Fabrication Delivery Manager

Job Responsibilities

• Routinely interfaces with project Control Account Managers to provide status of overall supplier performance, including schedule performance and cost performance, as required, related to the assigned scope of work.
• Manage delivery of materials/equipment and documentation (technical/quality) to support project mission directives.
• Maintain key/critical supplier relationships with project and supplier stakeholders.
• Work with applicable teams (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, etc.) to perform technical, quality, cost and schedule evaluations to determine risks and mitigation actions.
• Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to manage outcomes.
• Review technical and commercial documents for compliance to contract requirements.
• Attend all pertinent project meetings and report overall progress and recommendations to project stakeholders.
• May be responsible for development, maintenance, and distribution of an integrated action items list to support resolution of barriers pertaining to overall execution and delivery.
• Provide technical recommendations to Project Engineering and the supplier(s) to mitigate cost and schedule risks.
• Work collaboratively with supplier(s) and project(s) to resolve supplier deviations and scope changes to mitigate schedule, quality, and cost risks.
• As requested, provide daily updates on work completed against plan along with a prioritized list of actions impacting progress.
• Act as the primary supplier contact to ensure communication is clear and concise.
• Responsible for development and evaluation of relevant metrics to proactively mitigate delivery risks.
• Identify any supplier(s) weaknesses or opportunities and provide recommendations to overcome gaps.
• Designate time to observe work being performed in the shop to validate and verify schedule progress and performance.
• Monitor quality driven impacts and facilitate closure of non-conformance reports (NCRs) or supplier corrective action reports (CARs).
• Validate and verify completion of commercial payment progress milestones.
• Travel to supplier/vendor locations to ensure comprehensive understanding of scope to drive supplier performance.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Advanced experience in engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, quality and scheduling.
• Two (2) years of Project or Program Management.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Projects and/or Oracle P6 scheduling software.
• Advanced knowledge in reading and interpreting fabrication drawings, codes and specifications.
• Two (2) years of experience with Government contracting.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Engineering discipline (e.g. Industrial, Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering), and two (2) years of relevant experience.
• OR, a Master's degree: Five (1) years of relevant experience.
• OR fifteen (15) or more years of relevant education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.

Location

The position requires onsite support at the fabricator’s facility in Columbia, SC. There will also be limited travel to the Hendersonville, NC area.