Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, 2012 NNS Employee Information Phone Line: 1-877-871-2058 CURRENTS A weekly publication of Newport News Shipbuilding OCT 29 E21 Shipbuilders Steer the Way Read on p. 2 Need Extra Holiday Cash? Read on p. 3 Summer Internships Available Read on p. 3 Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) christened the 10th Virginia-class submarine, Minnesota (SSN 783), on Saturday, Oct. 27. Minnesota is about 88 percent complete and is on track to complete in 62 months -- 11 months ahead of contract schedule. Construction began in February 2008, and the keel was authenticated in May 2011. “Minnesota is the sum of all her parts,” said the Ship’s Sponsor Ellen Roughead. “Everything and everyone who has contributed will be an ingredient in the spirit and the force that makes Minnesota. The great shipbuilders of Newport News Shipbuilding and the countless men and women across our country who had a hand in the millions of parts and components that have gone into the ship have given Minnesota her backbone, her muscle and her nerves.” As many as 1,000 shipbuilders worked on Minnesota. “Shipbuilders are the faces of American manufacturing, American quality and American pride,” said NNS President Matt Mulherin. “They understand the important role they play in ensuring our freedom.” NNS Christens 10th Virginia-Class Submarine Ship’s Sponsor Ellen Roughead performs the traditional honor of breaking a bottle of American sparkling wine across the hull of Minnesota (SSN 783). Also pictured (L to R): NNS President Matt Mulherin, Adm. Kirkland H. Donald, director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion, and Cmdr. John Fancher, the ship’s prospective commanding officer. Photo by John Whalen NNS Awarded $142.7M Contract for Submarine Work Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) was awarded a cost- plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract option valued at $142.7 million from the U.S. Navy on Oct. 25. The contract option is for work on operational and decommissioning U.S. Navy submarines, conversion submarines, special mission submersibles, submarine support facilities and related programs. NNS is the prime contractor for the work, which will include engineering, design, configuration management, integrated logistic support, database management, research and development, modernization and industrial support. Work is expected to begin immediately and continue through September 2013. “No one will take better care of these products than we will,” said Jennifer Boykin, vice president, engineering and design. “These ships represent the very best of American craftsmanship... cont. on p. 3
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CURRENTSA weekly publication of Newport News Shipbuilding
OCT
29
E21 Shipbuilders Steer the Way Read on p. 2
Need Extra Holiday Cash? Read on p. 3
Summer Internships Available Read on p. 3
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) christened the 10th Virginia-class submarine, Minnesota (SSN 783), on Saturday, Oct. 27. Minnesota is about 88 percent complete and is on track to complete in 62 months -- 11 months ahead of contract schedule. Construction began in February 2008, and the keel was authenticated in May 2011.
“Minnesota is the sum of all her parts,” said the Ship’s Sponsor Ellen Roughead. “Everything and everyone who has contributed will be an ingredient in the spirit and the force that makes Minnesota. The great shipbuilders of Newport News Shipbuilding and the countless men and women across our country who had a hand in the millions of parts and components that have gone into the ship have given Minnesota her backbone, her muscle and her nerves.”
As many as 1,000 shipbuilders worked on Minnesota. “Shipbuilders are the faces of American manufacturing, American quality and American pride,” said NNS President Matt Mulherin. “They understand the important role they play in ensuring our freedom.”
NNS Christens 10th Virginia-Class Submarine
Ship’s Sponsor Ellen Roughead performs the traditional honor of breaking a bottle of American sparkling wine across the hull of Minnesota (SSN 783). Also pictured (L to R): NNS President Matt Mulherin, Adm. Kirkland H. Donald, director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion, and Cmdr. John Fancher, the ship’s prospective commanding officer. Photo by John Whalen
NNS Awarded $142.7M Contract for Submarine WorkNewport News Shipbuilding (NNS) was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract option valued at $142.7 million from the U.S. Navy on Oct. 25. The contract option is for work on operational and decommissioning U.S. Navy submarines, conversion submarines, special mission submersibles, submarine support facilities and related programs.
NNS is the prime contractor for the work, which will include engineering, design, configuration management, integrated logistic support, database management, research and development, modernization and industrial support. Work is expected to begin immediately and continue through September 2013.
“No one will take better care of these products than we will,” said Jennifer Boykin, vice president, engineering and design. “These ships represent the very best of American craftsmanship... cont. on p. 3
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Newly promoted supervisors and managers are required to attend an Enhancing Personal Leadership (EPL) five-day course once in their new position. Congratulations to the October 2012 EPL class of new supervisors and managers for completing the training. For more information, visit the Yardnet EPL website.
Leadership Development Recognizes New EPL Graduates
First row (L to R): Constance Edwards (E88), Cynthia Sinclair (O53), Joseph Harris (X82), Mark Winslow (X88), Council Pickett (M40), and David Parsons (X82). Second row (L to R): Thomas Schuster Jr. (X36), Christopher Jackson (X82), Eddie Horrell (X82), John Cherry (X82), Isaiah Boone (X82), Mac McDonald (X88), Joseph White (O51), Michael Shortt (X73). Back row (L to R): Olando Robinson (X88), Michael Simpson (X88), Heather Davenport (E88), Allen Smith (X73), Vincent Jordan (O25), Glenn Bradshaw (X88), and Justin Debusk (X82/X32). Photo by Chris Oxley
Over the past several months, piping and ventilation shipbuilders in E21 and E58 have been transitioning into one department. To make for a smooth transition, the team, now identified as E21, has been hosting luncheons and after-work group outings to get to know each other. On Oct. 16, the shipbuilders were given blue “Team E21” t-shirts by department leadership as part of an activity to facilitate engagement among the team.
“Throughout the transition, I’ve learned that engagement is an intensely local phenomenon,” said Haidee Lockhart (E21). “It is exciting to see the commitment in everything we do as E21. In the future, we plan to designate special days to all wear our ‘Team E21’ t-shirts.”
E21 Shipbuilders Steer the Way in “Blue”
E21 shipbuilders wear blue “Team E21” t-shirts as part of a department-wide engagement activity to foster a stronger team environment. Photo by John Whalen
Where is it Now? USS Enterprise (CVN 65)USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is completing its final scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.
CVN 65 will arrive at Newport News Shipbuilding in 2013 to begin its inactivation. For more information, visit nns.huntingtoningalls.com/products/carriers/inactivation.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman.
CURRENTS p. 3OCT
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QUALITY MONTH
As part of our focus on Quality this month, we are highlighting Quality Inspection this week. Inspection is not an easy job and it is the inspector’s responsibility to work independently from other shipyard workers to find deficiencies and get them corrected before they become bigger and more costly to the company or the customer. To ensure that Newport News Shipbuilding’s inspectors are highly qualified, the company has developed an extensive training program to ensure its inspectors are thorough and consistent in their inspection of our nation’s naval assets.
“It is our vision to be the leader in quality and performance excellence and be considered value added by our customers,” said Tom Chamberlain, director of Quality Control.
Inspection Within the Quality Organization
The “Tone-at-the-Middle” feature highlights what Newport News Shipbuilding managers are doing to apply company values and ethical standards to their daily work.
Tone-at-the-Middle
O57 ManagerPeder Wennberg
A: It is a separate topic in every weekly staff meeting held by myself and my management. We have many new people coming into the company and it is important to engage and impress upon them, as well as the veterans, what we stand for and what our expectations are. We emphasize, “know your procedures and work to your procedures.”
Q: What do you do to communicate the importance of workplace ethics and doing the right thing?
O95 ManagerWilla M. Williams
A: Ethical values and commitments come into play in every decision not just for middle managers. When you have to make a decision or a commitment it should be based on the facts at hand and doing the right thing. Doing the right thing applies not only to the immediate situation, but how it fits in the bigger picture. As Payroll Manager I have to ask myself if the same answer is the same each time the question is asked. If not, then I need to reconsider. As managers, we need to ask are we being consistent and fair in our decisions for the business as well as for our employees.
Q: How do ethical values and commitments apply to decisions middle managers have to make?
Visit the Ethics and Business Conduct Yardnet website for more information.
cont. from p. 1 ... and innovation, and the pride that goes into their construction will continue during their maintenance to ensure that the Navy is equipped with the very best.”
NNS Awarded $142.7M Contract for Submarine Work
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) will begin accepting applications for the 2013 Summer Internship Pipeline Program on Nov.26. Internships are available for both NNS and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Corporate. The deadline to apply is Feb. 8, 2013. For more information, visit the HII Careers website.
2013 Summer Internships Available
Employees of Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) will receive a 20 percent discount on all tickets to the 2012-2013 Pops! Series at The Ferguson Center for the Arts. Shipbuilders interested in taking advantage of the discount should contact the Virginia Symphony Office’s Box Office at (757) 892-6366 and mention NNS. To view other discounts available to employees, visit www.huntingtoningalls.com/employees/discounts.
Discounted Tickets for POPS!
The Veteran’s Employee Resource Group (VERG), Newport News Shipbuilding’s newest Employee Resource Group, is open for membership. View an informational sheet about VERG. If you are interested in becoming a member of this group, fill out the application for membership form and send it to Marcia Downing (O36) via email or Yardmail (Bldg. 23-2, room 217).
Are You a Veteran?
Submit an Opportunity for Improvement (OFI) Nov. 1-30 for a chance to win $500. Ten names will be drawn from the pool of employees who submitted valid OFIs during the promotional period. For more information, contact the OFI Program Office at 380-2428, see page five of Currents or visit the OFI Yardnet website.
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Currents is published every Monday for employees of Newport News Shipbuilding. Visit the archives.
To submit a story, visit nns.huntingtoningalls.com/currents. The deadline for submissions is COB Wednesday for publication the following week.
SEEKING LEADERS: employment opportunities with Newport News Shipbuilding
Job Title Requisition Number Department Location
Foreman 2174BR X72/X42 NNS
Dir. Contracts Admin 1 2584BR O19 NNS
General Foreman 2588BR M53 NNS
Mgr. Supply Chain Planning 2 2523BR O55 NNS
Give Blood. Save a Life.Visit the Red Cross Bloodmobile at 8 a.m. on Nov. 5 at Bldg. 600 or on Nov. 6 at Bldg. 902. Call 380-2803 (Bldg. 600) or 380-4029 (Bldg. 902) for an appointment.
NOV
13L.E.A.R.N. will host an after work presentation with Jennifer
Boykin, vice president of Engineering and Design, from 4:30
p.m. to 6 p.m. in the VASCIC Auditorium. The event is open
to all employees and is by reservation only. To RSVP, visit the
L.E.A.R.N. Yardnet website.
DATEBOOK
NOV
11The Mariners Club will host their second annual Fall Golf Classic at
Kingsmill Golf Club (Woods Course). Registration begins at 8:30
a.m. and a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $60 per golfer/$240 per
team. Registration deadline is Oct. 26. Contact Kenny McBurney
(X88) at 380-3659 for more information.
NOV
11The Apprentice School Student Association will host the Veteran’s
Day Golf Classic at the Cypress Creek Golfer’s Club. Registration
begins at 8 a.m. and a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Cost is $50 per
golfer/$200 per team. Registration deadline is Oct. 26. Contact
Gary Garner (O38) at 589-3062.
NOV
03The Apprentice Alumni Association will host the annual Apprentice
Oyster Roast at the Knights of Columbus on Nettles Drive in Newport
News. Food will served at noon. Advance tickets are $30 each and
$45 at the gate. Purchase tickets from any alumni delegate, officers
or Judy Hester (O22) at 688-2512. For more information, visit
www.nnapprentice.com/alumni/news.htm.
NOV
02The International Compliance Office will conduct Commodity
Jurisdiction and Classification Training from 8-11 a.m. in VASCIC
(Room 219). Registration is via the Learning Exchange (LX).
Contact Tamara Wine (O19) at 380-3599 for information.
NOV
15The International Compliance Office will conduct Annual Export
Training-Basic from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. in the VASCIC
Auditorium. Registration is via the Learning Exchange (LX). Contact
Tamara Wine (O19) at 380-3599 for information.
NOV
03Volunteers are needed from 12-5 p.m. for the Special Olympics of
Virginia Fall Championships Volleyball Competition. If interested,
contact Jeffrey Hohlweg (O55) at 380-3338.
NOV
06Join the “At the Helm” Toastmasters from 4:45-5:45 p.m. in the
NetCenter (Classroom 104). All shipbuilders are invited. Contact
William Henry (E22) at 380-4581 for more information.
NOV
20Join the “At the Helm” Toastmasters from 4:45-5:45 p.m. in the
NetCenter (Classroom 104). All shipbuilders are invited. Contact
William Henry (E22) at 380-4581 for more information.
NOV
17The Progressive Club will host its 79th Annual Dinner Dance at
the Knights of Columbus in Newport News. The event will begin at
4:30 p.m. and will include food, dancing and door prizes.
Reservations are required by Nov. 6 to Kenny McBurney (X88)
at 380-3659 or Loria Mooneyham (X42) at 952-9310 or Linda
McMillian (O22) at 688-5059.
NOV
08The “Spear and Gear” Toastmasters’ Club will meet from 11:30
a.m to 12:30 p.m. in Bldg. 903 (Room 214A). Guests are welcome.
Contact Eldeania Speller (K05) at 380-3764 or Rose Brodie (K75)
at 534-3382 for more information.
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November 1st - November 30th
10 winners guaranteed
Ten names will be drawn from the pool of employees submitting valid OFIs during the promotional period. Each winner will be awarded $500 cash and/or gift cards from the advertised vendors. Per IRS regulations, cash or cash equivalents, regardless of value are considered taxable income to the recipient.
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Opportunity for Improvement
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Classified ads are published FREE of charge for active employees of Newport News Shipbuilding.
Ads can be submitted online at nns.huntingtoningalls.com/currents or a hard copy can be mailed via Yardmail to ATTN: Classifieds, Dept. O29, Bldg. 520-1. The deadline to submit ads is Thursday at 4 p.m.