Skip Huck

Experience

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  USS GARY (FFG 51)

  Apr 1997 - Nov 1998

  Chief Engineer

  Responsible for all aspects of Propulsion and Auxiliaries for a FFG plant. Damage Control Officer, Tactical Action Officer Qualified.

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  USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51)

  Jun 1998 - Nov 1999

  Chief Engineer

  Managed Propulsion and Auxiliaries systems for Guided Missile Cruiser. Managed 4 LM2500 Gas Turbine Propulsion Systems. Damage Control Officer for the Ship.

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  Norfolk Naval Shipyard

  Jan 2000 - Mar 2003

  Assistant Project Superintendent USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)Deputy Project Superintendent USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)Carrier Business Officer Assistant Project Superintendent USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)Deputy Project Superintendent USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)Carrier Business Officer

  • Carrier Business Officer / Deputy Project Superintendent

    Jan 2000 - Mar 2003

  • Carrier Business Officer / Deputy Project Superintendent

    Jan 2000 - Mar 2003
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  Ship Repair Facility Yokosuka Japan

  Apr 2003 - Apr 2006

  Repair Officer

  Managed production shops consisting of 1400 Japanese workforce to effect repairs and modernization of 1 Aircraft Carrier and 11 Forward Deployed surface craft located in Yokosuka Japan. Effected emergent voyage repairs to visiting ships.

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  USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72)

  May 2006 - Apr 2008

  Chief Engineer

  Managed the non-nuclear systems on the Pacific Northwest based aircraft carrier through a deployment and a nine-month Maintenance availability with a Department of 450 personnel. Maintenance coordinator for the Planned Maintenance availability, responsible for the tracking and reporting of all maintenance efforts conducted on the ship.• Successfully orchestrated a $240M, 365,000 man-day repair package for a 9 month repair availability in support of a successful deployment cycle.

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  Carrier Planning Activity (PMS 312C)

  May 2008 - Jul 2010

  Program Manager's Representative

  Led an organization of 100 civil servants and contract engineers (internal budget of $25M) in developing t maintenance strategy to stretch aircraft carrier service life from 35 to 50 years. Identified, planned, and budgeted for all aircraft carrier life cycle maintenance for all active aircraft carriers. Led teams in development of the aircraft carrier end to end process map for planning budgeting and execution of carrier maintenance.• Successfully planned, budgeted, and executed a move of 275 personnel from Chesapeake, VA to Portsmouth, VA. The move was completed under budget and without affecting performance of our products.• Developed a life cycle maintenance plan for the NIMITZ aircraft carrier class, changing from a 72-month budgeting cycle to a 48-month cycle. Show less

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  Norfolk Naval Shipyard

  Aug 2010 - Jul 2012

  Business and Strategic Planning Officer / Military Deputy Superintendent

  Accountable for 1 military, 200 civil servants, and 55 contractors. Managed the processing and budgeting of work ($850M) into the largest public shipyard with over 10,000 employees engaged in overhaul and modernization of NAVY's nuclear-powered ships and submarines. Directly managed shipyard strategic workload planning and budgeting processes.• Developed and implemented a new system of tracking expenditures by separate platforms to better identify where focus was needed to maintain budgets by developing a Microsoft Access database. This information afforded all stakeholders more clarity on the execution of work. Show less

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  Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility

  Jul 2012 - Jan 2013

  Business and Strategic Planning Officer

  Managed the budgets of customers and managed needed work for the largest public shipyard with over 11,000 employees and industrial facilities engaged in the overhaul and modernization of the Navy's nuclear powered ships and submarines. Total value of labor, material, and overhead averaged $1B per year. Negotiated multiple intra-governmental overhaul contracts successfully, valued more than $200M each. Managed the planning of a critical public-private partnership for labor execution with Unions. Directly managed the shipyard's strategic workload planning and budgeting 10 year process. Show less

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  Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Production Resources Officer / Product Line Officer

  Oversaw the complete transition of the 5600+ production workforce to a construct of Product Delivery Teams utilizing LEAN, Toyota KATA, and SHINGO principles. The Product Delivery Teams center on the pull of work from the customer, development of the standardized work packages to accomplish the task focusing on the non-stop execution of the flow of work with cross functional teams. The drive was to implement a systems approach to reducing the critical chain in maintenance availabilities, reducing cost, improving quality. Performed technically complex maintenance and modernization on both nuclear powered and conventional warships throughout the Pacific. Managed all aspects of trade skill administration, including hiring, career path development, succession planning, training, and qualifications.• Subject Matter Expert in Change Management: Changed the Production Line of 12K person shipyard from the Shop format to Product Lines focused on multi trade teams delivering products to ships. Show less

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  Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC)

  Mar 2015 - Jun 2017

  Commanding Officer

  Leads a team of 1,010 Federal Employees, 1,250 Military, and 350 Contractors with the responsibility of performing maintenance, modernization, and repairs for the 85 Surface Ships in San Diego, to include the non-nuclear maintenance on local Aircraft Carriers. Oversaw the maintenance, planned modernization, and reported to leadership status of work progress and issues. Responsible for the training and retaining of the military workforce, developing the sailor that returns to sea with vast experiences in technical documentation, quality assurance, and their craft. Managed the maintenance of facilities for 30+ production shops and offices. Managed the areas HAZWASTE program. Manages a contracting department with $1.1B of contracts in support of ship repair and modernization. • Ranked #1 of 9 Commanding Officers tied to Surface Navy Maintenance Centers for two years running.• Oversaw development of implementation of LEAN in Production Shops, improving productivity by over 10% per year. • Awarded 2015 and 2016 Regional Maintenance Center Excellence Award for the successful completion of all inspections and audits. Currently has been nominated by NAVSEA to Secretary of the Navy for the Secretary of Defense Maintenance Organization of the year. Show less

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  Pierce Transit

  Sept 2017 - Oct 2019

  Executive Director of Maintenance

  The Executive Director of Maintenance reports to the Chief Executive Officer and participates as amember of the Executive Team in the overall administration of the Agency. The Executive Directorprovides leadership and direction to Fleet Maintenance, Facilities Maintenance, Radio CommunicationsTechnologies and Warehouse for a fleet of over 1000 vehicles covering CNG, Diesel, Diesel-Hybrid, and Electric.

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  Main Sail, LLC

  Oct 2019 - now

  Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan (SIOP) Project Manager for the largest nuclear shipyard Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Responsible for a team conducting an industrial analysis of the shipyard, including modeling and simulation of processes and facilities supporting Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) optimization efforts.

  • Project Manager for PSNS and PHNSY SIOP at Main Sail Group, LLC

    Jul 2021 - now

  • Project Manager PSNSIMF Digital Model SIOP

    Oct 2019 - Jul 2021