Fincantieri Marine Group is hiring for a Vice President of Industrial Processes at our Marinette, WI location.

Fincantieri Marine Group

Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) is a subsidiary of Fincantieri S.p.A. with a mission to build, repair, and sustain maritime vessels that proudly supply, service, and defend our nation and the world. Fincantieri offers rewarding careers to more than 20,000 employees across 4 continents within 20 shipyards. We are a world leader and shipbuilder of choice, constantly evolving to meet global megatrends in tourism, energy, and defense through innovative and competitive maritime solutions.

Position Summary

The Vice President of Industrial Processes is responsible for leading the, Planning, Production Control, Manufacturing Methods, and Trade Planning, focusing on improvement of schedule adherence and cost avoidance. This role will ensure system and process development, coordination, and support through the core business functions of strategic integration, continuous improvement, production engineering and design, capital improvements, and scheduling. This is a leadership position with direct management of employees.

Domestic and international travel may be required.

Essential Functions

o Analyze shipyard production planning and workforce strategy by overseeing workload analysis, hiring and outsourcing plans, manufacturing schedules, work package development, BOM validation, capacity and process planning, change impact assessments, workforce forecasting, outsourcing partner management, KPI reporting, trade team readiness, and the implementation of standardized best practices to drive schedule performance and operational efficiency

o Partner with Engineering and Production to optimize manufacturing processes, evaluate and implement process improvement projects, oversee the design of tools and equipment, manage critical schedules and schedule recovery plans, support contractual schedule reviews, and drive cross-functional coordination across Engineering, Purchasing, and Manufacturing to improve efficiency, cost, and program execution

o Develop building strategies, block division plans, and SOC metrics; driving yard-wide improvement projects; optimizing production methods and industrial engineering practices; overseeing manufacturing support activities and the design of tools, jigs, and equipment; fostering collaboration across FMM and the broader Fincantieri network; and identifying, implementing, and integrating new technologies to enhance manufacturing efficiency and performance

o Other duties as assigned