Eric Harris
Facilities / Maintenance Leadership
San Diego,CA
Summary
Adaptable leader with over 20 years of experience in the Maritime industry, specializing in shipyard facilities/maintenance, shipboard support systems, and Naval radar and weapons systems. Skilled in management with a blend of military and civilian experience. Adept at pivoting quickly and prioritizing tasks based on business or customer requirements. Forward-thinking, self-driven, and committed to upholding safety, quality, and productivity standards.
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. This includes reporting on performance, cost adherence, and system statuses to senior leadership on a daily (or more) basis as required.
- Prepare requests and control 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.
- Establish departmental vision, long term goals, and direction for direct reports as well as the multi-functional teams that work for them.
- 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
- Employ or direct the employment of management tools (write-ups, counseling, PIP's, evals) to ensure operational excellence and adherence to NASSCO's policies and procedures.
Assistant Manager
General Dynamics NASSCO
San Diego, CA
03.2017 - 08.2021
- Overall responsibility for safety, efficiency, prioritization, and compliance in Maintenance department
- Built multi-functional teams of mechanics, electricians, technicians and engineers through hiring and allocation of resources (personnel and skills)
- Interfaced 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, CA01.2020
Leadership and Management Program -
UCSD Extension
San Diego, CA01.2019
Bachelors of Science - Business Administration with a focus in Technical Management
DeVry / Keller School of Business
San Diego, CA01.2018
Raytheon Six Sigma Specialist course -
Raytheon TSC
San Diego, CA01.2014
Skills
- People Management
- Adaptability
- Communication skills
- Project management
- Shipboard HME systems
- Strong Interpersonal skills
- Interfacing with Gov customers
- Budget control
- EVMS systems
- Design theory
- Vendor relationship skills
- Procedure development
- Performance Management
- Cost estimation
- Workflow management
- Testing and commissioning processes
- Strategic Planning
- Staff Development
- Business Development
- Workflow management
- Capital planning
- 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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