Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world’s most innovative companies to create a more connected world?

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities.

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns.

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you’re a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you’re new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career.

Position Overview

Reporting to the Senior Manufacturing Operations Manager, this position is responsible for project goal settings, milestones and roadblock identifications. This individual contributor once roadblocks are identified needs to manage to eliminate them. Heads, identifies, develops, and executes or implements long-term and short-term continuous improvement strategies, working closely with production, planning, maintenance, and shipping to increase capacity, reduce lead times, improve delivery upon request, and improve product quality. Plans, leads, defines, develops, reviews, and audits strategic activities for continuous improvement and project completions while following and helping established standards across the company. Develop and tracks metrics related to activities. Assures that facility improvement initiatives support corporate strategy and goals. Delivers updates to Senior Leadership.

Responsibilities

• Plan review and work with design on structural upgrades. As well as line installation or modifications.
• Be the voice of manufacturing in the line upgrades.
• Analyzes the effectiveness of a business function, identifies opportunities, and recommends improvement ideas for the organization's core business processes, including the corporate bottom line, working closely with Department Managers and Quality Specialists
• Develop methods to effectively communicate and report performance of projects metrics so they are visible, accurate, timely, and can be understood by people at all levels of the organization
• Gathers, compiles, and analyzes data from a variety of sources including production facilities, Engineering, shipping, inventories, quality, labor, machine data, utilities, and other areas
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets various types of data for a business, using varied types of data sets and software, utilizing analytical, statistical, and communication skills
• Research external methods, processes, and software to provide business solutions tailored to new trends, demands, and concepts
• Organize, assemble track and report on team meetings.
• Ability to collect advanced data collection and analysis for process value stream mapping
• Increases Productivity/Safety/ Quality with project deliverables
• Provide tools and ideas to Focus Factories to increase productivity
• Responsible for working with finance to produce accurate cost and productivity charting and feedback to departments
• Significant use of Microsoft Excel.
• Significant use of Power Point and Gant charts
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience; additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) MS Project
• Experience with SharePoint
• Strong experience with running reports and analyzing data
• Experience in writing queries and macros
• Access Database
• Working knowledge with Power BI
• Working knowledge with visual basic
• Experienced in trend analysis
• Knowledge of ERP systems
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Lean management, 5S and six sigma training preferred
• Self-motivated and quick learner
• Strong leadership, Communication and Problem-solving skills

Physical Demands

Ability to pass a “Fit for Duty” physical exam. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Wear the proper personal protective equipment for each task, including, but not limited to, safety boots, safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, dust mask, etc
• Climb up and down from equipment; climb up and down a ladder and work at heights up to 40’
• Maintain proper balance while working at elevated level
• Regularly lift and/or move 40 pounds. Anything heavier than 40 pounds requires additional assistance
• Ability to reach with hands and arms and use hands to finger, or handle objects, tools and controls
• Ability to stand, walk, crawl, and climb stairs regularly
• Ability to bend, squat, stoop, kneel or crouch frequently
• Ability to talk and/or hear frequently
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Ability to work both indoors (regularly) and outdoors (occasionally) in all elements

Working Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Candidates for positions with SubCom must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment eligibility verification will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Our selection procedure is based on local, state, and federal law.

Please be sure to attach a resume to your application. We are not able to consider applications without a resume.

BENEFITS

SubCom offers a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to: competitive salaries, medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverages, FSA, HSA, generous vacation, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, and a 401(k) plan with generous company match. Additionally, some positions may be eligible for shift differential.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL EMPLOYER OPPORTUNITY

SubCom is committed to providing a work environment that prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other characteristics protected by applicable law or regulation.

SubCom engineers, manufactures, and installs subsea fiber optic data cables - the unsung heroes of global communication. With an unrelenting focus on quality, reliability, and value, SubCom offers flexible end-to-end building blocks for the high-tech networks that are the backbone of the world's digital infrastructure. While the company's origins date back to the mid-19^th century, SubCom has deployed enough cable to circle the equator more than 25 times since its entry into the communications industry in 1955.

SUBCOM’S CORE VALUES

Quality - Accountability - Teamwork - Innovation