{"id":42097,"date":"2020-02-04T16:57:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/04\/help-wanted-sub-builder-hopes-to-hire-18k-workers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:02:32","slug":"help-wanted-sub-builder-hopes-to-hire-18k-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/02\/04\/help-wanted-sub-builder-hopes-to-hire-18k-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Help wanted: Sub builder hopes to hire 18K workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARWICK, R.I. \u2014 Defense contractor General Dynamics Electric Boat <\/a>will need to hire thousands more employees over the next decade as it ramps up submarine production, the company\u2019s president said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electric Boat President Kevin Graney<\/a> met with elected officials in Connecticut and Rhode Island for an annual legislative update. The company\u2019s headquarters is in Groton, Connecticut, and its manufacturing facility is in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Warwick, Rhode Island, meeting, Graney said the company currently has nearly 17,000 employees, of which 70 percent are based in Connecticut \u2014 a level of employment not seen since 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electric Boat will need about 20,000 employees around 2030 to build two classes of submarines. That will require hiring about 18,000 people to increase the headcount and account for attrition, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electric Boat currently builds Virginia-class fast-attack submarines under a teaming agreement with Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Navy awarded the largest shipbuilding contract in its history in December<\/a>, ordering nine more attack submarines for a total of $22.2 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\t