Production Engineering Manager

Production Build Strategy

• Define and maintain the shipyard’s production build strategy, including panelization, block construction, and erection sequencing.
• Develop block breakdown structures and manufacturing strategies aligned with facility capabilities.
• Ensure vessel designs align with yard constraints such as crane capacities, transportation limits, and assembly workflows.

Heavy Lift & Transport Engineering

• Develop engineering strategies for lifting, transporting, and erecting ship blocks and major modules.
• Define lift plans, rigging concepts, and transport methods for large assemblies.
• Coordinate with heavy lift equipment operators and infrastructure teams to validate lifting and movement strategies.

Production Process Development

• Develop standardized manufacturing processes for steel fabrication, block assembly, and erection.
• Establish production workflows, takt planning concepts, and throughput assumptions.
• Identify opportunities for automation and process optimization within shipyard operations.

Facilities Production Manual

• Lead development of the Facilities Production Manual, establishing design rules for engineering teams.
• Define constraints including maximum block weights, dimensions, lifting interfaces, transport paths, and production tolerances.
• Ensure naval architects and vessel design teams incorporate facility manufacturing requirements early in the design process.

Manufacturing Integration

• Work closely with ship design teams to ensure production feasibility.
• Translate vessel design into manufacturing work packages and build sequences.
• Support development of digital models and production simulations.

Startup & Industrialization

• Support the startup of new shipyard facilities and manufacturing systems.
• Validate production processes during early vessel builds.
• Capture lessons learned and refine production engineering standards.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with engineering, facilities, automation, and operations teams to align production systems.
• Provide production engineering input to equipment selection and facility design.
• Support strategic planning for future production capacity expansion.

What Success Looks Like

• Vessel designs consistently align with shipyard manufacturing capabilities.
• Block construction and erection sequences are clearly defined and executable.
• Production processes are standardized and scalable.
• Engineering teams utilize the Facilities Production Manual as a core design reference.
• The shipyard achieves predictable production flow during early vessel builds.

Required

• 8+ years experience in shipbuilding, heavy manufacturing, or large-scale industrial production engineering.
• Strong experience developing build strategies for large fabricated structures.
• Experience with heavy lift engineering, rigging, or large assembly operations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate product design into manufacturing processes.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with engineering and operations teams.

Preferred

• Ship Structural Design Experience experience.
• Familiarity with panel line production and modular ship construction.
• Experience with digital production planning or simulation tools.
• Background in lean manufacturing or industrial system design.