Project Coordinator I PDSS - SDCA

Austal•San Diego, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides coordination to ensure that the work performed enables successful and efficient repair of the vessel with a focus on milestone achievements, cost, and schedule performance for PDA/IPDA and BOA. The role involves coordinating daily status reports, ensuring projects and personnel charge to correct codes, and maintaining a daily presence aboard ship to monitor work in progress for compliance with safety, housekeeping, work progress, and staff performance guidelines. The Project Coordinator will participate in meetings as deemed appropriate by Project Leadership, assign action items, and take corrective actions to ensure schedules are met, costs are controlled, and quality is maintained, or explain variances. They will perform random validation of status reporting against production line items and confirm work aligns with schedules and milestones. Compliance with quality procedures and documents is essential. Daily communication with Project Leadership is required to report status, concerns, and support variance analysis. The role also involves monitoring and validating resource requirements and the use of rework and lessons learned processes. This position may support multiple repair efforts in various offsite locations with conflicting timelines and must comply with Austal’s employee handbook, company procedures, and policies.

Requirements

Three (3) year’s shipbuilding industry or five (5) year’s technical repair experience required. (Six (6) years’ prior relevant military experience maybe considered in lieu of shipbuilding building or technical repair experience).
Computer literacy required, with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to read and comprehend engineering drawings and data.
Proven ability to work autonomously, set tasks for self.
Excellent communication skills.
Must be available and able to travel approximately 25%-35% in a calendar year.
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance may be required.
18 years of age or older at time of application.
Able to provide proof of US Person Status.
No felony convictions of Theft/Deception or Violent crimes within seven years from disposition date.
No felony convictions of Drug crimes within three years from disposition date.
Willing to submit to a drug screen.
Willing to submit to a background check.

Nice To Haves

Some advanced education preferred.
Working knowledge of Government Shipbuilding Contracts preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide coordination to ensure that the work performed enables successful and efficient repair of the vessel with focus on milestone achievements, cost and schedule performance for PDA/IPDA and BOA.
Coordinate daily status reports and ensure projects and personnel are charging to correct charge codes per guidelines and contract.
Maintain a daily presence aboard ship to monitor the work in progress for compliance with guidelines for safety, housekeeping, work progress, and staff performance.
Participate in meetings as deemed appropriate by Project Leadership.
Assigned action items and task to ensure repair schedules, cost and quality maintained.
Take corrective actions to ensure schedules are met, cost are controlled and quality is maintained or explain variances.
Ensure the work in progress is in accordance with the published schedule(s) and contract(s) sequence and explain variances.
Perform random validation of status reporting against specific production line items and confirm the actual work being performed and in line with established schedules and project milestones.
Maintain compliance with quality procedures and documents (such as work authorization forms, TIPS, WAF and CFR’s, e-work authorization forms, LOTO, etc.).
Maintain daily communication and interaction with the Project Leadership to report status and concerns and support variance analysis and reporting.
Monitor and validate resource requirements for actuals against planned work in progress.
Monitor and validate use of rework and lessons learned processes and initiatives to promote continuous improvement.
Support multiple repair efforts in various offsite locations with multiple and sometime conflicting work project timelines.
Comply with Austal’s employee handbook general guidelines, company procedures and policies.