Joseph D. Deal Jr., president of Tracor Marine, Inc., recently announced the appointment of Joe Menghi as production control manager and Jack Schmidt as production manager at the company's Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale) shipyard. The added volume of ship repair work from two recently installed floating drydocks made an expansion of the shipyard management staff under Sydney Jenkins, the general manager, desirable in order to achieve an optimum check and balance between control, project coordination, and production functions.
With over 40 years of combined experience in building and repair of ships and other metal structures, Messrs. Schmidt and Menghi will be filling key roles in Tracor Marine's management team, Mr. Deal said, and the company will be better organized for comprehensive overhauls of military and complex commercial vessels.