About This Role
Directing the training and development strategy for a skilled trades workforce in a shipyard is the core of this role, ensuring safety and compliance with Navy standards. This position suits a leader with a strong background in workforce development within heavy industrial settings, capable of designing and implementing comprehensive training and leadership programs.
Responsibilities
- Ensure everyone inside the shipyard is safe and performing work in accordance with HPSI
- Ensure all HPSI safety procedures, rules, and regulations are communicated, understood, and followed
- Lead the end-to-end production training development strategy to build and sustain a high-performing, Navy-compliant skilled trades workforce
- Identify required skills in production trades (e.g., welding, shipbuilding, fabrication, robotic welding) and understand/plan development timelines
- Oversee the stand-up of required apprenticeship training programs, including associated curriculum development
- Design and implement training programs outside of the apprenticeship environment, incorporating classroom and hands-on elements
- Align training programs with NAVSEA technical publications, WPS/PQR, and qualification requirements
- Incorporate classroom instruction and hands-on apprenticeship pathways to accelerate certification and ramp-up
- Establish performance management, mentoring, and retention systems
- Promote a culture of safety, quality, workmanship discipline, and continuous improvement
- Ensure seamless integration between new Navy production teams and existing commercial operations
- Collaborate with Production, Planning, and Program teams to understand future workforce demand signals and ensure workforce development efforts remain aligned with anticipated shipbuilding requirements
- Perform workforce analytics and reporting, including apprentice progression, qualification attainment, certification completion, retention trends, and workforce readiness metrics
- Partner with the Talent team to expand engagement with educational institutions, workforce boards, veteran transition programs, and regional economic development organizations to strengthen the long-term maritime talent pipeline
- Support broader maritime workforce and industrial base development initiatives that contribute to the long-term growth and sustainability of federal shipbuilding efforts
- Design and implement leadership development programs for current and emerging supervisors, managers, directors, and executives
- Establish structured onboarding and development programs that accelerate employee integration, organizational knowledge, and job readiness
- Partner with department leaders to identify competency gaps and create targeted professional, technical, and functional training programs
- Develop career pathways and individual development planning frameworks to support employee growth, internal mobility, and retention
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned, and as business needs evolve
Requirements
- Bachelor
- 10+ years in workforce development, ideally in shipbuilding, maritime, or heavy manufacturing
- Experience with apprenticeships, NAVSEA/DoD compliance, and technical training curriculum
- Knowledge of production trades and certifications (AWS, etc.)
- Strong partnership-building and leadership skills
Important Details
- Supervisory responsibility: Training Manager
- Work environment: Environmental exposures are similar to those found in most heavy industrial settings and may include noise, heat, cold, vibration, dust, fumes and smoke. Work may be executed indoors or outdoors and may involve exposure to inclement weather conditions.
- Physical demands: A range of motion sufficient to perform general lifting, carrying, bending, stooping, climbing, working at heights, extended walking or standing, etc. is required.
About the Company
Hanwha Philly Shipyard is a tobacco-free facility.
