Change Order Proposal Manager - Jacksonville FL
About The Position
The Change Order Proposal Manager is a leadership role responsible for overseeing the identification, quantification, and pricing of scope changes during vessel repair projects. The role manages estimators, schedulers, and planners to ensure deviations from the original contract are accurately captured, priced, and submitted for customer approval in a timely manner. The manager leads the team, oversees the end-to-end change order process, monitors project financials and change-order trends, and coordinates with project management, production, contracts, procurement, and planning teams. The position is on-site in Jacksonville, Florida. Relocation is available, travel is less than 10%, U.S. citizenship is required, and the candidate must be able to obtain a Confidential clearance.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Must be able to obtain a Confidential clearance.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage estimators, schedulers, and planners, providing technical guidance on complex repair scopes.
- Allocate resources across multiple concurrent projects to balance workloads and meet deadlines.
- Establish standardized estimating templates and workflows for consistent change order submissions.
- Conduct performance reviews and identify training needs to improve the team's technical proficiency in maritime repair.
- Oversee the end-to-end change order process, from initial issuance through final customer sign-off.
- Review and validate labor hours, material costs, and subcontractor quotes.
- Collaborate with Project Managers, Production Superintendents, and Contracts to identify growth work immediately upon discovery.
- Track the difference between the original bid and final contracted value to monitor project financial health.
- Analyze change order growth trends to improve future base-bid estimates.
- Ensure change orders are documented with supporting evidence, including photos, reports, and logs.
- Provide senior leadership with regular reports on pending and approved change order values.
- Partner with Procurement to obtain real-time material pricing.
- Work with Planning to incorporate approved change orders into the production schedule.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
