineering, Planning, Material, Manufacturing, and Scheduling. 
• Ability to conduct ship checks and compare actual shipboard conditions with drawings and technical documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to investigate production problems, determine root causes, and coordinate corrective actions across multiple organizations. 
• Ability to independently prioritize multiple production issues in a schedule-driven environment. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and the ability to maintain detailed trackers, action lists, metrics, and status reports. 
• Ability to work onsite in an active shipyard and aboard vessels under construction or repair. 
• Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, government, or complex commercial shipbuilding programs. 
• Previous experience with Fincantieri Marinette Marine or a comparable major shipyard. Experience working with Engineering Change Notices (ECNs), configuration-management processes, or shipboard change incorporation. 
• Experience with production planning, work-order research, material-status research, or manufacturing-readiness assessment.
• Familiarity with Baan, SAP, or comparable Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and production-control systems. 
• Familiarity with Integrated Master Schedules and schedule-driven production environments. 
• Experience supporting vessel launch, test, trials, or delivery readiness. 
• Experience developing production metrics, dashboards, trackers, or management reports. 
• Experience providing direct technical support to shipyard trades and production supervisors. 
• Experience validating equipment foundations, structural modifications, electrical installations, piping, outfitting, or other shipboard systems. 
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities  

The successful candidate should be able to:  

• Understand how engineering requirements translate into actual shipyard production work.
•  Recognize when a drawing, engineering change, work order, material requirement, or shipboard condition does not align with the planned work. 
• Trace a production problem through engineering, material, planning, scheduling, and manufacturing information to identify its root cause. 
• Distinguish between work that is technically complete, administratively complete, and physically complete aboard the vessel.
• Communicate effectively with engineers, planners, schedulers, production supervisors, trades, and senior management. 
• Work independently and take ownership of issues through final resolution rather than simply identifying and reporting problems. 
• Organize large quantities of technical and production information and identify the issues requiring immediate attention.
• Balance technical accuracy with the practical needs of shipyard production. 
• Develop practical solutions in a fast-moving construction environment. 
• Recognize emerging schedule and production risks and elevate them before they affect major milestones. 

Physical Job Requirements: 

•  Position is primarily onsite at the shipyard. 
•  Must be able to routinely access vessels under construction or repair. 
•  Must be capable of climbing ladders and stairs and navigating machinery spaces, tanks, compartments, decks, modules, and other shipboard areas as required. 
•  Must be comfortable working around active shipyard production activities.  
•  May be required to wear appropriate personal protective equipment and comply with all shipyard safety requirements.  
•  Occasional travel may be required depending on program needs. 

Education/Certification Requirements:

Minimum of 5 years of relevant shipbuilding, ship repair, marine engineering, production planning, configuration management, engineering-change, or related maritime experience.