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EXPERT TRADESPERSON | NSS-SY Shipyard Resourcing pillar develops new career path, increases support to mechanics
June 9, 2022 — A new career path at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility provides expert mechanics with the means and motivation to train and mentor the next generation of journey-level workers. The Navy’s four public shipyards are the most consequential driver of fleet readiness and lethality. In order to win wars and deter aggression,... MORE

Workers from Shop 38, Marine Machinery Mechanics, observe a propeller installation for USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Oct. 16, 2018 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. (U.S. Navy photo by Brain Kilpatrick)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Waterfront pillar
June 2, 2022 — The Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard Waterfront Pillar is more than simply a notion for operational improvement. It is a living program that empowers employees at all levels to express their ideas on how to work more effectively through following and improving Project Management Fundamentals.The pillar focuses on education and training, planning... MORE

Rear Adm. Scott M. Brown, deputy commander, Naval Sea Systems Command Industrial Operations, is briefed on Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program by Dave Sweet, deputy program manager, PMS 555, March 31, 2022 during a tour of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Brown is the Waterfront Pillar lead for Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard, one of nine pillars meant to support the mechanics at the deckplate level and empower them to innovate and elevate issues. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

Deputy Commander for Industrial Operations Visits Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
June 1, 2022 — Rear Adm. Scott Brown visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) in May to review shipyard operations in his new role as the Deputy Commander for Industrial Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA 04). With a focus on safety, culture and productivity at the NAVSEA 04 level, Brown set out to observe... MORE

Rear Adm. Scott Brown visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) in May to review shipyard operations in his new role as the Deputy Commander for Industrial Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA 04). With a focus on safety, culture and productivity at the NAVSEA 04 level, Brown set out to observe and gain insight about PHNSY & IMF functions that could help him provide better support for the shipyard’s mission. (Official U.S. Navy photo by Marc Ayalin/Released)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Engineering pillar
June 1, 2022 — The Naval Sustainment System – Shipyard Engineering Pillar is focused on removing or mitigating barriers to accomplish work safer, faster and with the highest quality by applying engineering methods and technical authority to challenging requirements and implementing new methods and technology. The Engineering Pillar is led by Rear Adm. Jason... MORE

Rear Adm. Jason Lloyd, chief engineer and deputy commander of Ship Design, Integration and Naval Engineering, SEA 05,
participates in a Q&A session with engineers March 30 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Lloyd is the source of shipyard technical authority, chair of the Engineering Intervention Board and the Engineering Pillar lead. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

NSS-SY pillar construct demonstrates multi-agency commitment to transformation
December 22, 2021 — The Naval Sea Systems Command Transformation Office confirmed last month the final pillar construct for Naval Sustainment System – Shipyards, the Navy’s major initiative to improve work execution and shorten availability durations at the public shipyards.NSS-SY began in 2019 as a pilot program designed to remove barriers to productivity and in... MORE

NSS-SY: Delivering full system support tot he deckplate. Pillar diagram.

NSS-SY: PSNS & IMF to roll out next 3 sprints for evaluation
July 19, 2021 — Naval Sustainment System – Shipyards champions and subject-matter experts from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and the other three U.S. Navy shipyards agreed on the next three NSS-SY sprints to pursue, during a meeting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Honolulu in early July.The... MORE

NSS-SY: On time, every time graphic detailing next three Naval Sustainment System – Shipyard sprits to be explored by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and
the other three U.S. Navy shipyards. (U.S. Navy graphic by Robin Lee)

Fix or Elevate - Improves Processes for PNS Electricians
July 16, 2021 — A key strategy of Naval Sustainment System - Shipyards (NSS-SY) is implementing a paradigm shift of treating shipyard mechanics as the customer. “That means it’s our job, leadership’s job, to make sure mechanics have the tools they need to do their jobs as efficiently as possible,” said Rear Adm. Howard Markle, NAVSEA’s Deputy Commander for... MORE

NSS-SY DEEP DIVE: The Operations Control Center
June 25, 2021 — One Naval Sustainment System – Shipyard sprint the USS Louisiana (SSN 724) Project Team at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility began this spring was called the Operations Control Center. The OCC creates a central hub where a cross-functional team of project managers, mechanics, supervisors, logisticians or anyone involved... MORE

Team Louisiana leads the way for NSS-SY efforts
June 23, 2021 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and the other three U.S. Navy shipyards are trying out Naval Sustainment System – Shipyard concepts on four pilot vessels, all of which are submarines.According to Matt VanRavenhorst, NSS-SY champion for PSNS & IMF, the commander of Naval Sea Systems Command Vice Adm. William Galinis... MORE

Rear Admiral Jeffrey Jablon, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, is briefed on process improvements by Matt VanRavenhorst, NSS-SY champion, middle left, and Dan Arnell, Shop 31 production superintendent, right, June 8, 2021, during a tour of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

Commands terminate NSS-SY sprint that wasn’t working as hoped
June 8, 2021 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, along with the other three public shipyards, stopped exploring one of the efforts they were focused on as part of the Naval Sustainment System – Shipyard process transformation effort after data indicated it wasn’t creating the time savings they’d hoped it would.In April, NSS-SY... MORE

Timekeeping sprint canceled graphic (PSNS & IMF graphic by Robin Lee)

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