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PSNS & IMF builds 51 cofferdams to increase ease of use, reduce cost
October 17, 2019 — When workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility need to test or perform work on certain valves or other ship’s components when a ship or submarine is pier side, they use cofferdams to create a dry space around where that valve or other component meets the sea. Divers attach the cofferdams on specific parts of a ship...

Secretary of the Navy visits Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility
September 20, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility is “the backbone of what gets done,” the secretary of the Navy told a gathering of hundreds of shipyard workers and Sailors during a whirlwind visit to the facility Friday.Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer addressed members of the PSNS & IMF workforce then toured key projects and...

Local commands graduate 12 trained to lead innovation
August 26, 2019 — Culminating five weeks of comprehensive training in process improvement and change management, 10 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees graduated from the Naval Sea Systems Command Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program in a ceremony Aug. 23 at the Norm Dicks Government Center.Two employees from Strategic Weapons...

Paint simulation training saves time, money, reduces waste
July 25, 2019 — Correctly painting a surface aboard a Navy vessel is not as easy as using a rattle can to repaint a mailbox or using a brush to touch up a fence at home. Painters throughout Shop 71, Painters, Blasters and Tilesetters, are taught how to put just the right amount of double-layer epoxy paint on a surface. Too little paint and the surface isn’t...

Command hires full-time American Sign Language interpreter to serve, empower total workforce
July 12, 2019 — In its ongoing effort to promote an all-inclusive environment for a diverse workforce, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility recently hired a full-time American Sign Language interpreter to help recruit, hire, professionally develop and retain deaf and hard of hearing employees.Marlene Bell, an American Sign Language...

Team designs 3D-printed device to reduce time, cost, increase safety
October 23, 2018 — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Strategic Framework encourages employees at all levels to embrace innovation in support of the command’s mission to deliver warships back to the fleet on-time, every time...

Camaraderie rewards PSNS & IMF employee at Warrior Games
July 23, 2018 — Bill Longworth, a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility environmental health and safety auditor, valued the camaraderie he felt for his fellow competitors as much as he did his success at the Department of Defense’s 2018 Warrior Games, June 1-9, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, near Colorado Springs, Colorado...

Shipyard, Naval Undersea Museum partner to preserve piece of historic submarine
May 9, 2018 — Capt. Howard Markle, commander of PSNS & IMF, and Museum Director Lindy Dosher officially transferred ownership of the control room from the experimental nuclear research submarine NR-1 from the shipyard to the museum during a ceremony in the museum’s private storage area May 8, 2018, in Keyport, Washington...

PSNS & IMF hosts technology trial for human assistive technologies
April 5, 2018 — Managers, process improvement specialists and tradespeople got an up-close look at devices intended to ease their burdens, reduce injuries and increase productivity during an assistive technology trial Feb. 26-28 in Building 460...

Whether testing cranes or carving them in wood, quality matters
July 17, 2017 — After spending all day testing cranes to ensure they work perfectly, Jeff Iller, a heavy equipment specialist with Code 722 Crane Test, goes home and continues to seek perfection in the shaping of wood...

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