Project Manager
About The Position
The Project Manager is the primary interface with customers and is responsible for delivering a high-quality customer experience to vessel owners and their representatives. The role manages superyacht or commercial vessel refit and repair projects, working with the owner’s representative to define and interpret the scope of work, schedule activities, and convey technical information to shipyard trade supervisors and subcontractors so labor can be assigned and work completed safely, efficiently, and to a high standard. The Project Manager also works with the Contracts Department to cost, draft, and execute change orders. The position supports program and construction managers in establishing project objectives and standards; manages budgets, schedules, project databases, subcontractors, vendors, purchasing, planning, production oversight, contractual modifications, final billing, and invoicing; and regularly reports project progress. It coordinates deliverables, labor, materials, subcontracts, and temporary labor, and communicates status, requirements, and risks to customers. The role reviews engineering drawings for configuration management, material orders, task communication, and clarification, and determines project work packages and recommends scope modifications where needed. The work takes place throughout the shipyard and aboard ships. It involves frequent standing, walking, climbing, reaching, manual dexterity, pushing, pulling, kneeling, bending, and handling loads of 40 pounds or more, as well as maintaining safety awareness and responding to warning signals and safety instructions.
Requirements
- Must be reliable, detail-oriented, and have a high level of integrity.
- Ability to plan multi-trade, multi-task projects.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to maintain confidential and meticulous records.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite or related programs.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university; or an associate degree in a technical skill associated with ship repair plus at least four years of progressively more complex work experience demonstrating relevant ship repair and project management skills; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills.
- Familiarity with blueprints and drawings.
- Ability to read and interpret documents and instructions, and to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Ability to take directions and follow instructions, and to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
- Ability to work a variety of assignments and locations on a daily or hourly basis.
- Ability to be reliable and dependable and to work as part of a team.
- Physical ability to lift, push, pull, and carry 40 pounds or more, and to bend, stoop, and climb.
- Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including frequent standing, balancing, walking, climbing ladders or equipment, reaching, manual dexterity, pushing, pulling, kneeling, bending, seeing, and hearing.
- Ability to maintain general safety awareness, avoid workplace hazards, hear warning signals, and read and comprehend safety instructions.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the maritime industry and/or project management is highly desirable.
- USCG Master, Mate, or Engineer license is a plus.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD and Microsoft Project.
Responsibilities
- Assist program and construction managers with project objectives, procedures, data collection methods, and performance standards.
- Oversee project budgets, schedules, and databases, and regularly report progress to program managers and other departments.
- Manage and coordinate subcontractors, including engineering subcontractors, and vendors, deliverables, labor schedules, and material schedules.
- Serve as the primary customer contact and communicate project status updates.
- Compile and submit project schedules, logistics information, and status reports to customers.
- Conduct regular customer meetings to communicate project status, compliance with requirements, and risk assessments.
- Review engineering drawings for configuration management, material ordering, task communication, and clarification of drawing details to supervisors.
- Administer ship repair projects, including purchasing, planning and scheduling, production oversight, contractual modifications, final bill settling, and invoicing.
- Determine the scope of work packages to establish contract baselines, evaluate production’s ability to execute the packages, and recommend scope modifications as needed.
- Request, schedule, and approve subcontracts and requests for temporary labor.
- Perform other duties as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
