Director of Contractor & Trade Partner Integration

About the role

The Director of Contractor & Trade Partner Integration is responsible for the performance, onboarding, safety, and quality execution of all external labor, specialty trades, and subcontractors supporting shipyard operations. This role ensures that contract workforce activities are fully aligned with internal production, safety, quality, and schedule expectations.

Key responsibilities

• Own integration of all external labor, specialty trades, and subcontractors into shipyard operations.
• Establish clear expectations for contractor performance, supervision, and accountability.
• Design and enforce standardized onboarding covering safety orientation, quality expectations, work rules, and communication protocols.
• Partner with EHS to ensure contractor compliance with shipyard safety rules, permit‑to‑work systems, and SIMOPS coordination.
• Collaborate with Quality and Production to verify that contractor work meets yard standards and qualifications.
• Develop and track contractor performance metrics tied to safety, quality, schedule adherence, and productivity.
• Lead regular performance reviews, improvement plans, and decisions on contractor continuation or removal.
• Coordinate closely with Production, Planning, Quality, EHS, and Procurement to align contractor scopes with yard sequencing.

Required profile

Required skills