Vice President Human Resources, EHS & Security

We offer a competitive salary for this role with an expected range of $250000$300000/yr. The final offer will depend on your experience skills and overall qualifications. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works also provides a variety of benefits including medical & dental insurance coverage 401(k) retirement savings plan flexible spending accounts/HSAs life and disability insurance company paid holidays paid time off (PTO) health coaching athletic trainers employee assistance programs and onsite health services.

The Vice President Human Resources EHS & Security is a strategic leadership role accountable for developing and implementing organization-wide people safety environmental and security strategies that strengthen Bath Iron Works ability to meet its commitments to the U.S. Navy the workforce and the business.

This position reports directly to the President and is responsible to lead Human Resources Labor Relations Environmental Health & Safety Security Medical and Compliance functions in a large-scale unionized 24/7 manufacturing environment. Operating under the BIW Business Operating System (BOS) the VP ensures that people safety and workforce strategies align with operational excellence goals builds strong cross-functional relationships across the organization and advances a performancebased culture focused on safety workforce stability and business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic People Leadership:

• Develop and execute organizationwide people strategies aligned with BIWs business operational and workforce objectives
• Provide strategic workforce insights to senior leadership to guide business decisionmaking
• Ensure HR strategies support BOS principles and operational excellence goals
• Align people systems with continuous improvement and performance expectations
• Lead the integration of people strategies with major operational initiatives

Labor Relations Leadership:

• Lead collective bargaining strategy and major labor negotiations
• Build and maintain constructive relationships with union leadership
• Oversee grievance handling arbitration strategy and contract interpretation
• Ensure labor relations practices support workforce stability and attendance performance and engagement goals
• Partner with operations and labor leaders to navigate complex unionrelated challenges

Environmental Health Safety & Security Leadership:

• Ensure OSHA compliance and lead major safety investigations and regulatory interactions
• Oversee environmental compliance programs and support readiness for audits
• Strengthen safety culture and expectations across hourly and salaried workforces
• Lead Security operations including physical security incident response and risk mitigation
• Embed safety and security requirements into training performance systems and leadership expectations

Operational & Manufacturing Partnership:

• Serve as a trusted business partner to operations leaders in a highvolume safetycritical manufacturing environment
• Understand and influence key operational drivers including labor cost staffing models productivity throughput and workforce readiness
• Support workforce strategies for 24/7 operations and large-scale industrial production
• Provide leadership during operational disruptions workforce instability or performance challenges
• Ensure people and safety strategies directly support quality schedule cost and workforce requirements

Business Outcomes & Organizational Performance:

• Drive improvements in Safety Quality Schedule Cost and People performance
• Lead crossfunctional initiatives that improve workforce effectiveness and operational reliability
• Hold leaders accountable for performance alignment and leadership expectations
• Lead change efforts that strengthen organizational capability and performance culture
• Ensure people safety and workforce strategies support companywide performance goals

Leadership Development & Culture:

• Build leadership capability across functions including succession planning and development of future leaders
• Promote a culture rooted in accountability trust safety and continuous improvement
• Coach leaders through complex and highpressure situations
• Strengthen organizational culture through leadership expectations and performance management
• Ensure practices support an engaged productive and mission-focused workforce

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Organizational Development Safety or related field required
• Masters degree in Human Resources Business Organizational Development or related discipline preferred

• 15 years of progressively responsible HR leadership experience required
• Significant experience in unionized largescale manufacturing industrial shipbuilding or defense environments
• Experience leading multiple functions including HR EHS Security Labor Relations or related domains
• Proven success driving business outcomes and aligning people strategies with operational requirements
• Experience leading organizational change safety leadership and workforce transformation
• Strong business acumen and ability to work crossfunctionally with senior operational and technical leaders
• Demonstrated success in developing leaders and building highperforming teams
• Strong executive presence and communication skills across all organizational levels
• Previous operational experience beneficial