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Eric Harris

Eric Harris

Facilities / Maintenance Leadership
San Diego,CA

Summary

A highly adaptable leader with 20 years of experience in the facilities/maintenance and shipboard support and weapons systems fields. Well-versed in management, with both military and civilian experience, and able to quickly change directions or prioritize work based on needs of the business. Forward thinking, self-driven, and dedicated to Safety, Quality, and Productivity.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager, Maintenance and Tool Control

General Dynamics NASSCO
San Diego, CA
08.2021 - Current
  • Overall operational responsibility for Maintenance and Tool Control departments
  • Prepared requests and controlled spend on Overhead budgets, as well as Repair and Maintenance budgets totaling over $20m to a goal of 1.0 or better CPI every year.
  • As direct report to NASSCO’s VP of Operations, Prepare and present various reports to senior leadership.
  • Establish departmental vision, long term goals, and direction.
  • Act as General Dynamics Facilities Committee chair to facilitate problem solving and new ideas across GD business units and present those CIO's directly to the GD Manufacturing Council on a quarterly basis
  • Work with Facilities to develop and prioritize capital spend each year, in the amount of roughly $100M per year.

Assistant Manager

General Dynamics NASSCO
San Diego, CA
03.2017 - 08.2021
  • Overall responsibility for safety, efficiency, and compliance in Maintenance department
  • Build a cohesive team of mechanics, electricians, technicians and engineers through hiring and allocation of resources (personnel and skills)
  • Control spending on the maintenance overhead budget
  • Interface with departmental leadership throughout the yard to create healthy customer relationships and foster productive environments that are strategically sound for all stakeholders

Maintenance Engineer

General Dynamics NASSCO
San Diego, CA
02.2014 - 03.2017
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Reduced downtime through efficient troubleshooting and root cause analysis of equipment failures.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.

Lead technician, FSE

Raytheon
San Diego, CA
01.2011 - 01.2015
  • Train and mentor junior technicians, while maintaining a leadership role in the repair cycle of units
  • Manage and maintain a time/price budget for each job, and if necessary, update any testing or data recording processes
  • Shipboard field service engineering for the SeaRAM, Sea Sparrow, and Phalanx naval weapons systems.
  • Directly interface with Government and military entities to convey time lines, status, and performance.

Fire Controlman

United States Navy
San Diego, CA
01.2003 - 01.2011
  • AEGIS MK99 Fire Control System

Education

NASSCO Emerging Leader Program -

NASSCO
San Diego, CA
01.2020

Leadership and Management Program -

UCSD Extension
San Diego, CA
01.2019

Bachelors of Science - Business Administration with a focus in Technical Management

DeVry / Keller School of Business
San Diego, CA
01.2018

Raytheon Six Sigma Specialist course -

Raytheon TSC
San Diego, CA
01.2014

Skills

  • People Management
  • Adaptability
  • Communication skills
  • Project management
  • Plant automation
  • Strong Interpersonal skills
  • Mechanical and electrical proficiency
  • Budget control
  • Control systems
  • Design theory
  • Vendor relationship skills
  • Procedure development
  • Performance Management
  • Cost estimation
  • Workflow management
  • Testing and commissioning processes
  • Strategic Planning
  • Staff Development
  • Business Development

Community

  • UCSD Leadership and Management Program, Curriculum board member, 2018-2020
  • Autism Speaks San Diego, Leadership Board, 2016-2019
  • Autism Speaks San Diego Walk committee, 2015-2020
  • General Dynamics Facilities committee, Chairman, 2023-Current

Timeline

Manager, Maintenance and Tool Control

General Dynamics NASSCO
08.2021 - Current

Assistant Manager

General Dynamics NASSCO
03.2017 - 08.2021

Maintenance Engineer

General Dynamics NASSCO
02.2014 - 03.2017

Lead technician, FSE

Raytheon
01.2011 - 01.2015

Fire Controlman

United States Navy
01.2003 - 01.2011

NASSCO Emerging Leader Program -

NASSCO

Leadership and Management Program -

UCSD Extension

Bachelors of Science - Business Administration with a focus in Technical Management

DeVry / Keller School of Business

Raytheon Six Sigma Specialist course -

Raytheon TSC

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