Project Manager II

About the role

Founded in 1995, Vigor Marine Group is an established, innovative and integrated partner with a national footprint in marine maintenance and modernization, marine fabrication and marine services. With four shipyards for maintenance and modernization and one for fabrication — including the largest floating dry dock in the western hemisphere — more than 2,500 dedicated employees across four states serve the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Military Sealift Command, state ferry systems, the cruise industry, the commercial fishing industry and more.

This position has full authority and responsibility for project profits and losses and manages all aspects of assigned ship repair projects. The individual provides primary customer interface throughout the project, and through project team members manages the application of labor and materials to achieve timely, better-than-bid results and assure customer satisfaction.

Pay

PAY RANGE: $120,000 – 134,569

Responsibilities

• Plans, estimates, negotiates, staffs, directs the work, and reconciles final billings on assigned projects.
• Resolves internal issues over productive, safe management of the project as the top decision maker.
• Meets or exceeds customers' expectations for quality, productivity and safety; manages customer relationship through scope and price changes to assure continuing satisfaction and profitable closure.
• Resolves day-to-day issues with customers, owners, Port authorities, and other interested parties; represents the Company fairly and consistently.
• Works closely with Contracting & Estimating to estimate, plan, execute and settle projects.
• Provides documentation for bill settlement and negotiation of change orders; advises Contracting Department of profit opportunities and loss avoidance.
• Interprets specifications, plans project sequencing, coordinates phases to prevent delays and rework.
• Ensures change order requests and CFRs are properly written and approved before providing to Project Management team.
• Writes timely, accurate job documentation and contributes to final written specifications.
• Confers with supervision, project management staff, inspectors, and suppliers to resolve repair problems and improve methods.
• Plans, coordinates and directs production activities; assures appropriate daily project staffing through subordinate supervision.
• Audits subordinates’ reports, monitors job progress to ensure manpower utilization meets requirements and bid expectations; makes changes as necessary.
• Prepares periodic management reports on work progress, materials used and costs; adjusts work schedules per reports.
• Maintains effective working relationships with craft workers, customers, and contract administrators; resolves labor complaints or disputes efficiently with minimal disruption.
• Leads post-mortem review of each completed project; assures complete documentation and dissemination of lessons learned to capture best practices and avoid repeating mistakes.
• Ensures lessons learned are captured in preplanning of new projects.
• Monitors worker safety and environmental concerns; resolves problems effectively.
• Assesses and documents overall work performance of direct reports by project close; ensures performance documentation by managers/supervisors of all assigned personnel.
• Identifies strengths and weaknesses of team members; recommends specific development activities.
• Remains technically competent; keeps personal skills current with field changes and Vigor's productivity improvement initiatives.
• Reviews relevant cost data, quality and capability for internal work vs. subcontracting; makes make-or-buy decisions after thorough analysis.
• Manages or oversees subcontractor/vendor performance, sets expectations, actively monitors and drives performance standards, holds them accountable.
• Monitors job progress using earned value management techniques to identify problem areas and forecast costs; reports on project performance.

Job Scope: Operates within general parameters with sound judgment and independent decision making; can influence and recommend modifying existing protocols. Typically manages projects ranging from $0.5M – $20M, frequently lasting 6 weeks or longer. Held accountable for overall guidance and consistency across projects to ensure profitable performance; has profit and loss responsibility and a critical role in securing revenue. Failure to meet customer expectations could result in significant loss of future business.

Supervisory Responsibility: Manages up to fifty employees directly or through subordinate supervisors, including professional-level and hourly craft employees with varying technical expertise and reading/writing skills. May have up to four direct reports depending on project size. Operates at a senior oversight level but must reach from details to strategic levels.

Interpersonal Contacts: Coordinates with managers and supervisors at all levels in the business unit and support services; must influence and collaborate with peers not in direct line of authority. Represents the Company through formal and informal customer interactions; interacts with industry peers less frequently.

Qualifications

• BS in a technical discipline required; advanced degree preferred in a technical discipline associated with ship repair (e.g., marine engineering).
• Minimum five (5) years of progressively more complex work experience demonstrating in-depth ship repair and production knowledge.
• Minimum five (5) years of project management experience required.
• Critical criterion: specific, demonstrated success in planning, staffing, coordinating and profitably executing multi-trade, extensive, labor-intensive, multi-phased projects.
• Certificates, Licenses and Registrations: None required.

Requirements

• Work conducted in dynamic, fast-paced shipyard with moderate to loud noise; required to be in production areas in yard and onboard ships.
• Must walk to/from job sites; climb inclined stairways and vertical ladders; enter confined areas and tanks; work at heights.
• May work more than 8-hour shifts and weekends.
• Must frequently bend, squat, crawl, twist; may lift up to 50 pounds.
• Local travel and out-of-town travel (including air travel) up to 5% of the time with notice.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• This role is with a federally contracted employer subject to regulations restricting employment to US Persons only (US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, legally recognized asylees and refugees, and persons protected under INA). Candidates must provide documentation of US Persons status.
• Vigor Industrial LLC and its wholly owned subsidiaries are drug