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Are you interested in joining our team at Newport News Shipbuilding, America's largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of manufacturing, engineering and management services to the nuclear energy, oil and gas markets?
As the Military Liaison and Talent Acquisition Specialist, I work with Hiring Managers at our Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding facility who are seeking the hardest-working, most dedicated, skillful military-experienced ELECTRICIANS; POWER PRODUCTION; ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS; MULTI-CRAFT MECHANICS; SUPPLY & LOGISTICS PROFESSIONALS and numerous other Military backgrounds to hire & fill their job needs.
Military Experiences
Jul 2008 - Aug 2009
Training Manager
Managed corporate L&D function for organization of 300+ employees:
EXPERIENCE AND PROVEN BUSINESS IMPACT IN LEADING AND IMPLEMENTING CAREER DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
•Creating new curriculum material including written manuals and multi-media, reviewing and updating current new personnel orientation course material. Over 92% positive feedback from participants and customers.
EXPERIENCE IN DELIVERING CAREER DEVELOPMENT COACHING AND LEARNING PROGRAMS
•Overhauled the employee college course enrollment program, including negotiating with technical school representatives
Jul 2005 - Jul 2008
Officer In Charge (OIC)
STRONG EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING PEOPLE THROUGH TRAINING, MOTIVATION, MENTORSHIP AND REWARDS
•Facilitated new employee orientations and provide training on new organization mission standards, individual certification and technical systems for 90+ Navy Reservists and Active Duty Personnel. Received over 98% positive feedback on instruction delivery and communication skills, specifically the positivity and energy brought to the classroom.
•Observed team and staff performance, counseled and made determinations for additional training to improve skill levels in specific areas.
Jul 2003 - Jul 2005
LPO
ABILITY TO APPLY BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SUPERVISION
• Collaborated with the Donald Cook team to support the invention, design, delivery and continuous improvement of areas of responsibility within the Navy’s Training System with minimal supervision. Resulted in the Antisubmarine Warfare Team being evaluated as one of the best on the East Coast, a 100% turnaround.
•Coordinated the 360 feedback process.
• Collaborated with multiple subject matter experts to assess, recommend, design, develop and maintain facilitator-led, Web-based and workbook training materials.
Deployments
(1 year, 1 month)Military Credentials
Professional Development Schools
Jan 1991 - May 1991
AN/SQS 53C Factory Class C School
Feb 1990 - Jun 1990
Digital Electronics Training (DET)
Individual & Special Skill Schools
May 2003 - Jul 2003
Advanced Acoustics Analysis
Foreign Language Skills
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher
Academic Degrees
Academic Degrees
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