Project Coordinator III

Austal•Mobile, AL

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Austal USA is adding two Project Coordinator III's to join the team in support of the Submarine Program, one day shift and one night shift. This role provides coordination, guidance, and direction to functional project leads to ensure successful and efficient construction of the vessel, focusing on milestone achievement and cost/schedule performance. The Project Coordinator III will teach, mentor, and advise lower-level Coordinators, and step up when the Project Manager is off-site. They will coordinate, mediate, and resolve craft-specific production work sequence conflicts, maintain a daily presence to monitor safety, housekeeping, work progress, and staff performance, and conduct/attend meetings as required. This role ensures work aligns with the published schedule, that production schedules are reasonable and achievable, and performs random validation of status reporting against actual work for Earned Value Management (EVM) processes. Compliance with quality procedures, contract requirements, and regulatory body/classification society guides is essential. Daily communication with the Project Manager is required for status reporting, issue identification, variance analysis, and corrective action plans. The role also monitors and validates resource requirements, rework, and lessons learned for continuous improvement, and supports executive briefings and reporting.

Requirements

Fully competent in industry related crafts or disciplines
Ability to read and interpret shipbuilding contracts and specifications
Ability to read and interpret regulatory body and classification society guides, rules and regulations
Ability to read and comprehend engineering drawings and data and navigate with applicable software
Minimum 5 years experience in a ship building, ship repair or similar construction and manufacturing industrial type environment with a minimum 3 years’ experience at a Foreman level (or equivalent) OR minimum 2 years as a Level II Project Coordinator.
Ability to use and interpret relevant cost and schedule (EVMS) data and use applicable software associated with these reporting functions
Have a working knowledge and past experience with EVMS principles and processes
Ability to understand schedule reporting tools and be competent in maintaining and validating schedule related data
Competent in use of Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook and Excel) and PowerPoint software
Ability to work independently and be self-motivated
Willingness to work irregular and sometimes lengthy work schedule
Must be able to tour all vessels and work sites.
Must have the ability to bend, squat, stoop, crawl, and kneel.
Perform prolonged standing.
Ability to turn head from side to side and about the vertical axis.
Ability to turn body at the waist from side to side and about the vertical axis.
Lift/push/pull 50lbs to 75lbs on an occasional basis.
Lift/push/pull up to 20lbs on a frequent basis.
Must have the ability to climb in a safe manner (climbing as a minimum includes stairs, scaffolding, ladders, and ramps).
Ability to work at heights above 12’ while working from ladders, scaffolding and/or man lifts.
Able to work at a variety of levels (ex. waist, eye, overhead).
Demonstrate the ability to safely and appropriately use required tools and equipment.
Demonstrate good balance while working on uneven surfaces and maneuvering obstacles.
Possess sufficient handgrip and coordination to carry and operate tools and equipment.
Ability to utilize personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toes shoes, goggles, respirator, safety harness, safety line, flotation gear, etc.) safely per OSHA standards.
Ability to withstand cold and hot temperatures.
Ability to enter 18” x 36” openings and work in confined spaces for prolonged periods of time.
Able to respond to verbal and audible sounds/commands.
Able to utilize adequate visual skills.
Ability to fully extend the arm while reaching overhead, reaching out, reaching to the side and reaching down.
Ability to perceive attributes of an object/material such as size, shape, temperature and texture by means of receptors in the hands and fingers.
Must comply with company, federal, state, and local safety and environmental rules and regulations while performing daily job tasks.
Candidate must meet Austal USA’s basic employment eligibility guidelines.
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

College degree in relevant field preferred
The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance may be required if deemed necessary in the scope of your position responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Provide coordination, guidance and direction to the functional project leads to ensure that the work being performed enables successful and efficient construction of the vessel with focus on milestone achievement and cost and schedule performance
Teach, mentor or advise lower-level Coordinators
Coordinate, mediate and resolve craft specific production work sequence conflicts related to constraints that effect performance to cost and schedule
Maintain a daily presence regarding the work in progress to monitor safety, housekeeping and work progress and staff performance
Conduct and attend meetings as required.
Ensure the work in progress is in accordance with the published schedule sequence and that the production schedules are reasonable and achievable
Perform random validation of status reporting against the actual work being performed to ensure accuracy of reporting functions required to support Earned Value Management processes and requirements.
Ensure compliance with Quality procedures and documents
Monitor and ensure compliance with the contract requirements
Monitor and ensure required compliance with regulatory body and classification society guides, rules and regulations
Maintain daily communication and interaction with the Project Manager to report status and issues and have the ability to initiate and follow through with required variance analysis and associated corrective action plans
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 maintain and promote continuous improvement
Support executive briefings, meetings, tours and reporting as requested by the Project Manager