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Company Information
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Company Name: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
Website: https://gdbiw.com/careers/

Job Information
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Job Title: Professional Development Program
Job Type: Permanent
Start Date: 06/02/2025
Address:
700 Washington Street
Bath, Maine. 04530
United States

Job Description:
This Professional Development Program is designed to develop talented
individuals to prepare them for future leadership roles at General Dynamics,
Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. We are looking for recent graduates of
marine, manufacturing business and/or engineering colleges or academies.

We will be making candidate selections in the winter of 2024 with the
selected new hires starting in June of 2025.

Overview:
This is an interim trainee position where the employee develops
professionally, technically and personally through a structured two year
Professional Development Program (PDP) of defined rotations and training.
Upon completion of the program the employee will be able to assume a
leadership role within the company. The PDP employee rotates through key
areas to learn primary processes to acquire shipbuilding and maritime
industry knowledge and leadership skills.

Role and Responsibilities of selected candidates:
1. Proactively use every opportunity and experience to increase knowledge of
BIW business practices.
2. Complete assignments/projects on time to support rotational departments'
workload.
3. Develop overall knowledge of shipbuilding processes and managerial skills
while assisting key departments during area rotations.
4. Manages work in a given area by coordinating cognizant stakeholder
efforts.
5. Actively participate in implementing and monitoring continuous process
improvement initiatives to improve safety and quality, and reduce cycle time
and costs.
6. Attend and participate in assigned learning events.



Requirements:
Required/Preferred Education/Training
• Completed Bachelor's Degree in one of the following (or closely related
field): Maritime Engineering (Systems/Operations/Technology/Transportation),
Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Facilities, Power Systems Engineering,
Naval Architecture, Business/Logistics/Supply Chain Management
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 preferred
• Education from a maritime academy preferred
• Basic understanding of maritime industry operations preferred

Required/Preferred Experience
• Ability to plan work and manage time effectively
• Ability to collaborate and influence others
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access
• Ability to logically express ideas in oral* and written formats
• High level of flexibility and versatility
• Exposure to world class manufacturing techniques

* Bath Iron Works has a sign language interpreter on staff to support our
deaf and hard of hearing employees.




Resume Information
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Applicants should submit the following:: Resume, Cover Letter
Majors Desired:: Business, Engineering, Science
Degree levels accepted:: Bachelor

Application Information
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Apply online at:: https://careers-gdbiw.icims.com/jobs/4309/professional-development-program/job
Additional Instructions:
Please e-mail matthew.callahan@gdbiw.com and patrick.sense@gdbiw.com when applying and let us know you're applying from RIT/NTID.